Akool is a generative AI video platform founded in 2022 by Jiajun (Jeff) Lu, a former Google and Apple technical lead with a Stanford PhD, and based in Palo Alto, California; the company ranked #1 on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies and reports roughly $40 million in annual recurring revenue.
The platform bundles streaming and talking avatars, face swap, video translation, an image generator, background replacement, and talking-photo animation into one suite priced by credits, where a 10-second video clip costs 10 credits and image generation costs 4. Brands including Coca-Cola, Canon, and Google Cloud have used it for marketing campaigns and localized content, and Akool has since extended into holographic avatar displays.
Akool is built for marketing, sales, and HR teams that need personalized or translated video at a volume too high for traditional production, rather than individual creators making one-off clips. A free plan includes trial credits with a watermark and 720p output; paid tiers start at $30 a month (Pro, about 20 minutes of 1080p video) and scale to $119, $500, and custom Enterprise pricing.
