Lightricks
Category: Generative Media (Image / Video)
Lightricks open-sourced LTX-2, a production-ready 4K audio-video generation model, and pivots from B2C apps to an enterprise B2B creative tech platform. Lightricks was founded in 2013. The company is led by Zeev Farbman. Based in Jerusalem, Israel. Team size: 500+. Total funding raised: $335M. Latest round: Series D. Key investors include Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, Insight Partners, Viola Ventures, ClalTech, Greycroft, Heidi D'Amelio, Marc D'Amelio.
- Founded
- 2013
- Headquarters
- Jerusalem, Israel
- Team size
- 500+
- Total funding
- $335M
Value proposition
Lightricks offers an open creativity stack with open-source AI models (LTX-2) for local 4K video+audio generation, enterprise creative tools (LTX Studio), and consumer apps (Facetune, Videoleap), enabling creators and enterprises to produce professional visual content with full control and privacy.
Products and solutions
Facetune, LTX Studio, LTX-2, Videoleap, Photoleap, Popular Pays
Target customer
Enterprise creative teams and studios, creative agencies, professional video producers, and content creators seeking AI-powered video generation tools and open-source models for production workflows
How they differentiate
Lightricks differentiates by releasing truly open-source audio-video generation models (LTX-2) with open weights and training code that run locally on consumer GPUs, combined with a full creative platform (LTX Studio) and a profitable B2C mobile division ($250M+ ARR) that funds its enterprise pivot.
Main competitors
Runway, Adobe, Synthesia, OpenAI (Sora), Google (Veo)
Key partnerships
Shutterstock (video training data for LTXV model), ElevenLabs (exclusive audio-to-video generation partner), NVIDIA (optimization for LTX-2 on NVIDIA ecosystem), Fal, Replicate, ComfyUI, OpenArt (integration partners for LTX-2)
Notable customers
McCann Paris (creative agency using LTX Studio), New York Festivals Advertising Awards (NYFAi competition partner)
Major milestones
Raised $130M Series D ($100M primary, $30M secondary) bringing total funding to $335M, Reached $250M ARR by July 2025, Hit a $1.8B valuation in 2024, Launched LTX Studio, an AI-powered filmmaking tool, in February 2024, Released open-source AI video model LTX-2 with native 4K and synchronized audio in January 2026, LTX Video broke the 60-second barrier for AI-generated video in July 2025, Pivoted from B2C apps to enterprise B2B creative tech platform in 2025-2026, Partnered with Shutterstock, ElevenLabs, and NVIDIA for model training and deployment
Market positioning
Lightricks is an AI-first creative technology company pivoting from B2C mobile apps to an enterprise B2B platform, offering open-source AI models (LTX-2) and creative tools (LTX Studio) that compete with both closed cloud systems (OpenAI, Google) and traditional creative software (Adobe).
About Zeev Farbman
PhD in Computer Science from Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2007-2013); planned academic career as professor before founding Lightricks
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Official website: https://www.lightricks.com