Market & RegulationInvestment · $8M

Origin Lab raises $8M to sell game data for AI

TechCrunch AIMay 13, 2026high confidence

Why it matters

→Origin Lab provides a new data source for AI labs focused on world models.
→It creates a marketplace for video game companies to monetize their assets.
→The initiative addresses a critical data bottleneck in AI development.

Origin Lab raises $8M to sell game data for AI — ©TechCrunch AI

Origin Lab has secured $8 million in seed funding to facilitate the sale of video game data to AI labs building world models. The funding round was led by Lightspeed Ventures, with participation from SV Angel, Eniac, Seven Stars, and FPV. Origin Lab aims to create a marketplace where video game companies can license their digital assets as training data for AI systems. This initiative addresses the data scarcity faced by AI labs and offers a new revenue stream for game developers. The move underscores the increasing demand for specialized data vendors in the AI industry.

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