Seedcamp · Nov 2024
Seedcamp’s post says it led Argil’s €1M pre-seed in 2023 and supported the later €3.9M seed round led by EQT Ventures, while describing the product as an AI video clone platform for creators, educators, and businesses.
The video generation engine for the creator economy
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Argil is a Paris-based Y Combinator-backed AI video generation platform that helps users create ready-to-post social, UGC, education, and marketing videos using an AI clone or library avatars, with editing, captions, B-roll, camera-angle controls, and API/webhook support.
Primary product
AI video generation platform for cloning a person or using avatars to generate short, edited videos at scale.
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Paris, France
Team size
10-20
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AI video generation / synthetic media
Offices
Paris, France
Business model
Credits-based subscription SaaS
API access
Enterprise custom pricing
Usage-based video generation
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$5.3M
Latest round
Seed · Nov 2024
Latest amount
$4.1M
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder
Chief of Staff
Head of Growth
Director of Information Technology
Work & culture
Public material suggests a creator-first, product-led, experimental startup culture focused on democratizing video production and shipping quickly for creators and marketers.
Work style
Flexible
Product & market
Pricing
Monthly subscription plans priced by credits/minutes, plus enterprise custom pricing and API access.
Differentiators
- —Clone a person from a short training video plus consent video
- —Generate fully edited videos with subtitles, B-roll, camera angles, and body-language controls
- —Supports multilingual avatar videos and content repurposing from text or audio
- —API and webhook access for high-volume generation
- —Low-friction pricing starting at a small monthly subscription and credits-based usage
- —Built for social/UGC/creator workflows rather than only corporate training
Technology
OpenAI
Python
Kubernetes
Zapier
API
Webhooks
VEO3
Hailuo
Customers
Creators
Educators
Businesses
YouTubers with large audiences
Influencers / infopreneurs
Brands running UGC-style ads
Celebrity estates and media-rights holders
Competitors
Synthesia
HeyGen
Runway
Invideo
VideoVerse
Tavus
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Approximately $2M in annual revenue (estimated).
Estimated monthly visits
49.2K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Silicon Canals · Nov 2024
Reports Argil raised €4.9M combined across pre-seed and seed, led by EQT Ventures, with prior support from Seedcamp and Axeleo plus participation from Kwebbelkop and Charles Gorintin.
EU-Startups · Nov 2024
Explains Argil’s mission, product capabilities, and funding: a €1M pre-seed in 2023 and a €3.9M seed in 2024 led by EQT Ventures, with creators and operator investors participating.
Argil blog · Jul 2024
Official blog post positions Argil for CEO/LinkedIn personal-brand video workflows and explains how the product automates video production for busy executives.
Y Combinator
Official YC company page describes Argil as a video generation engine for creators, founded in 2023 in Paris, with founders Laodis Menard and Brivael Le Pogam, plus launch/onboarding details and social handles.
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