Young Zhao, Founder of OpusClip

About Young Zhao

Young Zhao is the Co-Founder and CEO of OpusClip, an AI video agent that converts long-form content into short-form videos. He led the company to win Best in Show at the SXSW 2024 Pitch Competition and achieve $20M ARR by September 2024. Zhao has grown OpusClip to over 15 million users in roughly 2.5 years.

Young Zhao at a glance

• Company: OpusClip
• Total raised: $30M
• Latest round: Series A
• Investors: Millennium New Horizons, Samsung Next, AI Grant, GTMfund, DCM Ventures, Alumni Ventures

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