If "Guo Degang" speaks English cross talk, HeyGen's video business will be difficult to do
If "Guo Degang" speaks English cross talk, HeyGen's video business will be difficult to do
The daily application of artificial intelligence technology is gradually HE Tuber entering the public eye, such as the video "Guo Degang speaks cross talk in English" that has been widely circulated on social platforms recently. The birth of this video originated from the HeyGen product. So, can the HeyGen product maintain its continued upward trend? Can the emergence of HeyGen hit the pain points of video creators?
Have you listened to Guo Degang’s new cross talk? The kind that speaks English well.
Recently, a video of "Guo Degang speaking cross talk in English" went viral on social platforms. In the video, Lao Guo's English spoken in his own voice not only has accurate pronunciation, but also has natural mouth movements and few grammatical errors.
In fact, this video is another second-generation work with the participation of AI technology. This "real translation without translation accent" work has been praised angrily by netizens. Many people feel that even real-person dubbing cannot achieve such a realistic effect.
A closer look revealed that behind this popular video is a Chinese company called Shiyun Technology. Their product HeyGen is an "artifact" for translating Guo Degang's crosstalk from Chinese to English. The AI translation of imitation is actually a video production business. abacus.
If "AI Stefanie Sun '' shows the ability of AI to imitate voices, Miaoya Camera shows AI's skills in processing pictures, and HeyGen uses "English Crosstalk" to show AI's multilingual capabilities.
Artificial intelligence, which used to be shown as high-end, is now entering the public eye in a way that the people like to see. After the entertainment, the topic of "AI Stefanie Sun" cooled down, and the Miaoya camera was short-lived because it was not high-frequency and was just needed. How could HeyGen not follow suit? Can its appearance really hit the pain points of video production?
AI imitation has evolved further and can now speak foreign languages.
In October this year, the video "Guo Degang Speaking English Crosstalk" went viral on the Internet, with millions of views on Bilibili, and it quickly led UP owners to create contrasting videos of celebrities speaking foreign languages.
Therefore, Lao Guo not only can speak English cross talk, but can also interview Uncle Benshan in English, and the other party also speaks English. The talk show suddenly becomes International; and "Uncle Yu Qian" can also sing English Rap, "Taylor Swift" and "Emma Watson" even answered fluently in Chinese on the talk show.
This is not about adding foreign subtitles to the characters or dubbing them like a translated film, but really making the characters speak fluent foreign languages. Not only do their voices sound like their own, but they can even match their mouth shapes. Such videos are popular on overseas video platforms. Also popular.
Recently, a video of "Guo Degang speaking cross talk in English" went viral on social platforms. In the video, Lao Guo's English spoken in his own voice not only has accurate pronunciation, but also has natural mouth movements and few grammatical errors.
In fact, this video is another second-generation work with the participation of AI technology. This "real translation without translation accent" work has been praised angrily by netizens. Many people feel that even real-person dubbing cannot achieve such a realistic effect.
A closer look revealed that behind this popular video is a Chinese company called Shiyun Technology. Their product HeyGen is an "artifact" for translating Guo Degang's crosstalk from Chinese to English. The AI translation of imitation is actually a video production business. abacus.
If "AI Stefanie Sun '' shows the ability of AI to imitate voices, Miaoya Camera shows AI's skills in processing pictures, and HeyGen uses "English Crosstalk" to show AI's multilingual capabilities.
Artificial intelligence, which used to be shown as high-end, is now entering the public eye in a way that the people like to see. After the entertainment, the topic of "AI Stefanie Sun" cooled down, and the Miaoya camera was short-lived because it was not high-frequency and was just needed. How could HeyGen not follow suit? Can its appearance really hit the pain points of video production?
AI imitation has evolved further and can now speak foreign languages.
In October this year, the video "Guo Degang Speaking English Crosstalk" went viral on the Internet, with millions of views on Bilibili, and it quickly led UP owners to create contrasting videos of celebrities speaking foreign languages.
Therefore, Lao Guo not only can speak English cross talk, but can also interview Uncle Benshan in English, and the other party also speaks English. The talk show suddenly becomes International; and "Uncle Yu Qian" can also sing English Rap, "Taylor Swift" and "Emma Watson" even answered fluently in Chinese on the talk show.
This is not about adding foreign subtitles to the characters or dubbing them like a translated film, but really making the characters speak fluent foreign languages. Not only do their voices sound like their own, but they can even match their mouth shapes. Such videos are popular on overseas video platforms. Also popular.
Behind the popular translation and dubbing video is the AI tool HeyGen at work. It not only demonstrates AI's ability to translate languages, but also once again shows off its AI voice imitation skills. The effect was praised by netizens.
After waiting in line for 7,000 videos, netizen @Gorden Sun uploaded only a piece of raw material to HeyGen and created a video of Swift speaking Chinese. “The effect is definitely the best so far, bar none,” he also said, “The sound The clone is slightly flawed" and "the emotional restoration is slightly lacking". Judging from his experience and feelings, his flaws are not concealed.
After waiting in line for 7,000 videos, netizen @Gorden Sun uploaded only a piece of raw material to HeyGen and created a video of Swift speaking Chinese. “The effect is definitely the best so far, bar none,” he also said, “The sound The clone is slightly flawed" and "the emotional restoration is slightly lacking". Judging from his experience and feelings, his flaws are not concealed.
Netizens queued up 7,000 videos to generate a video of Swift speaking Chinese
With the HeyGen tool, users only need to upload a video and select a language, and it will automatically translate, adjust the timbre, and generate a foreign language video that matches the mouth shape.
Soon, a large number of interesting videos of AI translation and imitation appeared. Many of the videos had more than one million views. As a result, HeyGen generated a huge wave of traffic. When it was the most popular, it generated a video, and there were several people queuing up in front of it. Ten thousand. It has been longer than some time ago when people used Miaoya Camera to generate portrait photos.
It is worth noting that behind HeyGen is a Chinese company called Shiyun Technology, which was established in November 2020. The company’s official website shows that in addition to AI translation and imitation, its products also include AI digital avatar generation, AI script generation and other services.
Tianyancha shows that Shiyun Technology has completed two rounds of multi-million dollar financing. Among them, in March 2021, Shiyun Technology received angel round investment from Sequoia China Seed Fund and Zhen Fund; in August of the same year, it received millions of dollars in Pre-A round financing, led by IDG Capital, Sequoia China and Really follow the investment.
It is reported that HeyGen’s goal is to become Midjourney in the field of AI video creation. Currently, the team behind it is about 30 people. Although HeyGen has not yet reached the user base of Midjourney, it has successfully become the latest popular AI application in the domestic market after "Miaoya Camera".
According to statistics from a netizen on social platforms %.
With the HeyGen tool, users only need to upload a video and select a language, and it will automatically translate, adjust the timbre, and generate a foreign language video that matches the mouth shape.
Soon, a large number of interesting videos of AI translation and imitation appeared. Many of the videos had more than one million views. As a result, HeyGen generated a huge wave of traffic. When it was the most popular, it generated a video, and there were several people queuing up in front of it. Ten thousand. It has been longer than some time ago when people used Miaoya Camera to generate portrait photos.
It is worth noting that behind HeyGen is a Chinese company called Shiyun Technology, which was established in November 2020. The company’s official website shows that in addition to AI translation and imitation, its products also include AI digital avatar generation, AI script generation and other services.
Tianyancha shows that Shiyun Technology has completed two rounds of multi-million dollar financing. Among them, in March 2021, Shiyun Technology received angel round investment from Sequoia China Seed Fund and Zhen Fund; in August of the same year, it received millions of dollars in Pre-A round financing, led by IDG Capital, Sequoia China and Really follow the investment.
It is reported that HeyGen’s goal is to become Midjourney in the field of AI video creation. Currently, the team behind it is about 30 people. Although HeyGen has not yet reached the user base of Midjourney, it has successfully become the latest popular AI application in the domestic market after "Miaoya Camera".
According to statistics from a netizen on social platforms %.
HeyGen’s traffic bucked the trend and increased
Founder Joshua Xu once revealed that after the HeyGen product was officially launched, it achieved $1 million in ARR (annual recurring revenue) within 7 months and maintained a 50% month-on-month growth rate for 9 consecutive months.
Founder Joshua Xu once revealed that after the HeyGen product was officially launched, it achieved $1 million in ARR (annual recurring revenue) within 7 months and maintained a 50% month-on-month growth rate for 9 consecutive months.
