Company overview

In Descript you can make any video you want, any way you want. All you need is an idea; it helps if you know how to type.With the world’s first and only AI co-editor, Underlord, you can make a video just by describing your vision. It will create, edit, and design your video—all under your direction. It’s got the taste and judgment you want in a creative partner and the expertise you need from a video editor. And it’s tireless—so you can stay focused on getting the result you’re after while it does all the dirty work. And when you want to get dirty, you don’t need special knowledge or skills. If you can edit text, you can edit video with Descript. It’s loaded with automated design tools, plus the friendliest timeline editor you’ve ever seen, a built-in recorder, and hosted publishing that makes collaboration as easy as sending a link. With Descript’s powerful AI and intuitive tools, your creativity is unbounded—freed from the limitations of what you don’t know, and what AI can’t know. Create product demos, training videos, screen recordings, video messages, podcasts, or social clips. Join the 7 million+ creators and businesses using Descript, and create something impressive—something you can be proud of.
Founded in 2017
San Francisco, California, USA
185 employees (32 in marketing)
93% recommend to a friend
92% positive business outlook

Salaries

Typical salary range

$203,000 – $230,000

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

11 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +6.3% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$100M

Last raise

$50M

Series C, 3 years ago

Funding history

Oct 2022

Series C Descript · $50M

Feb 2021

Series B Descript · $30M

Sep 2019

Series A Descript · $15M

Dec 2017

Seed Round Descript · $5M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
3.2M
Month over month+3.5%
Quarter over quarter-2.5%
Top sourceDirect (46.1%)
Ad budget per month$231.8K
Average search rank47.1
Traffic source mix
Search
46.1%
Direct
46.1%
Referral
6.2%
Social
1.2%
Paid referral
0.3%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

32.6K

12-mo growth

+50.5%

Monthly growth

+6%

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