Argil
Argil is an AI Avatar Video company founded in 2023 and based in Paris, France. It has raised $5.7M in total funding, most recently a Seed in 2024.
Argil is a Paris-based AI video startup founded in 2023 by Laodis Menard and Brivael Le Pogam that went through Y Combinator. Its platform lets a creator record a short video of themselves once, then generate hyper-realistic, multilingual avatar clips from text or audio scripts. The company raised roughly €4.9 million (a €1M pre-seed plus a €3.9M seed led by EQT Ventures, with Seedcamp and Axeleo) in late 2024, with angels including YouTuber Kwebbelkop and Alan/Mistral co-founder Charles Gorintin. It targets the creator economy with per-minute pricing.
A YC-backed European entrant turning the personal-avatar workflow into a low-cost engine for creator and short-form social video.
argil.ai ↗·AI Avatar Video·
France·private 
