wirestock has raised $23 million in Series A funding to enhance its data supply business for AI labs. the company, which transitioned from a stock photography service to a data provider, now supplies images, videos, design assets, and gaming content. it has signed up over 700,000 artists and designers to contribute to its datasets.
for indie developers, this funding means increased access to diverse creative assets that can be used in projects. wirestock aims to provide multimodal data that supports image and video generation, which could be beneficial for game art and marketing materials. the platform's focus on creative use cases may align well with the needs of small studios and solo developers.
wirestock currently has an annual run-rate revenue of $40 million and has paid out $15 million to contributors. it is also building enterprise software for AI labs to collaborate on datasets, which may lead to more refined and useful data for developers in the future.