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