Mirage
Lets editors add b-roll and revise a video alongside its transcript and captions.
Captions Funding History
Captions is behind the Mirage AI video editing app (formerly known as Captions) for automated captions, dubbing and AI avatar content.
Company Overview
Captions
Founded 2021 · New York, New York, US
Official WebsiteCaptions Funding Timeline
Growth Financing
US$75 million
The financing came from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund, a non-dilutive vehicle for expanding customer acquisition.
Led by General Catalyst.
Source · captions.ai ↗Series C
$60M · $500M valuation
The company said the funding would support AI video research and expand the team in New York.
Led by Index Ventures. Participation included Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Adobe Ventures, HubSpot Ventures.
Source · captions.ai ↗Series B
US$25 million
Captions unveiled an updated brand alongside the financing for its video creation tools.
Led by Kleiner Perkins. Participation included Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel.
Source · captions.ai ↗
Captions Founding Team
Gaurav Misra had built and led Snap’s design engineering team before founding Captions with Dwight Churchill, who helped launch Goldman Sachs’ Marcus consumer finance business.
Captions Products
Captions Company Development
Beyond Subtitles Under the Mirage Name
Captions expanded from an editing experience associated with automatic subtitles into dubbing and AI avatar workflows under the Mirage name. Those tools address creating and localizing footage as well as editing material that has already been recorded.
Captions Competitive Landscape
Editing a Clip or Creating a Presenter
Mirage overlaps with HeyGen on dubbing and avatar video. The comparison is especially useful for teams deciding whether to start from existing footage that needs editing or from a script that needs a generated presenter.
