– Lightricks , a global leader in AI-powered creative technology, today announced its partnership with Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK ) to license and leverage Shutterstock’s extensive video library. This collaboration will enable Lightricks to train its open-source video generation model, LTX Video (LTXV), with high-quality HD and 4K video footage. Lightricks is the first global partner to train on Shutterstock’s industry-first “Research License,” a unique option that lowers the barrier to entry for training with open-source models.
The use of the research license model reflects Lightrick’s vision to expand access to creative tools while promoting high-quality generative AI results to provide creators with protection for their content from the start. By incorporating a research license, startups and AI companies can initially build and refine AI tools on high-quality, licensed data before making a larger commitment to a full commercial license. This approach also provides a cost-efficient way to access high-quality data during the research and development phase, which is a major challenge for many new or established companies when training AI models.
“This long-term partnership with Shutterstock is a strategic milestone for us and builds on our licensing initiatives over the past year, which include agreements with major broadcasters and key content providers,” said Zeev Farbman , co-founder and CEO of Lightricks. “At our core, we are all about building powerful, easily accessible creative tools. This collaboration not only improves our ability to train AI models with premium, diverse video data, but also increases the quality and relevance of our generative video tools for our growing community of professional creatives and companies.”
With this partnership, Lightricks continues its AI mission to promote access to creative tools while achieving high-quality generative AI results. By incorporating Shutterstock’s licensed video data, Lightricks strengthens its training models and ensures they are based on robust, industry-recognized datasets that respect the creativity of filmmakers and broadcasters. This announcement follows Lightricks’ release of LTXV 0.9 to the open source community in November 2024. By leveraging Shutterstock’s premium HD and 4K video data, Lightricks aims to prioritize quality in its next model update, improving outcomes for users while advancing its open source initiatives.
“With our innovative research licensing model, we enable our partners to train their AI models with trusted, licensed data from the start,” said Daniel Mandell , Global Head of Data Licensing and AI at Shutterstock. “We are thrilled to partner with Lightricks on their innovative video tools and will continue to provide the data assets they need for their long-term success.”
Shutterstock’s extensive library—consisting of more than a billion royalty-free assets, including images, videos, music, 3D models, templates, and more—provides one of the largest and most diverse global media datasets available for multimodal model training.
About Lightricks
Lightricks is a global leader in developing AI-powered creative tools that empower creators and brands. With innovative products like Facetune, Videoleap, and the recently launched LTX Studio, Lightricks is changing the creative landscape.
About Shutterstock, Inc.
Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK ) is a leading partner for innovative brands, digital media and marketing companies, empowering the world to create boldly. Powered by millions of creatives around the world and a fearless approach to product innovation, Shutterstock is the leading global platform for licensing the broadest and most diverse collection of high-quality 3D models, videos, music, photos, vectors and illustrations. From the world’s largest content marketplace, to access to breaking news and top-tier entertainment editors, to a turnkey content editing platform and studio production services – all using the latest innovative technologies – Shutterstock offers the most comprehensive selection of resources to bring stories to life.
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