HeyGen is an AI research and video-generation company that builds AI avatar, video creation, and video-translation technology, co-founded by Joshua Xu and Wayne Liang under the earlier name Movio, which itself previously operated as Surreal. HeyGen's Twitter Score is 85 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of September 2026, ranking #9,112 (top 5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
HeyGen raised a $60 million Series A led by Benchmark, with participation from Thrive Capital, BOND, Conviction, SV Angel, IDG, ZhenFund, Baidu Ventures, and others. The company's core products include AI-generated avatars, a personalized-avatar workflow that incorporates a separate consent video, and a video-translation offering. Its general-purpose video-generation platform is marketed for use cases that include Web3, blockchain, NFT, and crypto marketing content, though the company does not operate a blockchain protocol, token, exchange, or crypto fund.
HeyGen has published 17,280 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 72 accounts, with 114 total mentions. The account's bio highlights Avatar V, described as its frontier AI avatar model, and points developers toward its companion accounts for building on the platform.
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The accounts that follow HeyGen include 452 founders, 95 angel investors, 171 influencers and 6 VCs. Among them are Udi Wertheimer, Vance Spencer, Eric Wall, Sandeep, Mario Nawfal and Bill Gurley.