ByteDance, the Chinese tech company behind TikTok, builds its AI image and video tools through Dreamina, TikTok Symphony, CapCut, and Pippit, backed by a reported $70B 2026 AI infrastructure budget.
Synthesia builds an AI video platform that turns scripts into avatar led videos in 140+ languages, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100 for training and internal comms, backed by $200M in Series E funding at a $4B valuation from Google Ventures.
Midjourney is an independent, bootstrapped AI research lab known for its text-to-image and video platform, used by millions despite no free tier and active Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. Discovery copyright lawsuits.