On May 15, according to Tech Funding News, the US AI video platform Hedra completed US$32 million in Series A financing, led by a16z Infrastructure Fund, with Index Ventures, Abstract and others participating, with a cumulative financing of US$43 million. Hedra plans to expand the team to 60 people by the end of the year and upgrade its Character-3 model for enterprise-level AI video marketing scenarios. The platform combines text, image and audio input to generate high-quality digital characters that help brands efficiently produce realistic video content.