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May 27, 2025

Synthesia cofounder raises $13m seed for new startup Spaitial

The startup is building AI models capable of generating interactive, photorealistic 3D environments


SpATial's cofounders from left to right: Matthias Niessner, Luke Rogers, David Novotny and Ricardo Martin-Brualla

Synthesia cofounder Matthias Niessner has raised $13m for his newly launched startup, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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