LinkedIn · Feb 2026
Jonathan Maynard described the company pivot from edtech-focused explainer videos toward company-focused explainer videos and said a new version would be released in March.
Convert textual content into explainer videos in < 15s
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
YC-backed AI video company that turns docs, slides, PDFs, blog posts, and ideas into narrated animated explainer videos. Public headcount/funding data is inconsistent across sources (roughly 6–13 employees; funding claims range from $500K to $3M), so unsupported fields are left null.
Primary product
AI explainer video maker / document-to-video platform
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
10-20
Industry
Technology, Information and Media
Sub-industry
AI video generation / explainer-video software
Offices
0 jobs at Knowlify
Check back later for new openings
Business model
Stage
Seed
Latest round
Seed · Oct 2025
Latest amount
$3M
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Investors
Small YC-backed team emphasizing speed, clarity, and customer usefulness; public posts frame the company as fast-moving, product-focused, and builder-oriented.
Compensation
A public job posting described a paid, part-time, remote contract role with competitive compensation; broader salary bands were not found publicly.
Benefits
Pricing
Tiered self-serve subscriptions with annual/monthly billing, plus quote-based enterprise and Studio projects.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
USD 0.88M-2.4M ARR (public third-party estimates vary)
Estimated monthly visits
23K
Traffic estimate as of Mar 2026
LinkedIn · Feb 2026
Jonathan Maynard described the company pivot from edtech-focused explainer videos toward company-focused explainer videos and said a new version would be released in March.
The UNN · Oct 2025
A third-party article reported that Knowlify secured $3 million and had generated over 200,000 videos for researchers, textbook publishers, universities, and corporations.
LinkedIn · Oct 2025
Ritam Rana said Knowlify raised $3 million and had generated over 200,000 videos, while highlighting customers and the company's AI video mission.
Startup Intros · Sep 2025
Startup Intros reported a $500K seed round and listed investors including Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, Sarona Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Felipe Navio, and Kulveer Taggar.
LinkedIn · Jun 2025
Ritvik Varada announced Knowlify's acceptance into Y Combinator's Summer 2025 batch and described the product's mission to turn notes and PDFs into explainer videos.