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Knowlify
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485 followers
Cursor for Animated Videos
485 followers
Knowlify is an AI video studio that turns docs into premium explainer videos. Built for teams that need consistent, high-impact explainers - faster than traditional production, more engaging than standard AI video tools.
ok so basically AI creates animations and voiceover and puts them on top of each other? What tech do you use for voiceover?
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@davitausberlin Yep! The abstraction layer we've built on top of AI Video Tools is what makes us unique. 11labs is used for the voiceover.
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Hey Product Hunt, I'm Ritam, Co-founder of Knowlify!
The Problem:
Most people in 2026 don't read. Instead, they want to watch an engaging video explaining the content. The problem is that there is no scalable way for teams to create high-quality, highly engaging video content.
Most tools in this space follow one of two flawed approaches:
❌ Uncanny AI avatars – They feel robotic, stiff, and instantly disconnect the viewer from the material.
❌ Glorified slideshows – They simply slap text over generic stock footage, completely missing the mark on creativity and engagement.
From day 1, we set out to fix these issues. We built Knowlify with one vision: to make knowledge so engaging that once you click play, you're instantly hooked for the rest of the video.
How Knowlify is Different 🚀:
Knowlify is focused on maximizing content retention—helping your audience learn the most amount of material in the shortest amount of time. Instead of boring slides, we convert text, PDFs, and other docs into engaging, Kurzgesagt-style animated videos.
Beautiful, educational animations – We turn dry text and documents into exciting, animated stories that actually communicate complex information in a fun way.
Custom-trained AI models – We've trained our own planner and voiceover models on proprietary datasets to ensure the pacing, tone, and structure are perfect.
Built for creativity – Most AI tools are terrible at being creative. We've built an agentic system that specifically thrives on creative video production, and it will only get better over time.
Who is this for?
Whether you're a content manager turning blog posts into engaging media, or a creator building instructional content to convey complex information, Knowlify makes it effortless. The possibilities are truly endless.
Here's an example tutorial to understand the website better!
Knowlify Tutorial
@ritam_rana Congrats on the launch! Just a quick q; for B2B content teams scaling LinkedIn carousels or newsletters to video like turning SEO-optimized posts into hooks, what's one retention hack your custom AI planner uses to keep complex topics punchy under 90 seconds?
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Thank you,@swati_paliwal. One of the key retention strategies in our custom AI planner is front-loading the tension. Instead of starting with background information or explanations, it begins with the most compelling insight, pain point, or outcome. From there, we build the narrative.
For complex topics, we usually maintain a tight structure: a hook, an explanation of why it matters, a single sharp example, a key takeaway, and a call to action (CTA). We also break the script down into one idea per section, allowing the viewer to receive clear payoffs rather than being overwhelmed with too much information at once.
In terms of length, the product can generate videos up to 300 seconds long, so it is not limited in that aspect. The real challenge lies not in duration, but in keeping dense topics engaging and easy to follow from start to finish. This approach is especially beneficial for B2B content teams looking to convert SEO posts, newsletters, or LinkedIn carousels into video content.
@ritam_rana Congrats on the launch, Ritam. The focus on retention is smart. Most tools focus on generating video quickly, but not necessarily making the viewer actually understand or remember the material. The Kurzgesagt style direction is interesting too because that format works well for explaining complex topics. It keeps attention while still teaching something meaningful, which is harder than it looks.
One thing I am curious about is how much control creators have over the final narrative and pacing. If someone uploads a long article or technical document, can they guide the AI on what the “core lesson” should be, or does the planner model decide what is most important?
I could see this being really powerful for turning dense reports or educational material into something people will actually finish watching. Curious how teams are using it so far.
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@ritam_rana @chris_payne_emba Thanks so much, Ritam will appreciate that.
Creators are not locked into whatever the model picks. You can steer the output with your prompt, shape the storyboard before generation, and then edit the final video after. The planner helps turn dense material into a strong first draft, but the user still decides what angle to emphasize and how the story should flow.
That is a big part of why this works well for long articles, reports, and technical docs. The goal is not just to summarize the material, but to help turn it into something clear, intentional, and actually watchable.
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Thid idea will work well with older teams that have a lot of information stuck on PDFs, and need a way to quickly make that content for marketing. I think of old traditional organizations such as governments, that want to communicate on their website what a certain application process looks like, or best practices.
The product idea is good, here is how the features worked for me:
- Voiceover: I uploaded a document on questions that you can ask to a designer when you start a project, and it gave me a voiceover about meal prepping.
- The storyboarding features worked really well. It simple enough to be able to just modify the prompt that creates the image, then change the colours if necessary. However, in a world that everything looks AI generated it could be nice to replace the image with something else the user already has saved. Could defeat the purpose, but that's a quick modification i think would be useful for my own process, so that I can customize outside of the platform then come back.
- Took about 20 minutes to make the video.
Lovely tool with a lot of potential for legacy boomer clients.
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@mason_mcintosh Thank you so much for your thoughtful feedback. You are absolutely right that this tool can be particularly beneficial for older teams and traditional organizations that have valuable information buried in PDFs and need to quickly transform it into clear marketing or communication content. Government and process-driven use cases are excellent examples of this.
I also appreciate you bringing up the voiceover issue. That experience was unintended, and we are actively working to improve consistency between the source material and the generated output.
I’m glad to hear the storyboarding feature worked well for you. You made an excellent point about being able to swap in your own saved visuals; that kind of flexibility would be very valuable for teams seeking more customization and greater brand control.
It’s also fantastic to know you were able to produce a finished video in about 20 minutes. That speed is a significant part of the value we aim to provide.
Thanks once again for trying Knowlify and for your detailed feedback. It genuinely helps us improve.
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@mason_mcintosh Thank you for the detailed feedback Mason! Your suggestion on inserting an existing image you want is a good idea, I'm adding that to our "TODO" list!
Feel free to send the link to the video or share the editor with us (would love to see what video you made)! My email is jonathan@knowlify.com
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@mason_mcintosh i appreciate the feedback. we've worked hard on the user experience so we can limit the amount of time to make a good video.
as for using your own images, i believe that might work via the reference image tool by uploading it into the chatbox. this is still a feature in progress, so let us know your thoughts :)
This solves a real pain point. I've tried turning written content into video with other tools and the results always felt like glorified slideshows. The Kurzgesagt-style animations are a much better approach for retention. How long does it take to generate a 3-5 minute explainer from a document?
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@redcat Thanks for commenting! For a typical 1-3 minute explainer it usually takes around ~5 minutes to generate the first version.
You get a step-by-step storyboard view where you can edit the script, visuals, and scenes before the final render. Most people spend a couple extra minutes tweaking the scenes to get it exactly how they want.
Check out Knowlify.com to see an example!
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@redcat @ritvik_varada1 ^ to add on, 5 minutes of generation, and just a a few seconds of your time to get it started!
Would it work with a ppt presentation and how well will it be able to tackle something specific where information is not largely available online or publicly?
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@viktorgems Thank you for your question! Currently, Knowlify supports PDFs and prompting, and we are actively working on adding PowerPoint (PPT) support for a future update.
The platform works best with clear, text-rich PDFs. If a PDF contains mostly screenshots, diagrams, or is visually dense, the results may not be as effective as those from well-structured source material.
For very niche or highly specific topics, the system performs best when the needed information is present in the source material or is available online in some form. Since the model relies on the context it can access, the clearer and more detailed the input, the better the output will be.
You can also add up to five reference images, plan out your video before generating it, and edit the output afterward to refine it further.
We would love for you to check it out and try creating something at https://create.knowlify.com/login.
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@viktorgems @nitish_kumar_jha to add on to what Nitish said, you can save your PowerPoint's as PDFs and upload it to Knowlify that way!
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@viktorgems we are adding this soon as nitish and jon mentioned. out of curiosity, what type of content was in the powerpoint?
the kurzgesagt-style bet is the right call. the uncanny avatar problem has killed more ai video tools than anything else. curious how the pricing evolves - the $150/5min comment is the main objection you'll keep hearing. congrats on the launch ritam.
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@ivo_gospodinov Thank you, I really appreciate your input. We chose this approach because, for explainer videos, clarity and consistency are more important than mimicking a human presence on screen.
Regarding pricing, we are focusing on saving time and increasing output. Compared to hiring freelancers or animation studios, our advantage lies in our speed, efficiency, and ability to transform ideas into published videos quickly. As we scale, we expect our pricing to improve further.
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@ivo_gospodinov thank you! i completely agree. i don't believe avatars are the way for knowledge sharing and that has been our thesis since day 1.
as for pricing, typical animation studios can charge insane amounts, like $8000 for a 30 sec clip. of course, these are high production, but still a crazy amount.
for now, our pricing reflects the costs on our side and we anticipate it going lower over time!