Saint John, NB-based Versos AI has launched a platform designed to help film studios and content creators monetize their video libraries for AI training.
Last week, Versos announced the rollout of its Video Library Intelligence Platform, which helps turn video content into structured datasets that AI firms can license to train their AI models. Versos says the platform indexes videos at the frame level and transforms full video libraries into searchable, AI-ready datasets. The startup claims this software is the first end-to-end offering of its kind.
“Versos AI [makes] video data searchable, licensable, and ready for model development.”
Chris Keevill, Versos
“Until now, there has been no purpose-built solution for converting unstructured video libraries into structured datasets suitable for hyperscale AI training,” Versos co-founder and CEO Chris Keevill said in a statement. “Versos AI closes that gap by making video data searchable, licensable, and ready for model development.”
Versos, which was founded in 2023, is also developing a Video Training Data Marketplace designed to connect studios and AI model developers seeking access to traceable, rights-cleared video for training purposes. The startup currently works with over 20 film studios and content creators across Canada, the US, the UK, France, Germany, India, and China.
As companies like Cohere and OpenAI face lawsuits over AI training methods that allegedly violate copyright laws, Versos is betting that model developers want to buy video training data they know they have the right to use by helping studios monetize their existing libraries.
In late 2025, Versos closed a $1.85-million seed round, led by Innovobot Resonance Ventures, as well as the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, to build out its Video Training Data Marketplace. Charlottetown-based Island Capital Partners, Toronto’s RiSC Capital, and the University of Waterloo’s Velocity Fund also participated.
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The Video Library Intelligence Platform launch is anchored by a multi-year commercial partnership with Curiosity Stream, a documentary-focused, Nasdaq-listed US streaming platform that has also invested an undisclosed amount in Versos. Versos says Curiosity Stream is using Versos’ tech to generate “scene-level video intelligence” to meet advanced AI dataset requirements.
In a statement, CuriosityStream president and CEO Clint Stinchcomb said the company has been seeing “extraordinary demand” from major hyperscalers and AI innovators seeking high-quality, structured video and metadata.
Stinchcomb said CuriosityStream’s tie-up with Versos, which combines the streaming platform’s 2.5 million-plus hour library of video and audio with Versos’ delivery and indexing capabilities, positions it to seize that opportunity.
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