[7][8] The platform prohibits use of its software to create non-consensual clones, including of celebrities or political figures for satirical purposes.

[11] In 2018, the company first demonstrated the software’s capabilities on the BBC programme Click when it presented a digitization of Matthew Amroliwala speaking Spanish, Mandarin, and Hindi.

[17] Synthesia gained a total valuation of $1 billion, achieving unicorn status, when it raised $90 million from Accel and Nvidia partnership NVentures, in June 2023, during its Series C funding round.

[18][19] While the company prohibits use of its technology for misinformation or "news-like content",[20] an October 2023 Freedom House report stated that Synthesia tools had been used by governments in Venezuela and China to create videos of fake TV news outlets with AI-generated avatars in order to spread propaganda.

[22] In February 2025, Peter Kyle, the UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, previewed an upcoming public release of Synthesia's software and has endorsed its ability to translate speech and video for use across the economy.