Fondo · Feb 2026
Launch coverage describing Viva Labs' AI agents for social media video ads, including research, creation, and ad analysis agents, and noting the company targets brands and agencies advertising on Meta, TikTok, and YouTube.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Viva Labs is a YC Winter 2022-backed startup building AI agents for short-form video ads. Its core product lets marketers paste a URL and generate/optimize performance creative via AI research, script generation, UGC/B-roll creation, and ad analysis; the company later also launched VivaChat, a video-chat product with realistic AI personas.
Primary product
AI-powered video ad creation and optimization platform
Founded
2022
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Generative AI software for video advertising
Offices
0 jobs at Viva Labs
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Business model
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Mar 2022
Latest amount
$500K
Mar 2022 · Y Combinator
Investors
Small, founder-led team with a very high hiring bar and a research-heavy product culture; public posts emphasize building and training their own models for video and image AI rather than outsourcing core capabilities.
Pricing
Freemium self-serve SaaS with paid subscription tiers and custom enterprise/API pricing
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
around $1M in estimated annual recurring revenue
Estimated monthly visits
2.7K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Fondo · Feb 2026
Launch coverage describing Viva Labs' AI agents for social media video ads, including research, creation, and ad analysis agents, and noting the company targets brands and agencies advertising on Meta, TikTok, and YouTube.
Product Hunt · Apr 2025
Product Hunt page for Viva Labs' winning AI video ads product, describing its AI-driven creative research, UGC/B-roll generation, and ad performance analysis.
LinkedIn company page · Oct 2024
Viva Labs announced paid Starter and Growth plans with more customization and minutes, signaling a shift beyond the free tier.
Y Combinator LinkedIn · Oct 2024
Y Combinator amplified Viva Labs' VivaChat launch, describing it as a platform for realistic AI clones used for sales training, recruiting, and user interviews.
LinkedIn · Oct 2024
Vishal Jain announced VivaChat and described early use cases including sales training, recruiting, sales prospecting, and product interviews, with public integration interest for websites, Zoom, and Teams.