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Founder Profile

Matthias Niessner

Last reviewed: November 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya

Who is Matthias Niessner?

Matthias Niessner is a founder of Synthesia, which was founded in 2017 with Victor Riparbelli, Steffen Tjerrild and Lourdes Agapito.

Company founded
Synthesia
Founded
2017
Co-founders
Victor Riparbelli, Steffen Tjerrild and Lourdes Agapito

Founding Story

Professor at the Technical University of Munich renowned for groundbreaking academic research in neural video synthesis.

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