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Borderline: AI-actor ad generation with €12M ARR on 7 employees (Dec 2025); internal agents automate research and copy, but this is a lean AI company more than an agent-run one.
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The recorded proposition
€12M ARR with 7 employees reported in December 2025; a lean AI company more than an agent-run one.
Index summary of the positioning; not an independent finding.
Generates UGC-style video ads, demos and try-ons with AI actors in 35+ languages for performance marketers. Maddyness (17 December 2025) reports €12M ARR with 7 employees, as reported by the company, alongside a €14M seed round led by Eurazeo. The founder has described 100+ internal Gumloop agents that automate competitor research, ad-copy rewriting and content, but the team still decides product and growth. Borderline: closer to a lean AI company than an agent-run one, treated like Gamma.
Where humans remain involved
Ongoing human hours, approval frequency and intervention rates have not been measured in this record. Reported team size describes the company, not the labor required to operate a customer business.
What still needs evidence
Establish a repeatable production workflow, identify the tasks people still perform, and measure cost, reliability and customer outcomes before drawing conclusions about business autonomy.
Recorded caveat: Borderline (lean AI, like Gamma); ARR company-reported via Maddyness; headcount has since grown
Financial and team context
Reported figures retain their original scope. Revenue periods and headcount dates may differ; these are not a current audited financial statement.
- Financial observation
- Not reported
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- Reported team
- Not reported
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- Funding as recorded
- €14M (~$16M)Source: Maddyness ↗
No financial or headcount observations recorded.
Round / transaction: €14M seed (Eurazeo lead)
Recorded date: 2025-12
Investors / backers: Eurazeo · Alpha Intelligence Capital · Sequoia Scout program
Pricing and commercial terms
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Founders and recorded roles
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Recorded technology stack
- Gumloop
Components listed in the research record; integrations have not been independently tested here.
Research timeline
Sources and coverage limits
This profile brings together the existing Index research. Company announcements, sponsored articles and founder interviews can establish what was said; they do not independently prove sustained autonomy or revenue.