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Origin Lab raises 8M to turn video game data into AI training fuel for world models
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Published on 13 May 2026
Game studios can license data directly to AI labs
Origin Lab has raised $8 million to launch a marketplace connecting AI labs with video game companies. The goal: make it easier for world-model builders to buy high-quality licensed data while giving game studios a new way to monetize their assets and telemetry. The platform positions licensed datasets as a cleaner alternative to unclear, scraped training sources.
- Origin Lab is building a marketplace for licensed training data
- AI labs can buy high quality datasets for world-model development
- Video game studios can sell data and assets more directly
- Funding aims to expand supply and improve data licensing workflows
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