Jobs at Captions

Recomputed daily from public data: capital freshness (0-35) + hiring velocity (0-30) + pay transparency (0-20) + employer rating (0-15; unrated scores the neutral 7), minus up to 10 for documented headwinds (lawsuits, layoffs, leadership churn). Transparent formula, not investment or career advice.

175Mtotal raised

Growth financing, $75M, 2026last round

Growthstage

51-200team size

New YorkHQ

2021founded

~75headcount (as of 2026-07)

Founders: Gaurav Misra (co-founder & CEO, ex-Snap design engineering lead) · Dwight Churchill (co-founder, ex-Snap)

Backed by: Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, a16z, Sequoia, Adobe Ventures, HubSpot Ventures

Signals

Fresh capital (raised in the last 12 months)

Rebranded to Mirage (Sept 2025) to focus on foundation models for short-form video; took $75M non-dilutive financing from General Catalyst (Mar 2026).

In the news

How Captions turned busy real estate agents into AI video creators HousingWire · 2026-05-07

AI for social media captions: Writing effective captions with Meta AI AI at Meta · 2026-06-05

Mirage Raises $75M to Push AI Video App Captions Into Asian Markets trendingtopics.eu · 2026-03-25

Google Maps Adds AI-Powered Photo Captions via Gemini The Tech Buzz · 2026-04-07

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Culture read

Scale-up: teams forming, still founder-visible.

Indicative read from public signals, not insider info

Momentum index 71/100 = capital freshness (0-35) + hiring velocity (0-30) + comp transparency (0-20) + workplace rating (0-15), minus documented headwinds. Recomputed daily; not investment or career advice.