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Creatify AI

Mountain View, US · Founded 2023 · Delaware corporation · 62 employees on LinkedIn · 12 known investors

Creatify builds an AI system that generates, tests, and optimizes advertising creative automatically at scale across channels and audiences. The platform targets marketers and companies seeking to automate creative production and performance optimization for digital advertising campaigns.

Also known as Creatify · Creatify AI

Founders & leadership

Creatify AI was founded in 2023 by Yinan Na, Chaz Z, Yinan (Steven) Na, Katie Wu, and Ledell Wu.

YNYinan Na
Yinan NainCo-Founder & CEO
CZ
Chaz ZFounder
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Yinan (Steven) NaFounder
KWKatie Wu
Katie WuinCo-founder · Head of SLGFounder at Creatify AI, where she was an early team member and helped grow its sales-led motion to over 100 enterprise clients. She has worked closely with clients across industries including games, apps, healthcare, home goods, local services, and e-commerce on AI video advertising performance.
LWLedell Wu
Ledell WuinCo-Founder & Chief ScientistCo-founder and Chief Research Scientist at Creatify AI, which builds an AI system for generating and optimizing advertising creative at scale; Wu leads research spanning agentic AI, multimodal modeling, and systems design, and has published extensively on generative models and fairness in AI, including work on learning fair representations that received the ICML 2023 Test-of-Time Award.
XZXin Zhou
Xin ZhouinCo-Founder
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Yu WuNamed on SEC filing

Investors · 12

Also in the syndicate · 2

MBA FundMillennium NH

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$18.5M disclosed across 2 of 4 rounds · 2023–2025

$3MraisedSep 2023 · 11 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Xin ZhouDirector
  • Yu WuDirector
  • Yinan NaExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$3M
Amount sold
$3M
First sale
Jul 2023
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2023
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Creatify operates an AI platform for generating, testing and optimizing video advertising creative. Its central workflow converts a product URL into multiple ready-to-run video ads: the system scrapes product images, descriptions, pricing and brand colors, rewrites product copy into platform-specific ad scripts, and assembles videos combining product shots, stock footage and user-generated-style content with AI avatars that have synchronized lip movement and voice-over. Brand colors, fonts and legal disclaimers are applied automatically across variants, and users can refine output in a timeline editor, swap footage, adjust captions and regenerate variants for A/B testing.

The product set spans discovery, creation, launch and measurement. Discovery tools include an inspiration library of ad templates by industry and platform, a competitor ad tracker drawing on a Meta ads dataset, and an ad cloner. Creation tools include Ad Flow (a node-based editor), URL-to-video, AI Shorts, product ad generation, AI avatars, a batch generator producing up to 50 variants at a time, and a model playground aggregating premium image, video and audio models. Launch and optimization features connect ad accounts for direct publishing to social channels with platform-specific formatting and built-in A/B testing, while a Performance Agent lets users query campaign data across Meta, Google, TikTok and AppLovin to review spend, ROAS and click-through rate by creative. The AdMax module, launched in May 2025, bulk-uploads creative variants to ad platforms and monitors ROAS, cost-per-acquisition and engagement to surface winning angles and suggest similar variations. Exports are available directly to TikTok Ads Manager, Meta, YouTube and Snapchat, or as MP4 files, and the platform offers an API plus an MCP integration for Claude and ChatGPT.

Business model

Creatify sells business-to-business software on a subscription basis with usage-based credit consumption for video generation. Published plans include a free tier (10 monthly credits, watermarked exports), a Starter plan at $39 per month with 100 credits for creators and solopreneurs, a Pro plan at $99 per month with 300 credits scaling up to 5,000 credits, and a custom-priced Enterprise plan adding done-for-you creative services, API volume discounts, white-label options, custom templates, additional seats and brand spaces, dedicated account management and enterprise security terms. Annual billing is offered at a discount. Revenue expands as customers increase creative output volume; costs cited include AI compute, stock footage licensing and avatar rendering.

Subscription software revenue with credit-based, usage-linked consumption; monthly or discounted annual plans at $39 and $99 entry price points, higher credit tiers, custom enterprise contracts, API usage with volume discounts, and add-on done-for-you creative and media-buying services.

Traction

Third-party analysis estimates $9 million in annualized recurring revenue as of May 2025, roughly 18 months after launch, with more than 1 million marketers across over 10,000 customer teams and enterprise adoption by Comcast, Alibaba.com and NewsBreak. The company's site reports more than 18,000 brands and agencies supported, 15 million-plus ads created, 30 million-plus ads analyzed, over $1 billion in ad spend on the platform and a 4.8/5 G2 rating. Published customer case studies cite outcomes such as a 45% reduction in cost per acquisition and 73% ROAS improvement at an agency, 200,000-plus ads generated at an e-commerce customer, and 300-plus videos per month via the API. A directory listing puts headcount at approximately 42.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies

Market position

Creatify markets itself as a leading AI ad platform and reports supporting more than 18,000 brands and agencies, with 15 million-plus ads created, 30 million-plus ads analyzed and more than $1 billion in ad spend represented on the platform. Third-party analysis places it among AI creative generation vendors competing with horizontal creative generators such as AdCreative.ai, Pencil, QuickAds and Predis.ai; video-first avatar specialists including Arcads AI, CreatorKit, MakeUGC.ai and Synthesia; and analytics or automation platforms such as VidMob and Smartly.io. The most cited structural competitive risk is native creative generation inside ad platforms themselves — Meta Advantage+, Google Performance Max and TikTok Smart Creative.

Creatify positions itself as a video-first, advertising-specific system that spans the full creative lifecycle — competitive ad research, generation at volume, direct launch to ad platforms, and performance analytics — rather than a general-purpose video or avatar tool. Distinguishing elements cited in sources include URL-to-video ingestion of product pages, a large multilingual AI actor library, batch generation of up to 50 variants, a competitor ad tracker built on a large Meta ads dataset, and the AdMax layer tying creative variants to measured campaign outcomes. A competitor's comparison page identifies gaps relative to broader creative suites, including the absence of voice cloning, face swap, talking-photo and PPT/PDF-to-video features, and support for about 75 languages.

Technology

The platform pairs product-page scraping and copy generation with generative video: AI-written platform-specific ad scripts, assembly of product footage, stock media and user-generated-style clips, and a library of more than 1,500 multilingual AI avatars with lip-sync and synthetic voice-over. Brand kits apply colors, fonts and disclaimers automatically. A model playground exposes 100-plus third-party premium image, video and audio models, agentic components include a Creative Agent and a Performance Agent that queries connected ad-account data, and integrations cover Meta, TikTok, Google, AppLovin, YouTube and Snapchat plus an API and an MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT.

Go-to-market

Creatify combines product-led growth with direct enterprise sales. Self-serve signup and a free, no-credit-card tier let users generate videos immediately, with paid tiers unlocking higher credit volumes, larger avatar and template libraries, longer video durations, additional seats and brand spaces. Larger accounts are handled through sales-led Enterprise plans that add managed creative and media-buying services, API discounts and dedicated support. The company also runs an affiliate program on Rewardful and maintains a YouTube channel for product content.

Performance marketers and growth teams at direct-to-consumer and e-commerce brands, individual creators, solopreneurs and small Shopify stores, marketing agencies, and larger enterprises needing high-volume creative production. Named users include Comcast, Alibaba.com (integrated into its seller dashboard), NewsBreak, ElevenLabs, HubSpot and Zumper, with case studies spanning games, agencies, e-commerce, software and advertising.

Geography

Headquartered in Mountain View, California, with a platform serving customers internationally; the product supports 75 or more languages and multilingual AI avatars for localized ad output.

History

The company was founded in 2023 and launched its product in late 2023. It raised roughly $7.5 million in seed funding led by Leadout Capital, then a $15.5 million Series A in May 2025 co-led by WndrCo and Kindred Ventures, bringing reported total funding to $23 million; Jeffrey Katzenberg joined the board at that time. Also in May 2025 the company shipped AdMax, extending the product from creative generation into campaign performance optimization. Series A proceeds were earmarked for sales team expansion and further development of the AdMax analytics module.

Risks & controversies

Sources identify competitive rather than legal risks: advertising platforms are embedding creative generation directly into their media-buying interfaces (Meta Advantage+, Google Performance Max, TikTok Smart Creative), which could reduce the need for third-party creative tools. A competing vendor's comparison page also asserts feature limitations in Creatify, including no voice or avatar cloning, no face swap, no talking-photo or document-to-video conversion, roughly 75 supported languages, capped monthly video output on entry plans and a two-minute maximum video length on the Starter tier. Third-party profiles of the company also disagree on basic details such as founding year, headquarters and total funding.

Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Ad spend represented on platformJan 2026$1B
Ads analyzedJan 202630,000,000 ads
Ads created on platformJan 202615,000,000 ads
AI actor library sizeJan 20261,500 AI actors
ARRMay 2025$9M
Brands and agencies supportedJan 202618,000 brands and agencies
Customer teamsJan 202510,000 customer teams
EmployeesJan 202642 people
G2 ratingJan 20264.8 out of 5
Languages supportedJan 202675 languages
Pro plan priceJan 2026$99
Starter plan priceJan 2026$39

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 10

by search overlap
Canva2824 shared keywordsDesign platform; Blackbird invested when it was just an idea and in every round since.
VEED2365 shared keywordsVEED is a browser-based video creation and editing platform that turns text prompts and ideas into post-ready videos with captions, music, branding, and export formats for social channels. It serves marketers, founders, and creators worldwide, and also offers developer APIs for video generation, lip sync, subtitles, and background removal.
Invideo AI1992 shared keywordsinvideo is an AI video platform that enables creative professionals to generate, edit, and collaborate on video content using AI agents that maintain context and consistency across projects without requiring constant user intervention.
Kapwing1864 shared keywordsKapwing is a web-based video creation and editing platform designed for marketing teams to produce, repurpose, and scale video content across multiple channels. It provides AI-powered tools for automating tasks like subtitle generation, video repurposing, and content creation, along with collaboration features for team-based workflows.
HeyGen1557 shared keywordsHeyGen is an AI video generation and dubbing platform that allows users to create and localize videos by writing scripts and selecting AI-generated voices, eliminating the need for cameras, actors, and traditional production resources. The platform serves businesses and content creators seeking to produce high-quality multilingual video content at scale.
Imagine1252 shared keywordsImagineArt is an AI platform for generating high-quality images and videos from text, image, video, and audio inputs. It offers creative tools including workflows, film, ad, and fashion studios, plus an AI agent system, aimed at creators and content producers.
Synthesia1118 shared keywordsSynthesia is an AI video platform that lets businesses generate videos with AI avatars and agents, aimed at helping organizations train, onboard, and upskill employees. It also offers skill development products and visual communication tools for enterprise use.
OpusClip927 shared keywordsOpus.pro builds an AI-powered video creation and editing agent that automatically turns long-form video into short clips for social media. It serves content creators and businesses who want to produce short-form video without editing skills.
Flixier919 shared keywordsFlixier is a browser-based, AI-powered video editor that generates AI video and images directly in the editing timeline and provides a full editing suite for trimming, voiceovers, subtitles, and effects. It targets individual creators and teams making social videos, demos, and training content, with real-time collaboration and brand kit features.
PicsArt898 shared keywordsPicsart offers a command-line tool that generates images, video, and audio from the terminal, providing access to 130+ AI models across the three media types. The CLI can be integrated into shells, CI pipelines, or Dockerfiles for developers and creators.

Companies competing with Creatify AI for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 2

launches, deals, and filings
May 2025
Jeffrey Katzenberg joins board

Jeffrey Katzenberg joined Creatify's board as part of the Series A investment.

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May 2025
AdMax performance-optimization module launched

Creatify launched AdMax, a module extending the platform beyond ad creation into performance optimization: bulk-uploading creative variants to ad platforms and monitoring ROAS, cost-per-acquisition and engagement to surface winning creative angles.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

Legal entities · 1

corporate structure
Creatify AIDelaware

In the news

Research sources · 6

primary sources listed

6 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Creatify AI do?
AI advertising platform that turns product URLs into video ads and tests, launches and optimizes them across social channels.
Who founded Creatify AI?
Creatify AI was founded by Yinan Na, Chaz Z, Yinan (Steven) Na, Katie Wu, Ledell Wu in 2023.
Who are Creatify AI's investors?
Creatify AI's investors include Comcast Ventures, Kindred Ventures, NFDG, WndrCo, Brighter Capital, Creator Ventures, Leadout Capital, Millennium New Horizons and 2 more.
How much funding has Creatify AI raised?
Creatify AI has disclosed $18.5M raised across 2 of its 4 known rounds.
Where is Creatify AI headquartered?
Creatify AI is headquartered in Mountain View, US.