[Group buy] Yepic AI

What is Yepic AI?

Video content is expensive to produce, slow to update, and impossible to make interactive. Text chatbots are cheap and fast but impersonal, cold, and abandoned the moment they fail to understand a question.

Yepic AI‘s answer sits directly between those two problems.

On one side: an AI video studio that generates polished presenter-led content from a script in minutes, in any language, with no camera or production crew. On the other: a real-time conversational platform where AI avatars hold genuine dialogue with users, draw from custom-uploaded business knowledge, complete transactions, and — in a feature currently in testing — read the emotional state of the person they're talking to and adjust accordingly.

The company calls the second capability Video Agents. The market has nothing quite like it at comparable scale.

Twenty thousand companies have found reasons to use this platform. The deployments at Chicago's transit authority, Microsoft's conference stand, and Saudi Arabia's Global AI Network conference suggest that the largest and most demanding of those organizations are finding genuine operational value — not just novelty.

Products in Yepic AI

Studio Express

The fast lane. Write a script, select an avatar, choose a voice from 400+ options, generate a video. No editing skill required. No equipment. Production time: minutes.

Use it for: onboarding videos, product announcements, internal communications, social content, anything where speed matters more than editorial complexity.

Studio Pro

The full production environment. Multi-slide structure, scene management, stock image and video libraries, background customization, music tracks, text overlays, and transitions. This is where training courses, product deep-dives, and multi-chapter eLearning content get built.

Worth noting: Studio Pro 2.0 is listed as “coming soon.” If Pro is your primary use case, the upgrade is on the roadmap.

Video Agents

A real-time AI avatar — not a pre-rendered video — that holds live conversations with users through your website, platform, or any digital touchpoint.

The agent is powered by your choice of GPT model. It draws answers from your uploaded documentation. It integrates with forms, calendars, and external APIs on higher-tier plans. It speaks any of 120+ supported languages without switching modes or losing coherence.

It runs 24 hours a day. It doesn't misunderstand tone the way text does. And it's already been deployed at scale by organizations with zero tolerance for underperformance.

API

Full programmatic access to Yepic AI's infrastructure — avatar rendering, voice synthesis, video generation, Video Agent sessions. Available on Creator annual and Creator Plus plans. Documented at docs.yepic.ai.

For product teams: this is how you integrate AI avatar capability into your own application without building the underlying model infrastructure.

VidVoice

A standalone AI dubbing tool (vidvoice.ai) built on Yepic AI's patented lip sync technology. Takes existing video content and produces multilingual versions with synchronized lip movements — solving the localization problem without re-filming.

Feature Yepic AI

Three Avatar Types, One Platform

Talking Photos — upload a portrait photograph, animate the face with lip sync synchronized to any voice and script. A still image becomes a speaking presenter. No specialist equipment. Available unlimited from Creator plans.

Stock HQ Avatars — Yepic's library of professionally produced avatar characters. Available on all paid plans.

Streaming Avatars — purpose-built for real-time Video Agent sessions. Optimized for live response rather than pre-rendered output.

Custom HQ Avatars — modeled on real individuals — are available as add-ons at $49 each across plans, with varying numbers included depending on tier.

Emotional Intelligence (In Testing)

This is the feature that makes technologists lean forward in their seats.

During a live Video Agent conversation, the system uses computer vision to track the user's facial expressions in real time. Emotion tags — frustrated, confused, engaged, happy — are generated and fed back into the conversation engine. The agent's tone, pacing, and approach adjust based on what the user's face is communicating.

The practical implication: a customer who's clearly frustrated gets patience and clarification. A user who's obviously engaged and ready to convert gets efficiency and a clear next step. A learner who looks confused gets the concept explained a different way.

This is not live in production today — it's in active testing. But the architecture behind it is real, and when it ships, it will represent a meaningful competitive moat with nothing comparable at this price point.

Custom Knowledge Base — RAG on Every Plan

Retrieval-Augmented Generation support is available at every paid tier. Upload your specific documentation: product manuals, FAQs, compliance materials, pricing guides, policy documents. The Video Agent pulls answers from that content rather than generating responses from general LLM knowledge.

This distinction matters enormously for deployment confidence. An agent that knows your actual return policy is deployable. An agent that confidently generates a plausible-sounding but wrong return policy is a liability.

Multilingual Architecture

120+ languages. 400+ voices. Regional dialect support. Multiple voice quality tiers from standard (1 credit/min) to premium ElevenLabs voices (5 credits/min). Voice cloning. Custom voiceover upload.

For a single use case like “we need our training content in seven languages,” this eliminates seven separate production runs. For a broader use case like “we serve customers in 40 countries,” it eliminates the entire multilingual infrastructure problem.

LLM Flexibility

Currently supported: GPT-3.5, GPT-4, GPT-4o. On the roadmap: Gemini, Llama, Mistral. The ability to choose your LLM backbone — rather than being locked into a single provider's model — gives enterprise buyers meaningful control over cost, capability, and data handling policy.

Integration Depth

On Creator plans and above, Video Agents connect to:

• Forms — capture lead data mid-conversation
• Calendar systems — book appointments within the dialogue
• Custom external APIs — trigger any external system action based on conversation outcomes

An agent that books the appointment rather than directing someone to a booking page is a different proposition from a text chatbot. The transactional capability is what makes Video Agents viable as operational infrastructure rather than engagement features.

Proven Deployments

Chicago Transit Authority

CTA used Yepic AI to overhaul workforce training across one of America's largest public transit systems. The specific outcomes: reduced video production time, improved eLearning efficiency, diverse avatar representation reflecting the actual workforce, multilingual delivery without separate production runs, and content updatable in real time as procedures change.

This is a conservative, safety-conscious public institution with large-scale workforce training requirements and zero tolerance for low-quality output. Their adoption is a meaningful credibility signal.

Microsoft at COMEX Oman

Omar — a real-time Yepic AI Video Agent — operated at Microsoft's exhibition stand at COMEX 2024 in Oman. The deployment was not a scheduled demo with controlled inputs. It was a live interactive avatar handling real, unpredictable conversations from thousands of conference delegates across the event.

The fact that Microsoft chose this deployment for a major public-facing conference stand is the most direct available evidence of enterprise-grade reliability.

Kwebbelkop Digital Twin

At LEAP in Saudi Arabia, Yepic AI built a high-fidelity AI clone of gaming mega-influencer Jordi van den Bussche (Kwebbelkop) — then staged a live interview between the real creator and his AI counterpart. Beyond the attention it generated, the deployment demonstrated Yepic AI's capacity for near-photorealistic avatar creation from real individuals.

GAIN Saudi Arabia

Demonstrated real-time avatar technology at the 2024 Global AI Network conference to an audience of government, enterprise, and academic leaders from across the region. The reception established enterprise procurement credibility that most AI startups work years to achieve.

Where Yepic AI Gets Used

• Corporate Training & L&D — The production economics of AI avatar video transform eLearning at scale. A module that previously required weeks of production can be created in hours, updated instantly, and delivered in 15 languages from a single production run. Video Agents extend this to interactive learner dialogue.
• Customer Support — Replacing text chatbots with Video Agents addresses the engagement gap directly. Visual, responsive, knowledgeable agents that run 24/7 without staffing overhead, in any language, with consistent accuracy drawn from a maintained knowledge base.
• Financial Services — Banks deploy Video Agents as first-contact customer service for product queries, account information, and appointment booking. The combination of visual trust, documented knowledge accuracy, and 24/7 availability meets the specific demands of the sector.
• Healthcare — Patient education, pre-appointment information delivery, medication guidance, and FAQs — delivered by AI avatars that communicate consistently and compassionately across language barriers, reducing clinical staff time on routine communication.
• Airports & Transport — Interactive wayfinding and passenger information at kiosks and digital touchpoints — conversational, current, multilingual, and infinitely more useful than static displays.
• Events & Exhibitions — The COMEX deployment is the reference case. Interactive AI demonstrations at live events drive engagement, generate coverage, and differentiate brands in competitive exhibition environments.
• E-Commerce — Product explainer videos at scale, personalized recommendation dialogues, post-purchase support agents — all without the production overhead or live staffing cost that these would otherwise require.

Pricing, Honestly Explained

Yepic AI's credit system funds all platform operations. Every voice synthesis minute, video render, and Video Agent session consumes credits. Plan selection determines your monthly credit allocation and feature access.

Feature	Basic	Creator	Creator Plus (Most Popular)	AI Employee Unlimited	AI Team Member	Enterprise
Price	$20/user/month	$79/user/month	$199/user/month	$499/AI Employee/month	$1,999/AI Team/month	Custom
Monthly Credits	200	1,000	2,000	Unlimited	Unlimited	Custom
Stock Talking Photo	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	Custom
Custom Talking Photo	✅ (Up to 10)	✅ Unlimited	✅ Unlimited	✅ Unlimited	✅ Unlimited	Custom
Stock Yepic HQ Avatar	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	Custom
3rd Party HQ Avatar	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	Custom
Custom Yepic HQ Avatar	Up to 1 ($49 each)	Up to 3 ($49 each)	1 Free + up to 9 additional ($49 each)	Unlimited	Unlimited	Custom
Number of Video Agents	3	5	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Custom
Agent Integrations (Forms, Calendar)	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	Custom
Agent Custom Function Calling	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	Custom
Agent Custom Embed Design	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	Custom
Remove “Powered by Yepic” Branding	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	Custom
Concurrent Sessions	1	3	5	1	5	Custom
Agent Watermarks	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	Custom
Express Access	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	Custom
Pro Access	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	Custom
API Access	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	Custom
Video Watermarks	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	Custom
Faster Video Rendering	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	Custom
Unlimited Video Storage	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	Custom
Computer Vision Add-on	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	Custom
Human Onboarding	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	Custom
Human Support (Slack/WhatsApp)	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	Custom

Fit Assessment

Strong fit:

• Organizations producing video content across multiple languages regularly — the per-language production savings compound quickly against any plan cost.
• Customer experience teams where chatbot abandonment rates and satisfaction scores are tracked metrics — the Video Agent engagement improvement is measurable.
• L&D teams at mid-to-large companies building interactive training — the combination of fast video production and real-time dialogue covers the full learning delivery spectrum.
• Developer teams building AI-powered products — the API delivers avatar and voice infrastructure without internal model development.
• Enterprise event and exhibition teams — the COMEX deployment is the proof of concept.

Weak fit:

• Individual creators or freelancers needing occasional low-volume video content — the pricing structure and credit system are designed for organizational deployment, not personal use. HeyGen or Synthesia will serve this use case more economically.
• Organizations that want to buy a tool and deploy it without internal implementation effort — Video Agents require knowledge base construction, configuration, and ongoing maintenance. The tool rewards setup investment.
• Teams evaluating Studio Pro as a primary use case today — with Pro 2.0 on the roadmap, the timing question is legitimate.

FAQ

1. Is Yepic AI only for enterprises?
   No — plans start at $20/month and the platform is used by companies of all sizes. That said, the architecture and pricing model are optimized for organizational deployment rather than individual use. The sweet spot is SMEs through enterprise.
2. How does it compare to Synthesia or HeyGen?
   Those platforms focus on asynchronous AI video generation. Yepic AI's defining product — Video Agents — is real-time conversational AI avatar technology. That's a different product category entirely. On asynchronous video generation alone, all three platforms are competitive; the differentiator is what Yepic AI adds with live dialogue capability.
3. Can Video Agents handle complex, unpredictable questions?
   Yes — because they're powered by GPT models with access to your custom knowledge base, not a scripted response tree. The quality of responses correlates directly with the quality of the uploaded documentation. Well-maintained knowledge bases produce reliable agents.
4. What happens when an agent doesn't know the answer?
   This depends on how you've configured the agent's fallback behavior. Standard options include acknowledging the limitation and escalating to human support, directing the user to other resources, or logging the unanswered query for knowledge base improvement.
5. Is voice cloning included?
   Voice cloning is supported on paid plans. It's not included in the base credit allocation — it's available as a capability but consumed as an add-on.
6. How does RAG work in practice?
   Upload your documents through the Video Agent configuration interface. The system processes them and makes the content retrievable during conversations. When a user asks a question, the agent searches the uploaded content for relevant answers before generating a response — which grounds the output in your actual business information rather than general AI knowledge.
7. What's the implementation timeline for a Video Agent?
   Simple deployments — choose an avatar, configure a persona, upload a basic FAQ document, embed on a website — can be completed in a day. Sophisticated deployments with custom function calling, calendar integrations, and comprehensive knowledge bases take longer and benefit from planned implementation.