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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 May 29, 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.
Latest company data
Primary data point
Downloads
70.4K/30d
Tracked package: npm @heygen/streaming-avatar
▲ +8%Updated 1d ago
Other data points
Dependent projects
9
Projects depending on tracked package: npm @heygen/streaming-avatar
Updated 9h ago
GitHub stars
253
Main repository stars
Updated 9h ago
Hacker News
5/30d
Position #3 in category discussion
Updated 9h 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 →
1
Releases (30d)Source: GitHub release dataUpdates: WeeklyCaveat: Published releases in the last 30 daysMethodology →
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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.