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HeyGen
AI avatar videos for marketing and sales. Competes with Synthesia.
Video GenerationFounded January 2020#1 of 13 in Video Generation
Updated June 10, 2026
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Company profile
What is HeyGen?
HeyGen creates AI spokesperson videos. Strong in marketing use cases. Growing fast in SMB market. More accessible pricing than Synthesia.
History
Research history
2 research updates
History
Research history
Video Generation
HeyGen: GitHub commits decreased 79.5% over the last 30 days
LatestVideo Generation
HeyGen: Hacker News mentions increased 125% over the last 30 days
1 metricLatest company data
Primary data point
Package downloads (30d)Metric: npm downloadsSource: npm registryScope: UTC activity dayUpdates: DailyFreshness: 48h target; 36h expected source lagConfidence: HighCaveat: Includes all package installations including CI/CD pipelines and mirrors.Methodology →
67.5K/30d
Tracked package: npm @heygen/streaming-avatar
▼ -15%Updated 2d ago
Other data points
Dependent projectsMetric: npm dependentsSource: Libraries.io APIScope: UTC daily snapshotUpdates: DailyFreshness: 48h target; 48h expected source lagConfidence: HighCaveat: Counts direct and dev dependents.Methodology →
9
Projects depending on tracked package: npm @heygen/streaming-avatar
Updated 1d ago
GitHub starsMetric: GitHub starsSource: GitHub GraphQL + GH ArchiveScope: UTC daily snapshotUpdates: DailyFreshness: 48h target; 24h expected source lagConfidence: HighCaveat: Stars are bookmarks, not usage.Methodology →
287
Main repository stars
Updated 1d ago
Hacker NewsMetric: Hacker News mentionsSource: Hacker News Algolia APIScope: UTC activity dayUpdates: DailyFreshness: 48h target; 24h expected source lagConfidence: HighCaveat: Search relevance and historical availability come from Algolia's HN index.Methodology →
1/30d
Position #7 in category discussion
Updated 1d ago
Repository health
Maintenance data from the main open-source repository.
Key-person riskSource: GitHub public event dataUpdates: WeeklyCaveat: Minimum developers needed for half of recent code changes. Lower = higher concentration risk.Methodology →
2
Releases (30d)Source: GitHub release dataUpdates: WeeklyCaveat: Published releases in the last 30 daysMethodology →
1
About HeyGen
HeyGen creates AI spokesperson videos. Strong in marketing use cases. Growing fast in SMB market. More accessible pricing than Synthesia.
FoundersJoshua Xu, Wayne Liang
Funding
$9M · 3 roundsRaised $9M total. Category position #1 of 13 in Video Generation.
Series A2024
$6KBenchmark
Venture2023
$9MConviction Partners
Seed2022
$50KConviction
Investors
BenchmarkConvictionConviction Partners
Tracked packages (1)
1 npm
@heygen/streaming-avatar
npmMain npm package@heygen/streaming-avatar
AI avatar videos for marketing and sales. Competes with Synthesia.