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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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