Voia
Sunnyvale, US · 1 known investors
Voia builds an AI-driven visual effects and virtual production pipeline that keeps human artists in control of the final frame.
Also known as Voia Inc. · Voia, Inc.
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Voia Inc. is a Sunnyvale, California-based company developing an AI-based pipeline intended to replace conventional visual effects work in film, television, advertising and social content production. The system spans production design, on-set shooting and post-production: an on-camera component provides directors and actors with real-time pre-visualization of the final frame, while a cloud component produces automatic renders and supplies tools for artists to finish shots. Voia's stated approach combines live-action footage, generated video and traditional CGI in one workflow, with artists retaining control over individual pixels, shading and lighting rather than relying on model output alone.
The core technology is Prism, described by the company as an industry-safe generative vision model that interprets lighting, geometry and motion and decomposes video into components such as matte, depth, tracking and color, providing per-pixel control comparable to CGI. Voia offers two usage paths: a simplified "point and shoot" pipeline suitable for content such as TikTok videos, and a professional pipeline that outputs discrete layers (camera tracking, foreground, background, depth maps) for use with tools including Unreal Engine, Nuke and editing systems. Voia also markets real-time virtual production that does not require LED volumes or green screens.
A companion iPhone application, Voia Studio, serves as the entry point to the platform, supporting professional-grade capture, real-time preview of lighting and composition, a library of photorealistic 3D virtual sets, and 4K cloud rendering; it is restricted to registered users. The toolset was initially developed for the iPhone, with a version supporting professional ARRI and RED cameras announced as forthcoming in April 2025.
Founding story
Voia was founded in 2022 in Sunnyvale, California by Avner Braverman, who serves as CEO and brought a background in high-performance infrastructure technology, together with Haim Helman and Noam Malali. Reporting on the company's 2023 pre-seed round also names Mitch Singer and Bryan Barber among the founders, with the original aim of bringing Hollywood-quality visual effects to the iPhone. Singer, a former chief strategy officer at Sony Pictures Entertainment, is described in 2025 coverage as a company advisor.
Business model
Voia licenses access to a production platform combining hardware devices and cloud services. Its terms of service describe monthly billing for service and platform usage, with device license or lease fees charged in advance per billing period, non-refundable order fees paid on reserving a device license and credited against license payments, and cloud usage fees for render time and storage accumulated and billed at period end. Voia provides software updates, physical maintenance and device replacement within five business days for rented devices, while customers bear responsibility for device care and damage.
Recurring monthly device license/lease fees plus usage-based cloud fees for rendering and storage, alongside upfront non-refundable order fees for device reservations.
Traction
As of March 2025 the technology was in use with a select group of early customers spanning mid-sized production companies, ad agencies and A-list filmmakers, named as Green Productions, Pace Pictures and BBDO, and Voia reported approximately $10 million raised including founder and strategic investment. The Voia Studio iPhone app held a 4.2 average rating from 29 ratings on the U.S. App Store, with its most recent listed release, version 1.6.11, on 2025-05-15. The company employed 14 people in the United States at the time of its July 2023 pre-seed announcement.
Latest developments
In March 2025 Voia exited stealth and detailed its VFX pipeline, disclosing roughly $10 million raised to date including strategic investment from Keshet International and WPP, and said a version supporting professional ARRI and RED cameras was due the following month. The Voia Studio iOS app was last updated on 2025-05-15 with video list improvements.
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Market position
Voia positions itself as an alternative to traditional VFX and to LED-volume or green-screen virtual production, aiming to make virtual production and high-end visual effects available to productions without Hollywood-scale budgets while preserving artist control. Third-party directory listings place it in media, 3D, virtual/spatial computing and generative AI categories and compare it with companies such as Ready Player Me, YOOM, Artlist, VFR.ai, Touchcast, Hexa and TrueMeeting.
Voia's stated differentiators are artist-level control over the generated image — per-pixel, shade and lighting control with consistent looks across extended storylines — rather than uncontrolled model output; the decomposition of video into CGI-style layers by the Prism model; real-time on-set pre-visualization from a camera-connected device; virtual production without LED volumes or green screens; and a combined team of Hollywood artists and technologists with Silicon Valley infrastructure backgrounds.
Technology
Prism, Voia's generative vision model, is positioned as industry-safe and is described as understanding lighting, geometry and motion and breaking video down into matte, depth, tracking and color layers for pixel-level artist control. The stack pairs a "Physical AI" component connected to the camera for real-time on-set pre-visualization with a "Cloud AI" component that generates automated renders in minutes and offers finishing tools. Outputs can be delivered as discrete layers for professional compositing, gaming-engine and editing workflows, and the mobile app supports 4K cloud rendering and photorealistic 3D environments.
Go-to-market
Voia operated in stealth before a March 2025 public introduction, and has placed its technology with a select group of early customers including Green Productions, Pace Pictures and BBDO. Access to the platform runs through the Voia Studio iPhone app, which is free to download but limited to registered users directed to voia.com to unlock the full platform, supported by device licensing arrangements with production customers.
Directors, production designers and VFX artists; production companies, creative and brand teams, and advertising agencies, ranging from mid-sized production companies to A-list Hollywood filmmakers, as well as creators working on short films, commercials and social content without large budgets.
Geography
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a team distributed across the United States and strategic investors based internationally, including Keshet International and WPP; the App Store listing is English-language and U.S.-facing.
History
Founded in 2022, Voia first pursued a consumer-oriented product that used AI to give iPhone-shot video a Hollywood look, and disclosed $3 million in pre-seed funding in July 2023 while employing 14 people in the United States. Its Voia Studio iOS app shipped frequent updates through 2024 and into 2025, adding 3D sets, front-camera and live-audio recording, timecode syncing and landscape support. The company emerged from stealth in March 2025 to present a professional VFX pipeline, stating it had raised about $10 million to date and had recruited Hollywood technology veterans, including Scot Barbour, a former Apple Final Cut Pro alum and Sony Pictures Entertainment vice president of production technology, as vice president of creative.
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Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsLatest listed release of the Voia Studio iPhone app, which provides capture tools, real-time previews, 3D virtual environments and 4K cloud rendering as the entry point to the Voia platform.
After initially developing its toolset for the iPhone, Voia said a new version supporting professional cameras including ARRI and RED was slated for release the month after its March 2025 announcement.
Voia disclosed that its roughly $10 million raised to date includes investment from its founders and from strategic investors Keshet International and WPP.
Scot Barbour, an Apple (Final Cut Pro) alum and former vice president of production technology at Sony Pictures Entertainment, joined Voia as vice president of creative; Mitch Singer, former chief strategy officer at Sony Pictures Entertainment, serves as a company advisor.
Voia came out of stealth mode and introduced its developing AI-driven visual effects and virtual production pipeline, disclosing about $10 million raised to date and early customers including Green Productions, Pace Pictures and BBDO.
Voia, Inc. disclosed $3 million in pre-seed funding for AI technology to help creators produce high-quality video; investors were undisclosed and the proceeds were earmarked for expanding operations and business reach.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Voia do?
- Voia builds an AI-driven visual effects and virtual production pipeline that keeps human artists in control of the final frame.
- Who founded Voia?
- Voia was founded by Haim Helman, Mitch Singer.
- Who are Voia's investors?
- Voia's investors include Stardom.
- Where is Voia headquartered?
- Voia is headquartered in Sunnyvale, US.