Descript is an AI-powered video and audio editing platform that lets users edit media by editing text, founded by Andrew Mason. Descript's Twitter Score is 53 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #16,795 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Descript has raised a total of $100M, with backing from OpenAI Startup Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, and Spark Capital. The platform was originally reported by Wired as Mason's vision for a Microsoft Word equivalent for multimedia, centered on transcription and text-based editing.
Descript markets a suite of AI-driven tools under its product lineup, including transcription, Studio Sound, the Underlord AI co-editor, AI speech, captions, translation, eye contact correction, green screen, and AI avatars. These features are designed to make video and podcast production accessible to users without traditional editing experience. Descript has 32,018 followers as of October 2026 on X and has published 5,729 posts.
Descript has been mentioned by 170 accounts, with 280 total mentions.
Who follows Descript on X?
The accounts that follow Descript include 221 founders, 70 angel investors, 75 influencers and 3 VCs, among them Marc Andreessen, Raoul Pal, Santiago R Santos, Alexis Ohanian, DeeZe and Gabriel Shapiro.