Genario

What Genario does

Genario is a French software company that operates an AI-powered screenwriting and audiovisual production ecosystem, serving professional screenwriters, directors, production studios, and audiovisual training institutions in France and beyond. Its core product, the Genario App, is a SaaS platform that uses generative AI and natural language processing to support the full screenplay lifecycle — brainstorming, script creation, adaptation into novels or synopses, automatic coverage/reading notes, screenplay comparison, intelligent corrections, and format-preserving document translation. The company also operates Genario Studio, a separate line of custom AI services for film, series, and documentary production.

Under the hood, Genario wraps state-of-the-art third-party foundation models and updates them automatically as new models emerge, layering domain-specific prompting, workflow design, and a proprietary screenplay data signal from 45,000+ projects created on the platform. The infrastructure is SOC 2 Type 2 certified with 256-bit encryption, GDPR compliant, and contractually does not train on user data — features explicitly targeted at studios concerned about unreleased IP. Integrations are minimal and pragmatic: Google SSO for identity and Stripe for payments, with no public API exposed.

The business model is a hybrid of product-led growth and enterprise field sales. Self-serve individuals and small teams subscribe to a €15/month Starter tier with 50 monthly credits, while studios and high-volume productions buy custom Enterprise subscriptions with unlimited credits, priority support, and multi-year commitments. Go-to-market combines content marketing on the Genario website, testimonials from senior French media executives, Trustpilot reviews, and direct outreach to studios. Genario is privately held as a SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée) registered in Dijon, France, with regional co-investment from DECA-BFC and no disclosed institutional venture backing.

Name

Genario

Legal name

Genario, SAS

Website

https://genario.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Genario is a French AI software company that builds screenwriting and audiovisual production tools — including the Genario App and Genario Studio — for screenwriters, directors, production studios, and film schools across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dijon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Starter Plan: Monthly subscription at €15/month (excluding VAT) providing 50 monthly credits for AI features including brainstorming, adaptation, analysis, creation, breakdown, correction, and translation. Unlimited brainstorming at no credit cost.
2. Enterprise Custom Subscription: Custom pricing for studios and high-volume productions with unlimited credits across all features and priority support. Sold via direct sales contact.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Genario sells an AI-powered screenwriting and audiovisual creation ecosystem. The Genario App provides subscription-based tools for brainstorming, script creation, adaptation, automatic reading notes, screenplay comparison, intelligent corrections, and document translation. The Genario Studio offering delivers custom AI solutions for studios and high-volume productions across film, series, and documentary projects.

Product overview

Genario operates as a dual-product ecosystem for audiovisual creation. The core consumer-facing product is the Genario App, an AI-powered screenwriting platform providing tools for brainstorming, script creation, adaptation, automatic analysis, screenplay comparison, corrections, and document translation. Genario Studio serves as a separate custom AI solutions studio providing bespoke services for film, series, and documentary production. Together they form a complete ecosystem spanning writing application through production studio, targeting audiovisual professionals, filmmakers, studios, and creative teams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Genario App: AI-powered screenwriting application for transforming ideas into professional screenplays.
• Genario Studio

Products and services

• Genario App AI-powered screenwriting application for individual screenwriters and creative teams that transforms ideas into professional screenplays and offers tools for brainstorming, script creation, adaptation, automatic reading notes, screenplay comparison, corrections, and document translation.
• Genario Studio Custom AI solutions studio providing bespoke artificial intelligence services for every stage of film, series, or documentary creation, including bespoke development and production support for studios and high-volume productions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Transform weeks of screenplay creation into hours with AI-powered tools
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability4 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Adobe: Broad creative software incumbent (Premiere, Frame.io, Firefly) now embedding generative AI across its creative suite. Represents the platform risk that established creative tooling vendors add AI screenwriting-adjacent features into workflows they already own.
• Final Draft: Industry-standard screenwriting software used across Hollywood and major studios. The established incumbent in screenplay formatting and is now layering AI features — comparable as the category-leading platform Genario is disrupting with AI-native workflows.

Direct peers

• NovelAI: Subscription-based AI storytelling and image generation service for fiction writers. Competes with Genario in the AI-assisted narrative creation category, especially for individual creators and indie storytellers.
• Celtx: End-to-end pre-production platform covering scriptwriting, storyboarding, and production planning for film/TV. Comparable as a horizontal platform serving the same screenwriting-to-production workflow that Genario's App+Studio bundle targets.
• Squibler: AI-powered writing platform targeting authors and screenwriters, with screenplay formatting, story generation, and AI-assisted editing. Closely aligned with Genario's value proposition of turning ideas into formatted scripts quickly.
• WriterDuet: Collaborative screenwriting and production software used in film/TV. Competes with Genario for the screenwriter persona and is increasingly adding AI features for collaboration and formatting.
• Sudowrite: AI creative writing assistant for fiction authors and screenwriters. Directly comparable as a generative AI writing tool that helps users brainstorm, draft, and refine long-form narrative — overlapping with Genario's brainstorming and script creation features.
• ScriptBook: AI-driven script analysis platform offering automated coverage, audience prediction, and content evaluation for studios and producers. Directly overlaps with Genario's 'Automatic Reading Notes' studio-grade coverage feature.

Emerging players

• Wonder Dynamics: AI platform for automating VFX, CG character placement, and film production workflows (acquired by Autodesk). Adjacent peer in AI-for-film production that targets similar production studios and reinforces industry willingness to adopt AI across the audiovisual pipeline.
• Plottr: Visual story outlining and timeline tool for authors and screenwriters. Comparable as an AI-adjacent workflow tool used during the pre-script development phase that Genario's brainstorming and scene-by-scene breakdown features address.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Genarioapp

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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