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# HeyGen

Create avatars from photos or recordings and generate presenter videos through scripts and APIs.

- Company / organization: HeyGen Technology, Inc.
- Company country / region: United States · Company registration
- Category: Video creation
- Official website: [https://www.heygen.com](https://www.heygen.com)
- Profile updated: 2026-10-24


## Overview

HeyGen is an AI video and avatar platform that creates virtual presenters from a photo or a recording. Users supply scripts, audio or prompts to produce avatar videos and revise the content by scene. APIs let developers create jobs and retrieve completed videos for recurring explanatory, marketing or presenter-video workflows.

## Capabilities

### Photo and video avatars

Create a Photo Avatar from an image or a Digital Twin from a recording for use in videos.

### Script-to-video integration

Generate videos from prompts or scripts, or submit API requests and retrieve completed results.

## Official sources and references

- [Official website](https://www.heygen.com)
- [Documentation](https://developers.heygen.com/docs/quick-start)
- [Pricing source](https://www.heygen.com/pricing)

## Related product news

### HeyGen Voice Turbo offers a limited API promotion

- Original publication date: 2026-10-21

The announced free API period ends November 30; this is temporary and subject to promotion conditions.

[HeyGen](https://www.heygen.com/blog/heygen-voice-turbo)

### HeyGen introduces its video-generation model

- Original publication date: 2026-10-21

Generates video with sound from text, images or references; web, app and API terms differ.

[HeyGen](https://www.heygen.com/models/heygen-video-1)

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