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Forbes: D-ID Acquires Simpleshow To Lead $50 Billion Interactive AI Market

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D-ID is acquiring Berlin-based simpleshow to fuse real-time interactive digital humans with a proven explainer-video studio—one platform that turns one-way training and marketing into live, two-way experiences and sets the tone for the next UI of AI video. It’s a bold, forward-looking move aimed at leading a fast-growing interactive-AI market.


The deal is a category play, positioning D-ID to recharge corporate communications and help define the next user interface for enterprise AI by marrying lifelike avatars with familiar video-creation workflows and a large enterprise customer base. In short, a bid to move to the front of the pack as interactive AI goes mainstream.