In January 2026, Synthesia hit a $4 billion valuation. TechCrunch’s take was that the company had found a “lucrative” business by changing corporate training with AI avatars. Lucrative, indeed. Synthesia stumbled upon a real need L&D professionals have: swapping dated formats like classroom-style slides and webcam recordings for AI presenters
Remember when “innovative training” meant a new PowerPoint template? Ah, PowerPoint. Who else fondly remembers the checkerboard and clock sweep transitions? Next slide, please. Those days are over. L&D teams are under more pressure than ever. You’re expected to onboard faster, upskill constantly, personalize everything and prove ROI, all while
So this is a familiar problem. Training is supposed to help people do their jobs better. But too often, it turns into a pile of content that’s seldom used and remembered even less. Long PDFs. Outdated slides. Training videos that have nothing to do with your company and feel prepackaged
Learning and development teams are under pressure. They’re expected to onboard faster, close skill gaps sooner, support continuous professional development and prove impact — all while teams become more distributed and roles evolve faster than training programs can keep up. This is where using AI for L&D has moved from
It’s finally here — the much-anticipated day one of your new job. You’re a mix of nerves and caffeine, ready to make a killer first impression. But instead of diving into the company culture or meeting your new team members, you’re handed a 50-page PDF of company policy and a
Let’s be honest: Corporate training has a reputation problem. Just those 2 words together can make an otherwise happy and carefree employee feel a quiet sense of dread stealing over them. For years, it meant long in-person sessions with dense documentation. There were folders, print-outs and Post-it notes. So much
If you’ve spent any time around AI lately, you’ve probably encountered an avatar. These lifelike virtual presenters can live anywhere in the digital world, but they’re especially popular in AI videos. They show up on screen at key points to explain, guide, teach, welcome and reassure. Done well, they create
How do you build a thriving workplace culture when your team might span time zones or no longer be in the office five days a week? How do you communicate in a way that feels personal when your employee base numbers in the thousands? And how do you keep people
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