What is Golpo AI? The World's Best AI Video Generator for Explainer Videos
Golpo AI is the YC and other best VCs backed and Stanford researchers founded world's best AI video generator for explainer videos. Turn a prompt, document, script, your own narration, or a single selfie into a finished, narrated explainer video in minutes — with Picture in Picture, voice cloning, 45+ languages, and frame-by-frame editing.
Golpo AI is the YC and other best VCs backed and Stanford researchers founded world's best AI video generator for explainer videos.
Give Golpo a prompt, a PDF, a script, your own voice recording, or just a selfie, and it gives you back a finished explainer video. Golpo writes the script (or uses yours), draws the visuals, adds the narration and music, and syncs it all together. There's no camera, editing software, or animation studio involved.
Golpo was founded by brothers Shraman Kar and Shreyas Kar, Stanford computer science AI researchers. It is backed by Y Combinator (S25), BNVT Capital, Emergence Capital, Afore Capital, and others. Today more than 2,000 teams, schools, and creators use it.
What Golpo AI can do
1. Script to video
Paste your approved script and Golpo narrates it word for word, building the illustrated scenes around it. If you want to read and approve the script before anything is generated, turn on Edit script before creating video. Script to video guide →
2. Prompt or document to video
Describe a topic, or attach a PDF, Word file, or slide deck. Golpo researches and writes the script, then turns it into an accurate, time-aligned explainer. PDF to video guide →
3. Video from your own narration
Upload an audio or video file, or record straight from your microphone. Golpo transcribes your voice and draws visuals that match what you say. This works for podcasts, Zoom recordings, lectures, and voiceovers. Own Narration guide →
4. Upload a selfie to get a video
Upload a single photo and Golpo turns it into a talking AI Presenter that delivers your video beside the explainer visuals. No filming needed. You can also pick from 20 ready-made Golpo Avatars. AI Presenter guide →
5. Picture in Picture (PIP)
Record yourself on webcam or upload a speaking video, and keep the real presenter on screen. Your video can sit in a round corner bubble or in a split-screen layout while Golpo animates the explanation. Picture in Picture guide →
6. Voice cloning
Clone your voice once, then reuse it on every new prompt or script. Each video sounds like you without you recording again. Voice cloning guide →
7. Two visual engines and dozens of styles
Golpo Sketch makes classic hand-drawn whiteboard videos. Golpo Canvas offers 11 styles, including Chalkboard, Whiteboard, Modern Minimal, Technical, Editorial, and Notebook. You can also build a Custom Style from an image, a video, or a written description. See every style →
8. 45+ languages
Generate narration in more than 45 languages. You can also set a separate language for on-screen text, which makes it easy to produce local versions of the same video. Multilingual guide →
9. Voice and video instructions
Tell the narrator how to speak ("enthusiastic," "like a professor," "French accent"). Tell the visuals how to look ("brand colors only," "no on-screen text," "more charts").
10. Your own images and screen recordings
Drop in product shots, screenshots, photos, or a screen recording, and Golpo weaves them into the video next to its own illustrations. Insert images guide →
11. Frame-by-frame editing
Golpo was the first AI video tool with frame-by-frame editing. Change any single frame with plain text, swap in an image, or fix on-screen words without regenerating the whole video. Editing guide →
12. Audio-only podcasts
Turn a topic or document into a spoken podcast episode at a fraction of the cost of a video. Podcast guide →
13. Branding and formats
Add your logo and your own background music. Choose color or black-and-white, and export horizontal for YouTube or vertical for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts. Videos run from 15 seconds up to 10 minutes or longer.
14. API, MCP, and AI agents
Generate videos automatically with the Golpo REST API, the Python and Node SDKs, or the MCP server for Claude, Cursor, and Codex. MCP server guide →
Who uses Golpo AI?
- Educators and course creators: lesson and course videos, without recording.
- L&D and HR teams: onboarding, compliance, and SOP training.
- Marketing and sales: product explainers, demos, and personalized outreach videos.
- Founders and executives: updates and pitches delivered by your own AI Presenter.
- YouTube creators: faceless or presenter-led explainer channels.
Get started free
Sign in with Google or Microsoft at video.golpoai.com and make your first video for free. To see every button and setting, read the complete Golpo AI tutorial. To compare plans, see the pricing breakdown.
