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title: "Descript: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "AI-powered video and audio editing software company"
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-descript
type: Organization
wikidata: Q132134653
website: https://www.descript.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Descript

> AI-powered video and audio editing software company

Read on the web: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-descript

## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2017-01-01
- Headquarters: San Francisco
- Status: private
- Website: https://www.descript.com/
- Also known as: Descript AI, Descript App, Descript Inc
- Industries: artificial intelligence, digital audio editor, software industry, video editing software, technology company

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/DescriptApp

## Key people

- Andrew Mason, founder (businessman)

## Funding rounds

From Form D notices filed with the SEC. An amount sold is what the filing reports at the time of filing, not a valuation.

- 2023-07-13: Form D/A, USD 53.7 million sold of a USD 53.7 million offering, 14 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1833466/000183346623000001/))
- 2022-11-18: Form D, USD 50.6 million sold of a USD 50.7 million offering, 10 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1833466/000183346622000001/))

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Descript, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-descript#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132134653, read 2026-11-11
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001833466

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