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.”
“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.”
As demand for video training data for AI models increases, Keevill told BetaKit he sees a role for Versos in providing the infrastructure to match buyers with high-quality supply.
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 CAD equity seed round, co-led by Innovobot Resonance Ventures and 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 CuriosityStream, a documentary-focused, Nasdaq-listed US streaming platform that has also made an equity investment in Versos.
Versos, which did not disclose the size of that investment, says CuriosityStream is using Versos’ tech to generate “scene-level video intelligence” to meet advanced AI dataset requirements. The 11-person Saint John startup has secured $5 million in total funding to date.
Keevill described Versos’ Video Library Intelligence Platform as “the data engine” that uses AI to spot patterns, objects, scenes, actions, and relationships within raw video and prepare and qualify it for training purposes. The company’s Video Training Data Marketplace then matches that data with buyers and licensors.
“Together, they form a pipeline that turns video libraries into structured AI training data that can be licensed and delivered for AI models to consume,” Keevill said.
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.
UPDATE (03/05/25): This story has been updated to include additional commentary about Versos’ positioning and information about Versos’ seed round and CuriosityStream’s investment from Versos co-founder and CEO Chris Keevill.
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