Ep 45: Founder & CEO of HeyGen Josh Xu on TikTok’s GenAI Dilemma, Trust and Safety and the Path to Interactive Avatars

Joshua Xu is co-founder and CEO of HeyGen -- the fast-growing AI video creation and translation platform. You can upload a video, or create a new one from a script using an AI avatar as your star, and HeyGen will translate it into 175 languages. HeyGen now serves over 40,000 customers and is generating $35+ million in revenue.

[0:00] Intro  

[0:37] HeyGen's Viral Moments  

[1:23] Creating Magic with AI  

[3:30] The Future of AI in Video Production  

[9:29] HeyGen's Use Cases and Customer Base  

[13:15] AI Avatars  

[25:46] The Future of Content  

[26:43] Competing with Industry Giants  

[27:16] Innovating for New Markets  

[31:24] Enterprise Push: Lessons and Surprises  

[33:07] Trust and Safety in AI  

[37:03] Fundraising and Financial Strategies for AI Startups  

[41:22] Quickfire

With your co-hosts: 

@jacobeffron 

- Partner at Redpoint, Former PM Flatiron Health 

@patrickachase 

- Partner at Redpoint, Former ML Engineer LinkedIn 

@ericabrescia 

- Former COO Github, Founder Bitnami (acq’d by VMWare) 

@jordan_segall 

- Partner at Redpoint