Clouted Secures $7 Million Seed Round for AI Video Clipping Platform With 100,000 Creators
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Updated · TechCrunch · May 20
Clouted Secures $7 Million Seed Round for AI Video Clipping Platform With 100,000 Creators
1 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · May 20
$7 million in seed funding will help Clouted expand software that automates short-video clipping and distribution for brands using a network of more than 100,000 gig creators.
The startup says its AI does more than generate clips: it continuously tests formats, audiences and platforms to learn which combinations drive the strongest viral performance and conversions.
Justin Banusing first used the system to promote Manila-based festival &Friends, which now draws more than 20,000 attendees, giving Clouted an early proof point for its marketing approach.
Slow Ventures led the round, joined by Gold House Ventures, Weekend Fund, Peak XV's Surge and others, as Clouted pushes beyond clipping rivals like Overlap AI toward larger marketing-infrastructure players such as CreatorIQ and Hightouch.
With $7 million in funding, can this AI startup truly challenge the billion-dollar marketing infrastructure giants?
As AI masters predicting viral content, what is the future for the 100,000 human creators powering the system?
Can an AI crack social media's virality code without flooding platforms with generic, algorithm-chasing 'slop'?