Lamina Labs: Nepali AI Startup Raises $4.8 Million to Make AI Explain Through Video

A young Nepali-founded AI startup (Lamina Labs) is gaining international attention after raising $4.8 million to build a new generation of AI-powered video infrastructure.

It is founded by Nepali entrepreneurs Sudip Rokaya and Kartikesh Mishra , is developing technology that turns text, documents and AI-generated answers into short, narrated explainer videos. The company is now based in San Francisco and has become one of the most notable recent examples of Nepali founders building for the global technology market.