We are excited to announce our investment in FinalLayer, a company pioneering next-generation AI agents that transform how professionals and creators produce video content. By reimagining the entire video creation process—from discovery to editing and storytelling—FinalLayer is building an intelligent infrastructure that can empower over a billion people to efficiently create engaging, high-quality content across professional and social platforms. This marks the second investment from Beyond Next Ventures India 1 Investment Partnership; our maiden fund specifically dedicated for Indian entrepreneurs building world-class deep-tech ventures.

Why We Invested in FinalLayer

At Beyond Next Ventures, we invest in DeepTech ventures that form the backbone of tomorrow’s innovation ecosystems. Our thesis on AI is to find incredible disruptors who focus on the middle layer of the stack — the critical zone between foundational models and end-user applications where real value is yet to be unlocked. This is where orchestration, context, and intelligence converge to make AI useful, scalable, and defensible. Our investment in FinalLayer stems from this conviction.

FinalLayer is building a truly deeptech AI infrastructure that can intelligently analyze and transform video content based on user preferences, bridging the gap between powerful AI models and real human creativity. By turning complex video data into personalized, shareable stories, FinalLayer represents the next generation of AI-driven video innovation — where technology amplifies, rather than replaces, human expression.

FinalLayer is building additional AI agents to cover other aspects of professional presence.

The incredible FinalLayer team is led by co-founders Vidya Narayanan and Lakshminath Dondeti, who are repeat entrepreneurs with prior leadership roles at Google LLC and Qualcomm Inc., and have a long history of working together. This team has already put the company on a success path, reaching 10,000 users within 10 weeks of launch.

Investment Partners

FinalLayer has raised capital from Fjor Capital and a distinguished group of strategic angel investors, including Tyler Willis, Julian Weisser, Hiten Shah, and several other prominent leaders in the tech and startup ecosystem.

Comments

Comments from Vidya and Lakshminath, Founders, FinalLayer

We’re incredibly excited to have Beyond Next Ventures as partners. We deeply value the experience and support that Jay Krishnan and his team bring to the FinalLayer journey. Vertically optimized AI apps that have differentiated user experiences and accelerate workflows are the future and we’re excited to be building for the professional audience. While our LinkedIn Super Agent has already proven great results delivering organic visibility and growth, this is just the beginning. We are excited about building a set of collaborative agents that address many other aspects of professional workflows and presence over the coming months and years.

Comment from Jay Krishnan, Partner, Beyond Next Ventures India

At Beyond Next Ventures we believe the future of DeepTech lies in the invisible layers that connect powerful technology to human imagination. We invest in teams that don’t just chase trends but redefine what technology can do for people. FinalLayer embodies that vision — building the connective tissue of the AI era, where creativity and intelligence finally converge.

About FinalLayer

FinalLayer is building AI agents for professionals that address personal branding and online presence on LinkedIn and other platforms. The FinalLayer team is an exceptional mix of top engineers, designers, and marketers, who have worked together from 2005 since their Qualcomm days and built products that scaled to 80M users.

The company operates across the U.S. and India, with teams based in California and Hyderabad, reflective of the global vision and strong cross-border collaboration.

The company has its primary office in Hyderabad.

Website: https://finallayer.com

About Beyond Next Ventures India Pvt. Ltd.

Beyond Next Ventures India Pvt. Ltd. is a subsidiary of Japan-based early-stage deep-tech venture capital firm Beyond Next Ventures Inc. We are driven by our mission to catalyze India’s DeepTech Revolution and bridging the tech ecosystems of India and Japan. Founded in 2014 in Japan, Beyond Next Ventures Inc. has made over 80 investments across both countries.

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