Viggle AI is a Canadian startup that develops a 3D-video foundation model (JST-1) designed to generate controllable, physics-aware character motion for video. The company’s product lets users replace or animate characters by uploading source video and images, or by using text prompts, and is used by filmmakers, animators and game designers as a visualization tool. Viggle offers a free, limited model via Discord and its web app, plus a $9.99 subscription tier and a creator program for select users. The CEO says the model’s strength is controllability and more realistic motion versus pixel-based video generators; outputs are usable but still imperfect (shaky, expressionless faces). Viggle partners with cloud providers including Google Cloud for GPU/TPU access to train and run models, and the company says it is talking with film and game studios about licensing its technology. The startup recently raised funding to scale, accelerate product development and expand its team.

Total raised

$19M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Aug 2024