Is D-ID still around? (2026)
Yes. D-ID is live and reachable, price-verified as of Jul 20, 2026.
What D-ID is
What sets it apart Real-time streaming conversational avatars (Visual AI Agents) that respond live through the API rather than only producing pre-rendered clips; the company traces back to the de-identification / anti-facial-recognition technology that gave it its name.
Founded in 2017 as a privacy startup whose software altered photos to defeat facial-recognition systems, D-ID now sells generative video: its Creative Reality Studio turns a still image plus a script or audio track into a talking-avatar clip, in more than 100 languages. The platform's Visual AI Agents extend that to real-time streaming, so an avatar can hold a live conversation over the API instead of only rendering a fixed video. It suits marketing, training, and customer-service teams producing presenter-style clips at volume, plus developers embedding digital humans in their own products.
Sources D-ID homepage (vendor) · D-ID Visual AI Agents (vendor) · D-ID Studio pricing (vendor) · NoCamels: Israeli Startup D-ID Offers Counter To Facial Recognition Tech
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