Hera

AI Motion Designer

Y CombinatorSummer 2025ActiveB2BEngineering, Product and Design

What they do

Problem

Creating motion graphics and infographic animations takes hours of tedious manual work in tools like Adobe After Effects.

Solution

Hera is an AI motion design tool that automates repetitive motion-graphics tasks so users can create animations in minutes while retaining creative control.

Who it's for

YouTubers and other content creators who produce motion graphics and animated infographics.

Founders

Peter Tribelhorn

Co-Founder

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).

LinkedIn · X

Chia-Lun Wu

Founder

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.

LinkedIn · X