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
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
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
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
self-serve SaaS subscriptions
usage-based video credits
managed services / studio production
Funding
Stage
Seed
Latest round
Seed · Oct 2025
Latest amount
$3M
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Work & culture
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
Paid contract work has been advertised publicly
Remote work has been advertised publicly
Competitive compensation has been advertised publicly
Product & market
Pricing
Tiered self-serve subscriptions with annual/monthly billing, plus quote-based enterprise and Studio projects.
Differentiators
- —Converts documents, slides, prompts, and ideas into narrated animated videos
- —Offers both a self-serve platform and a done-for-you studio service
- —Fast turnaround: minutes on-platform and as little as 72 hours for Studio
- —Chat-based editing and re-rendering instead of traditional video editing software
- —Enterprise features such as SCORM, LMS integrations, SSO/SAML, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR support
Technology
React
TypeScript
Supabase
GitHub
YouTube
Customers
Amazon
ByteDance
Flexport
Supabase
Cerebras
Zuru
Zoho
IntSig
BPiON
Pinnacle Flag
CMS Vocational Training
PS Fertility
University of Florida
Bit Mail Pro
Competitors
Synthesia
HeyGen
Vyond
InVideo
D-ID
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
USD 0.88M-2.4M ARR (public third-party estimates vary)
Estimated monthly visits
23K
Traffic estimate as of Mar 2026
Latest news
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.
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