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Unscript Ai

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Bangalore, IN · Founded 2022 · 20 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors

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Unscript offers AI-generated product explainer and video ad tools that turn a product URL or script into tailored video creatives, with support for dubbing videos into other languages. It targets enterprises and brands across industries such as banking, finance, and insurance for marketing, educational, and customer-communication content.

Also known as UnScript · unSCRIPT AI · UNSCRIPT AI PRIVATE LIMITED · Unscript.ai

Founders & leadership

Unscript Ai was founded in 2022 by Ritwika Chowdhury and Akhil Menon.

RCRitwika Chowdhury
Ritwika ChowdhuryinFounder & CEORitwika Chowdhury is founder of Unscript, an AI video generation platform that creates product explainer and ad videos from product URLs or scripts with multilingual dubbing support. She previously worked as an AI Research Scientist at Intel and Engphile Labs, and is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur.
AMAkhil Menon
Akhil MenoninCo-Founder2021–2022He has previously co-founded notNULL Media LLP and Empirics Asia, and has worked on sustainability initiatives, carbon removal finance, data analytics, and in-app advertising with enterprise clients.

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Exfinity Venture Partnerslead

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Unscript AI (legal entity UNSCRIPT AI PRIVATE LIMITED) operates a generative-AI video and visual production platform. Its core workflow lets a user upload a product photo or write a text script and receive campaign-ready output: catalog and product images, lifestyle scenes, UGC-style clips, live-action style ads with AI spokespersons, and virtual models tuned to a target demographic. The company advertises more than 100 UGC, PDP and ad-style templates and support for 140+ languages [0][1].

Beyond D2C marketing creative, the platform markets adjacent capabilities: AI avatars (including custom avatars recorded on the customer's behalf with consent), text-to-video conversion of manuals and SOPs, AI dubbing with translation and lip-sync, a 'video jockey' virtual host, real-time video personalization driven by audience demographics, viewing behaviour and CRM data, and A/B-style video testing [2][3][4]. Outputs can be exported in formats such as MP4, MOV and WMV, and videos can be embedded into LMS, CMS, CRM and authoring tools [2][4]. The site organises offerings by use case (social media, product explainer, onboarding) and by industry (financial services, HR, news and media, manufacturing, D2C) [3][4].

Inc42 describes the company as founded in 2021 and initially focused on AI-driven video editing before expanding into personalised video content generation; it reports 21 employees and FY25 revenue of ₹99.6 Lakh, up about 348% on FY24 [5][6]. Note that the Inc42 profile is internally inconsistent on headquarters and headcount, variously stating San Francisco, California and 'San Francisco, India' and 13 employees, while the company's own site and its investor Rukam Sitara place it in HSR Layout, Bengaluru [3][4][5][7].

Founding story

Sources state the company was founded in 2021 by Ritwika Chowdhury and Akhil Menon [5]; Rukam Sitara credits Ritwika Chowdhury as founder [7]. No further detail on the founding circumstances appears in the sources.

Business model

Self-serve and sales-assisted SaaS: the website offers a free trial and pricing page alongside 'Contact Sales' and 'Book a Demo' paths, indicating both product-led signup and an enterprise motion with demos and integrations [0][1][4]. Positioning is explicitly cost-substitution against traditional production, claiming visuals at roughly ₹800 versus ₹80,000 photoshoots [0][1].

Subscription/paid plans for AI video and visual generation, with a published pricing page, free trial, refund policy and enterprise tier; the company also references discounts for students and educators [0][1][4]. Inc42 reports operating revenue of ₹99.6 Lakh in FY25 against ₹22.2 Lakh in FY24 [5].

Traction

Company-stated figures include 100+ D2C brands, 500+ product catalogs created, 1.9M+ campaign visuals generated and a claim of 20 million videos in six months [0][1][2][3]. Third-party data shows FY25 revenue of ₹99.6 Lakh (up ~348% year over year), 21 employees (up 16.67% over 90 days) and a 3.90 Glassdoor rating from 11 reviews [5][6]. Customer-reported outcomes published by the company include a 1.5% abandoned-cart conversion rate (described as a 100%+ increase) at Amazin Graze, a 2.8x attendance boost at HealthifyMe and a 200% loyalty increase at Maithan Steel [0][2][3].

Latest developments

The most recent disclosed financing is a $1.00 million grant-stage round dated 12-13 September 2024 [5][6]. Inc42's profile reports FY25 revenue growth of ~348% to ₹99.6 Lakh and headcount growth of 16.67% over the trailing 90 days to 21, alongside a 27.17% 30-day decline in web traffic [5][6]. The current website reflects a repositioning toward product-photo-to-campaign visual generation for D2C brands, with templates, virtual models and live-action ad output [0][1].

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

Market position

Inc42 classifies the company as an early-stage AI/enterprise-tech startup with $2.23 million raised across three rounds and a last known valuation of $605.86K as of 31 March 2022 [5][6]. Rukam Sitara lists it in the 'Generative AI for Video Production' industry [7]. Reported web traffic of about 3.92K with a 27% 30-day decline suggests limited public-web scale [5][6].

Differentiators claimed are elimination of studios, models and production crews; turnaround measured in minutes to hours rather than weeks; roughly 99% cost reduction versus traditional shoots; a template library spanning UGC, PDP and ad formats; 140+ language dubbing with lip-sync; audience-optimised virtual models; and one-click embedding into existing CRM/LMS/CMS stacks [0][1][2][3]. Investor materials emphasise combining user data with AI-driven editing to deliver personalized, interactive video at scale [7].

Technology

Generative AI for video and image production: lifelike AI avatars and custom avatar creation, text-to-video generation, lip-sync, multilingual dubbing via transcription plus translation plus synthetic voiceover, face swap, virtual influencers/virtual models, and data-driven real-time personalization that varies greetings, features and testimonials by viewer attributes [2][3][4][7]. The site claims end-to-end encryption in transit and at rest, GDPR, CCPA and SOC 2 compliance, multi-factor authentication and 24/7 monitoring [2].

Go-to-market

Inbound product-led trial ('try it free in 60 seconds', on-page text-to-video demo generator) combined with demo requests and direct sales outreach; supporting content includes blogs, an FAQ/help centre, customer testimonials, a press 'In the Spotlight' section and dated case studies [0][1][2][3][4]. Integrations with CRM, email marketing, marketing automation, LMS and CMS tools are used as a distribution and embedding channel [2][4].

Primarily D2C and e-commerce brands and their marketing teams needing catalog, marketplace (e.g. Amazon listings) and social ad creative [0][1]. Secondary segments named on the site include enterprise learning and development, HR, customer service, financial services, news and media, and manufacturing (training, safety compliance, SOP videos, regional-language communication) [2][4]. Named customers and referenced users include HealthifyMe, Maithan Steel, Radio City, Floworks, Amazin Graze and Arrowhead [0][2][3][7].

Geography

Office address published on the company site: 2nd Floor, 2735, 16th Cross Rd, PWD Quarters, 1st Sector, HSR Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560102 [3][4]. Rukam Sitara also lists the location as Bengaluru [7]. Inc42's profile inconsistently states San Francisco, California and 'San Francisco, India' [5]. Product reach is described as global, with 140+ languages and regional-language delivery [0][1][2].

History

Inc42 and Rukam Sitara both date the founding to 2021, with Inc42 noting an initial focus on AI-driven video editing that later expanded into personalised video content generation [5][6][7]. A first seed round involving Entrepreneur First was announced in March 2022, followed by a $1.23M seed round with Exfinity Venture Partners in September 2022 and a $1.00M grant-stage round in September 2024 [6]. Rukam Sitara records its investment year as 2022 [7]. Customer case studies were published in mid-to-late 2024, and by 2025 the public site had repositioned around product-photo-to-ad-creative generation for D2C brands [0][1][2][3].

Risks & controversies

Third-party data on the company is inconsistent: Inc42 simultaneously lists headquarters as San Francisco, California and 'San Francisco, India' and gives both 21 and 13 as employee counts, while the company site and Rukam Sitara indicate Bengaluru [3][4][5][7]. Founding year is given as 2021 by Inc42 and Rukam Sitara [5][6][7], versus 2022 in internal records. Reported web traffic declined 27.17% over 30 days [5][6]. Absolute revenue remains small (₹99.6 Lakh in FY25) relative to a last-known valuation of $605.86K recorded in March 2022 [5][6]. Most traction figures (20 million videos, 1.9M+ visuals, 100+ brands) are self-reported on the company website and unverified [0][1][2][3]. The site also contains apparent placeholder or unrelated content, including a chat widget scripted for a web-design agency and duplicated testimonial text attributed to different individuals [0][1][2][3].

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Campaign visuals generated (company-stated)Jan 20251,900,000 visuals
D2C brands served (company-stated)Jan 2025100 brands
Employee countJan 202621 employees
Glassdoor ratingJan 20263.9 out of 5 (11 reviews)
Languages supported (company-stated)Jan 2025140 languages
Last known valuationMar 2022$605.9K
Monthly web trafficJan 20263,920 visits
Number of funding roundsSep 2024$3
Product catalogs created (company-stated)Jan 2025500 catalogs
Revenue (FY24)Jan 2024INR 22.2 Lakh
Templates available (company-stated)Jan 2025100 UGC/PDP/ad templates
Total funding raisedSep 2024$2.2M
Videos generated (company-stated)Jan 202520,000,000 videos

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

Timeline · 5

launches, deals, and filings
Sep 2024
Case study: HealthifyMe reports 2.8x boost in attendance

Company-published case study dated 16 September 2024 stating HealthifyMe used AI video reminders to improve meeting/attendance rates by 2.8x.

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Sep 2024
$1M grant round

Inc42 records a $1.00 million grant-stage round announced 12 September 2024 (referenced elsewhere on the profile as 13 September 2024); investors not named.

$1M source ↗

Jul 2024
Case study: Maithan Steel reports 200% increase in loyalty

Company-published case study dated 25 July 2024 attributing a 200% increase in loyalty to personalized videos.

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Sep 2022
$1.23M seed round led by Exfinity Venture Partners

Seed round of $1.23 million announced 27 September 2022 with Exfinity Venture Partners and four other investors listed.

$1.2M source ↗

Mar 2022
Seed round with Entrepreneur First (amount undisclosed)

Inc42 lists a seed round announced 30 March 2022 with Entrepreneur First; the amount is undisclosed.

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

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

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

Frequently asked questions

What does Unscript Ai do?
Bengaluru-based AI platform that turns product photos and text scripts into ad-ready videos, catalog images and avatar content.
Who founded Unscript Ai?
Unscript Ai was founded by Ritwika Chowdhury, Akhil Menon in 2022.
Who are Unscript Ai's investors?
Unscript Ai's investors include Entrepreneur First, Exfinity Ventures.
Where is Unscript Ai headquartered?
Unscript Ai is headquartered in Bangalore, IN.