Backend Engineer, Hedra
$110-155k
+ Equity
Creation lab building foundation models for next-gen human storytelling
Job no longer available
Creation lab building foundation models for next-gen human storytelling
1-20 employees
Job no longer available
$110-155k
+ Equity
1-20 employees
Company mission
To build foundation models into products that power the next generation of human storytelling.
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Company mission
To build foundation models into products that power the next generation of human storytelling.
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The relationship between machine learning and online content has grown closer in recent years, and Hedra is a video content platform that is pushing this symbiosis into new territory. Describing itself as a video foundation mode company, Hedra is building an online creation studio that helps users generate dialogue, audio and video from words.
As a digital presence automation tool, Hedra is moving beyond the likes of DallE and generative AI video content into more nuanced territory. Its most recent product is Character1, a video foundation model for longer-form video generation focusing on customizable AI-generated video characters.
Since Character1’s release in June 2024, more than 1.6 million videos have been generated via the platform, demonstrating the need for its August seed funding round. The $10 million investment will be channelled into developing new technology like a multimodal studio and workflow tool to complement its foundation model.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Equity
- 401k (no match)
- Healthcare (Silver PPO Medical, Vision, Dental)
- Gym access (at our office)
Funding (1 round)
Aug 2024
$10m
SEED
Total funding: $10m
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Leadership
Michael Lingelbach
(Founder & CEO)Previously Regina Casper Graduate Research Fellow at Stanford University, was an Intern at NVIDIA, Postbaccaulaureate researcher at Salk Institute for Biological Studies and a Scholar at the Janelia Research Campus.
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