OpenAI × Shutterstock, Inc.
Shutterstock announced a six-year expansion of its partnership with OpenAI, granting the AI company a license to its content libraries for training purposes. [41, 42] In return, Shutterstock gains priority access to OpenAI's latest technology and will integrate DALL-E's text-to-image capabilities directly into its platform. [41, 44] The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. [47]
The asset
License to access Shutterstock's image, video, and music libraries and associated metadata for training OpenAI's generative AI models.
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- Stock media provider
- Modalities
- images, video, music, metadata
- Jurisdiction
- US
What it means if you hold data
This deal solidified a major, multi-year alliance between a leading AI developer and a major content library, establishing a model for licensing stock media for AI training. It signaled Shutterstock's strategy to become a key data provider for the generative AI industry, rather than viewing it solely as a competitor.