Arcads
AI UGC video ad generation from a script using realistic AI actors
Last reviewed 2026-06-19
Arcads is an AI UGC video ad generation platform for marketing teams. Users write or paste a text script, pick from a library of over a thousand realistic AI actors (or create a custom avatar), and the tool generates a short UGC-style video ad with automated text-to-speech, lip-sync, and script-directed emotion control. Output targets direct-response social creative such as testimonial hooks, product demos, app intros, and objection handling. Supporting tools cover translation and localization into 30+ languages with captions, b-roll and music assembly, background removal, upscaling, camera-angle adjustment, and video extension. Founded in 2024 by Dylan Fournier and Romain Torres, Arcads was bootstrapped to profitability and significant scale before raising a $16M seed in December 2025 led by Eurazeo. Despite some "AI agent" marketing language, the product is fundamentally a script-to-video generation tool (assistant/copilot), not an autonomous agent, and it exposes a public REST API for programmatic generation.
What it can do
Generate UGC ads from a script with AI actors
AssistantTurns a text script into a short UGC-style video ad using realistic AI actors with automated lip-sync and text-to-speech.
sourceDirect actor emotion and localize
AssistantLets users direct tone and gestures via plain-text instructions and translate or localize ads into 30+ languages with captions.
sourceEdit and assemble finished ads
CopilotProvides AI editing tools for b-roll, music, captions, transitions, background removal, upscaling, camera angle, and video extension.
sourceGenerate videos via API
CopilotA public REST API lets teams create, trigger generation, poll status, and pull downloads programmatically.
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Strengths
- +Fast script-to-video UGC at scale with a large AI actor library and 30+ language localization, with no filming
- +Public REST API enables batch and pipeline automation
- +Proven production scale and quality, using ElevenLabs voices
Limitations
- −No public pricing page and no free trial
- −Real cost per usable ad is high since performance creative needs many iterations
- −AI actors can read synthetic, and key features like custom avatars and API access are gated to higher tiers
Overview
Arcads generates UGC-style video ads from a text script using realistic AI actors. It targets DTC brands, performance marketers, agencies, and app studios.
What it does
From a script and a chosen AI actor it produces a short ad with lip-sync and TTS (assistant), supports plain-text emotion direction and 30+ language localization (assistant), offers AI editing tools (copilot), and exposes a public REST API (copilot). The core output is video, mapped here to image plus API.
Integrations & setup
Cloud SaaS plus a hosted REST API. Voice synthesis uses ElevenLabs; underlying video and avatar models are undisclosed.
Pricing
Subscription, credit/video-based. Pricing is gated behind signup; secondary sources report a Starter plan around $110/mo, with higher tiers for more videos and API access.
Best for / not for
Best for performance teams producing large volumes of social UGC creative without filming. Less ideal for brands needing transparent pricing, a free trial, or bespoke high-end production.
Alternatives
Creatify is the closest UGC video-ad peer (URL-to-video focus); HeyGen and Captions cover AI avatar and short-form video more broadly.
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FAQ
How does Arcads create an ad?+
You write or paste a script and pick an AI actor; Arcads generates a UGC-style video with automated text-to-speech, lip-sync, and script-directed emotion, plus optional localization into 30+ languages.
Is Arcads an autonomous agent?+
No. Despite some agent marketing, it is fundamentally a script-to-video generation tool that produces creative for a human to review and deploy, so it operates as an assistant/copilot.
Sources
- Arcads (official site) · accessed 2026-06-19
- Arcads raises $16M seed (official blog) · accessed 2026-06-19
- Arcads API documentation · accessed 2026-06-19
- Arcads gets a billion-plus ad impressions with ElevenLabs voices · accessed 2026-06-19
Last reviewed 2026-06-19