Hera (YC S25) is your AI motion designer that creates professional animations in seconds. Video teams waste countless hours animating seconds of content. Motion design tools like After Effects require mastering complex user interfaces, turning creative work into button-clicking hell. Hera is the first AI motion designer that creates professional animations through conversation. Unlike video-gen tools, Hera generates code-based animations where every parameter can be fine-tuned through prompts or on-canvas editing, giving users the control of After Effects with the simplicity of Lovable. Hera has grown to a 6-figure ARR in less than 10 days after launching publicly.
Total raised
$500K
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Chia-Lun Wu
Building Hera, an AI motion designer. I was the first engineer/employee at Flagright (YC W22), where I built and led core infrastructure from the ground up and scaled it. I was also an early engineer at Vyond, where I built Vyond Studio, an online video editor used by 20,000 businesses today. I hold an MS in Computer Science from National Taiwan University (NTU) and have been working in software engineering since 2016.
LinkedInChia-Lun Wu
Building Hera, an AI motion designer. I was the first engineer/employee at Flagright (YC W22), where I built and led core infrastructure from the ground up and scaled it. I was also an early engineer at Vyond, where I built Vyond Studio, an online video editor used by 20,000 businesses today. I hold an MS in Computer Science from National Taiwan University (NTU) and have been working in software engineering since 2016.
Peter Tribelhorn
Building Hera to make motion design radically faster and easier. Previously acquired and managed big YouTube channels with +30m subs (e.g., Economics Explained, The Game Theorists).
LinkedInNo applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.