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March 27, 2026

Meet Brahma: the quiet Synthesia rival forecasting $100m in revenue

Brahma's tech has been used in films like Here, where it was used to make a young version of Tom Hanks


Freya Pratty

4 min read

Brahma's founder Prabhu Narasimhan

We’ve all heard of Synthesia, the London-based AI video platform which earlier this year secured a lofty $4bn valuation with $150m in annual recurring revenue (ARR).

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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