Layo

Layo

Video

AI influencers that help brands grow.

Video

U.S. brands spent $37B on creator advertising in 2025. Brands pay creators to use products, share stories, and turn viewers into customers.

Problem

Brands need to test more content than they can afford to make.

Every video costs time and money. When it doesn’t bring in customers, brands pay to try again.

Brand
average cost per video
$154
from brief to content
13 days

Solution

We help brands produce 10× more content with AI influencers.

Create and direct human-like characters to test new hooks, demos, and stories faster and for less.

Create influencer. Shape a character’s look and personality to fit your brand. Make them the familiar face of your content.

Tokenomics

We make money on every video.

revenue per generation
$1.30/s
cost per generation
$0.83
gross margin
36%
  • Video

    $0.10 profit/s

    13 models available

  • Audio

    $0.04 profit/s

    8 models available

  • Image

    $0.01 profit/img

    48 models available

Customers

Over 2 million apps compete for attention on Apple’s App Store. Layo helps teams create UGC demos and test hooks to increase downloads.

Distribution

We use Layo to grow Layo.

Marketing

  • 3 AI influencers posting twice daily
  • 5 human creators with affiliate links
  • Branded accounts showcasing Layo demos

Target: one influencer with 10K followers.

Product-led growth

  • Recreate videos from templates
  • Limited-time discounts
  • Credit bonuses for referrals

KPI: 30-day credit repurchase rate

To: Marketing @ Kalshi

Subject: We made a video for Kalshi.

We used Layo to create an AI influencer demo of your app. Want to test three versions with different hooks?

Watch your demo
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Sales

  • 100 calls, emails, and DMs per week
  • Send prospects a video featuring their product
  • Start with one influencer, expand to more

Target: 5 pilots.

Competition

Cheaper and faster than creators. More focused than AI platforms.

We're Hiring

We are hiring a marketer to grow distribution and an AI engineer to improve video generation.

  • Full-body standing placeholder portrait for Engineer
    HiringEngineer

    Build agents.

  • Full-body standing placeholder portrait for CTO
    Drew LevineCTO

    Leading product.

  • Full-body standing placeholder portrait for CEO
    John AllenCEO

    Leading growth.

  • Full-body standing placeholder portrait for COO
    HiringCOO

    Lead sales.

  • Full-body standing placeholder portrait for Marketer
    HiringMarketer

    Run socials.

Milestones

By December 4, 2026

  1. Sell pilots

    1 customer. 4 to go.

  2. Hire team

    One marketer and one engineer.

  3. Build app

    Influencer generation web app

  4. Market brand

    Reach 10K followers.

  5. Launch company

    Open the product to customers.