Peter Hill | CTO, Synthesia | Top 30 EMEA CTOs 2026

Career History

Peter Hill is CTO of Synthesia, an AI video-creation company that enables businesses and creators to generate lifelike video entirely with AI. The platform is used for training, marketing, education and online content, reducing the cost and time of video production. As the UK’s most valuable generative-AI company, Synthesia is expanding rapidly and competes with global players such as OpenAI, Meta and Google. Hill, who joined in October 2024, oversees the company’s technical strategy, product development and engineering teams.

Before joining Synthesia, Hill was CPO of Wildlife Studios and later CEO. Earlier in his career, he spent over six years at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as Vice President of Productivity Applications, overseeing the End User Computing business and directing several other AWS services and products. This role capped an 18-year career with Amazon, during which he advanced from Systems Administrator and Network Engineer to senior software and management posts, ultimately becoming Director of Amazon Silk. Hill holds a BSc in Kinesiology from the University of New Hampshire.

About Synthesia

Synthesia was founded in 2017 by a group of AI researchers and entrepreneurs from UCL, Stanford, TUM and Cambridge. Its technology, based on deep learning architecture developed by Prof. Lourdes Agapito and Matthias Niessner, enables text-to-video content creation with the aim of making high-quality video accessible without the need for cameras.

In January 2026, Synthesia raised $200m in a Series E funding round led by Google Ventures, valuing the company at $4bn. The round nearly doubled its $2.1bn valuation from January 2025 and also included backing from NVIDIA’s NVentures, Accel, Air Street, Evantic and Hedosophia.

The platform allows users to create videos using AI-generated presenters, voiceovers and multilingual content, without traditional filming or production equipment. The company serves more than 90% of the Fortune 100, and its products are used for onboarding, internal communications, product demos, sales and marketing.