Riverside
by Riverside.fm
Riverside is a browser-based platform for recording, editing, and publishing remote podcasts and videos. It captures participants locally, supports separate tracks, transcription, and AI-assisted editing and clip creation.
Why Abandoned
Riverside’s official website currently promotes its recording, editing, transcription, streaming, and AI content-creation products, with no announced shutdown or acquisition.
🩺 Health Signals
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- Confidence
- 96%
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📅 Timeline
Riverside launched
Brothers Nadav and Gideon Keyson launched Riverside as a browser-based remote recording platform using local recording to preserve audio and video quality.
Raised $9.5 million Series A
Riverside announced a $9.5 million Series A led by Seven Seven Six, with participation from Zeev Ventures and Casey Neistat.
Raised $35 million Series B
Riverside announced a $35 million Series B led by Oren Zeev, with participation from Seven Seven Six and other investors.
Introduced text-based editing and AI features
Riverside announced an editor update featuring transcript-based editing, automated captions, silence removal, and Magic Clips for generating short social clips.
🔄 Alternatives to Riverside
Captions
🟢ActiveCaptions is an AI-powered video creation and editing platform from Mirage. Its tools support automated editing, captions, dubbing, eye-contact correction, and avatar-led video generation for creators and businesses.
Descript
🟢ActiveAI-powered audio and video editor that lets you edit media by editing text transcripts.
Otter.ai
🟢ActiveAI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings in real-time.
VEED
🟢ActiveVEED is a browser-based video creation and editing platform from VEED Ltd. It combines timeline editing, recording, subtitles, translation, avatars, and generative AI tools for individuals and business teams.
🪦 Other dead Voice & Audio tools
Amper Music
🟡Acquired / MergedAmper Music was an AI-assisted music composition platform that let users generate and customize royalty-cleared tracks for videos, podcasts, games, and other media. Shutterstock acquired the company in 2020.
VocaliD
🟡Acquired / MergedVocaliD developed personalized synthetic voices for people who could not speak and later offered custom voice technology for brands. The company combined donated speech recordings with a recipient’s vocal characteristics.
Lyrebird
🟡Acquired / MergedLyrebird developed AI systems for copying a person’s voice from short audio samples and generating speech in that voice. Descript acquired the Montreal startup in 2019 and incorporated its technology and team.
Play.ht
🔴Shutdown / DeadAI text-to-speech platform with ultra-realistic voices for podcasts, videos, and audiobooks.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What is Riverside used for?
Riverside is used to record remote podcasts, interviews, webinars, and videos, then edit, transcribe, stream, and repurpose them into clips.
How does Riverside record high-quality remote audio and video?
Riverside records each participant locally on their device and uploads separate tracks, reducing the effect of unstable internet connections on the final recording.
Does Riverside include AI editing tools?
Yes. Riverside offers transcript-based editing and AI-assisted features such as captions, silence removal, show notes, and short-clip generation; availability can vary by plan.
Can Riverside record separate audio and video tracks?
Yes. Riverside can capture separate participant tracks, which gives editors more control over levels, layouts, and post-production.
What are the best Riverside alternatives?
Catalogue-listed alternatives include Descript for transcript-based production, VEED for browser video editing, Otter.ai for transcription, and Captions for AI-assisted video creation.