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Descript Raises $50 Million Series C Led by OpenAI Startup Fund and Transforms Video Editing with New Product Release

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Descript, the simple, powerful, full-workflow video and audio editor, today announces a $50 million Series C round led by OpenAI Startup Fund to support and accelerate AI integration into creativity. Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital and Daniel Gross also participated in the round.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Descript , the simple, powerful, full-workflow video and audio editor, today announces a $50 million Series C round led by OpenAI Startup Fund to support and accelerate AI integration into creativity.
  • Packed with more than 30 new visual and AI-powered editing features, the redesigned Descript promises to make editing video as easy as editing a doc or slides.
  • Descript removes these barriers, equipping creators and communicators with a single intuitive tool that's also a fully-powered end-to-end production app.
  • Descript's new editing magic starts with Scenes a visual method for making video that's as intuitive as making a slideshow.

Descript Partners with LinkedIn's Creator Accelerator Program to Help Emerging Creators Build Audiences, Brands, and Businesses

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Thursday, October 20, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Descript, the simple but powerful tool that makes editing video and audio as easy as editing a doc, announces a partnership with the LinkedIn Creator Accelerator Program to help emerging creators grow their audiences and learn to monetize their content.

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  • The company will join LinkedIn's creator accelerator programs in Brazil, the United Kingdom , and a new U.S. program focused on creators who are passionate about technology and innovation.
  • Earlier this year, Descript joined LinkedIn's first U.S. creator accelerator program and a subsequent program in India.
  • "Our participation in LinkedIn's creator accelerator programs fosters our support of emerging creators, and cements Descript as a key part of the creator work stack," said Jay LeBoeuf, Head of Business and Corporate Development at Descript.
  • "Ever since I started using Descript, my video editing time has been cut by over 50%," said Carlynn Greene, participant in LinkedIn's U.S. creator accelerator program in January.

Descript Launches Multi-Language Transcription to Support Global User Base

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Monday, March 7, 2022
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Empowers creators to edit their videos and audio in their native languages, as easily as editing a doc.

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  • Empowers creators to edit their videos and audio in their native languages, as easily as editing a doc.
  • All social videos and audiograms will also support dynamic captions in any of the languages supported.
  • "Descript creators have long been asking, often loudly, for multi-language transcription, so we are thrilled to bring it to them and to bring the simplicity and power of Descript to more international creators and audiences."
  • Descript is an all-in-one video and audio editing service providing simple and powerful collaborative tools for new media creators.

Descript Wins Innovator Icon Award at the 2022 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards

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Friday, February 4, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Descript , the all-in-one video and audio editing software, has been honored with an iHeartRadio Podcast Innovator Icon Award, one of three major Icon Awards presented last night during the 2022 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Descript , the all-in-one video and audio editing software, has been honored with an iHeartRadio Podcast Innovator Icon Award, one of three major Icon Awards presented last night during the 2022 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards.
  • The iHeartRadio Podcast Icon Award pays tribute to the creators, organizations and podcasts that have made groundbreaking contributions to podcasting's expanding role in today's popular culture.
  • "The Descript team is honored to be named as Innovator Icon of the year at the 2022 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards," said Nadjya Ghausi, CMO at Descript.
  • For more information on the 2022 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards and to see the winners across all categories, visit iHeartPodcastAwards.com .

Descript Hosts Live-Stream Product Release To Announce Social Video And More

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Descript , an all-in-one video and audio editing software for new media creators, will host its newest live-stream product release today at 11:00 a.m. PST / 2:00 p.m. EST.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Descript , an all-in-one video and audio editing software for new media creators, will host its newest live-stream product release today at 11:00 a.m. PST / 2:00 p.m. EST.
  • This event follows the success of the company's first-ever live-streamed product release in September.
  • Headlining this quarter's release are Descript's new social video features, which allow creators to create promotional clips from any existing audio or video content in Descript, alleviating the need to download separate software.
  • Descript is an all-in-one video and audio editing service providing simple and powerful collaborative tools for new media creators.