YCS23· AIKite
Screen recorder for stunning product demo videos
Founders
Not read from YC yet; the weekly run fills these in.
Same space
Competitors
Closest in what they build, same category.
Adjacent
Overlapping tags, a different niche.
BlumaF25Canva for short-form video adsShared: video, marketing, advertisingActive
GooseworksW23Self-Improving Ad Creative EnginesShared: video, marketing, advertisingActive
TellaS20The all-in-one screen recorder.Shared: videoActive
VaporS11In-video advertising.Shared: video, advertisingInactive
ClearMixS20On-Demand, Fully-Remote Marketing and Sales Video Production PlatformShared: video, marketingInactive
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About Kite
Kite is a screen recorder that makes your demo videos look like Apple commercials in minutes. Simply record your app (works for iPhone recordings too!). Kite will track your cursor and keyboard inputs, so it can automatically zoom in on the action with professional 3D animations. Kite is as easy as Canva, but your videos will look like they came out of OpenAI or Figma. - One-click cinematic 3D animations - Display recordings on 3D mockup devices (MacBooks, iPhones etc) - Combine unlimited recordings into one video - Edit, adjust speed and trim recordings - Add text scenes and text annotations alongside recordings - AI voiceovers using state of the art text to speech models - Free music library - Brand kit–upload your logos, colors and fonts - Start from our template library or start from scratch Kite is used by hundreds of YC companies for launch videos, social media posts, landing page demos, changelog updates, feature releases and more.
San Francisco, CA, USA
Kite: questions
Which YC batch was Kite in?
Kite was in Y Combinator's Summer 2023 batch (S23).
Is Kite still active?
Y Combinator lists Kite as active.
Where is Kite based?
Kite lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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