Worldmodeldata Raises £7M to Train AI on Video Games

Worldmodeldata raises £7M to train AI on video games

The last wave of AI learned to describe the world. The next needs to learn how the world pushes back. A Cambridge startup thinks the answer hides inside video games. Worldmodeldata has raised £7m (€8m) to turn gameplay into AI training data, Tech Funding News reported. London’s Iona Star Capital led the seed round. Lord […] This story continues at The Next Web

UK startup Worldmodeldata raises €8 million to turn video games into training data for physical AI

Worldmodeldata, a Cambridge-based startup building a database of video game-generated training data for next-generation AI, has raised €8 million (£7 million) in Seed funding as it emerges from stealth. The round was led by Iona Star Capital. Rhea Loucas, Founder and CEO, says: “World models represent a fundamental paradigm shift in AI, but progress like this needs fuel: internet-scale data to help AI systems make predictions and reason in physi…

Worldmodeldata raises £7m to accelerate gaming data for AI training

Worldmodeldata, a Cambridge-based startup building a database of video game-generated training data for next generation AI, has raised £7m in seed funding as it emerges from stealth.  The startup says world models – an AI system’s internal understanding of how the world works – will form the backbone of the next generation of AI.  Rather […] The post Worldmodeldata raises £7m to accelerate gaming data for AI training appeared first on UKTN.

Ex-Meta policy VP joins board as Worldmodeldata raises £7M seed. Can it hit 1M hours of data before its rivals do?

Worldmodeldata closed its £7 million seed round last December, but the Cambridge startup waited seven months before announcing it publicly this week. The company aims to collect one million hours of gameplay data by the end of 2026, but so far, it has no finalised customer contracts and a team of about ten people, including advisors and contractors. Worldmodeldata is joining a fast-changing industry. Since its fundraising, competitors Origin Lab…