AI-Native Platform Functions as a Creative Co-Pilot for Product Storytelling 

NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2026 — Flock AI, an AI-native visual commerce platform built specifically for fashion and retail, has raised a $6M seed round, led by Work-Bench, bringing total funding to $7.5M. The round includes participation from January Ventures, Red Bike Capital, Outlander VC, AI Furnace, and strategic angels.

The funding comes as retail brands face a structural shift: ecommerce success now depends on personalized, high-quality visual content at scale, something traditional photoshoots and first generation AI tools were never designed to support.

“Creative teams need leverage,” said Manvitha Mallela, Co-Founder and CEO. “Flock gives them their time and budgets back. We train custom AI models through reinforcement learning to help brands scale personalized storytelling that drives revenue, while keeping creative judgment with humans.”

Flock acts as a creative team’s co-pilot, generating brand accurate product imagery for every customer and channel without added headcount or budget. Unlike generic AI tools, Flock fits directly into how creative and merchandising teams already work.

“Teams spend less time on repetitive production and more time on storytelling and experimentation,” said Malavika Reddy, Co-Founder and CTO. “Flock absorbs the busywork so creativity can scale.”

How Flock Is Different

AI as a Creative Co-Pilot: Fashion-trained models work alongside creatives to deliver realistic, on-brand visuals, not generic AI output.

Hyper-Accurate Brand DNA: Each brand gets a custom AI algo capturing 200+ visual attributes for consistent storytelling across ecommerce, editorial, and video.

A System That Learns What Converts: Reinforcement learning uses creative feedback and conversion data to continuously improve results.

One-to-One Commerce, Built Responsibly: Imagery that reflects consumers across body types, skin tones, and ages, a level of representation no photoshoot budget could achieve.

Proven Commercial Impact

Brands using Flock report up to 90% cost savings compared to traditional photoshoots and 30%+ conversion rate lifts from more varied, representative imagery.

Flock was built by insiders solving their own problem. CEO Manvitha Mallela spent years leading merchandising and creative operations at Bloomingdale’s and Jet.com/Walmart, experiencing firsthand how slow and expensive traditional content production can be. She’s building the platform she wished she had.  CTO Malavika Reddy brings over a decade of AI and computer vision experience, building and scaling machine learning systems.

The funding will accelerate product development and go-to-market efforts as enterprise demand grows.

Media Contact: [email protected]

SOURCE Flock AI

New platform delivers enterprise-grade revenue automation without the complexity

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5, 2026 — Turnstile today launched its quote-to-cash platform for sales-led startups with $29 million in funding from First Round, OMERS Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and a number of prominent angel investors.

When SaaS first emerged, it was built around a simple per-seat model: swipe a card, add users, and pay the bill. Easy. But modern SaaS has become far more complex. Today companies sell usage, tiers, bundles, pilots, ramps, and mid-cycle upgrades — with terms often heavily negotiated. Yet the operational infrastructure to manage this complexity hasn’t kept pace.

The cracks appear the moment the deal is signed. What follows is a scramble: the billing spreadsheet gets a new row, the CRM gets a manual update, and the finance team pieces together a billing schedule from the contract PDF—setting calendar reminders to handle the ramp that kicks in at month six or the pricing change in year two. The same information gets entered into multiple systems by multiple people. Amendments are made mid-contract. Things fall out of sync. Invoices go out wrong. Revenue reporting becomes a monthly reconciliation exercise.

Turnstile was built to close this gap for sales-led startups—and to do it in a radically different way. Legacy quote-to-cash platforms require 3-6 month implementations, dedicated administrators, and six-figure contracts. Turnstile flips that model entirely. It is the first self-service quote-to-cash platform: startups can sign up, connect their CRM, and generate their first quote in minutes—not months. Turnstile uses AI to transform deal terms into structured data—whether entered directly or extracted from existing contracts—and automates everything downstream: invoicing, subscription management, revenue recognition, and reporting.  No consultants. No IT projects. No waiting.

“Quote-to-cash has been broken for a long time—startups either cobble together spreadsheets and disconnected tools, or they’re forced into enterprise platforms that take months to implement,” said Jordan Zamir, CEO and co-founder of Turnstile.  “We built Turnstile to be a third option: enterprise-grade infrastructure that any startup can set up in an afternoon. Structure the deal however the customer needs, and let everything downstream—billing, reporting, renewals—just work. And for companies with existing contracts, our AI can ingest those documents and turn years of commercial history into structured data in minutes.”

Built for How Deals Actually Work

In sales-led businesses, negotiation is the norm, not the exception. Turnstile starts at quoting because it’s where quote-to-cash breaks first: non-standard terms get captured as unstructured data in documents, then re-keyed across systems, often inconsistently or with human-introduced errors.

Turnstile manages the full revenue lifecycle in one integrated quote-to-cash platform with four core modules:

• Quoting: Drag-and-drop quote building that combines the ease of a Google Doc with structured data—so flexible deals still automate downstream. Teams can quote from standardized plans or create fully custom quotes—with all deals living in the same system rather than a spreadsheet.
• Subscription Management: Real-time visibility into subscriptions, amendments, and renewals—so every change stays in sync for invoicing and reporting.
• Billing: Automatically generates accurate invoices from accepted quotes and changes—supporting flexible schedules and usage-based billing without manual work.
• Financial Reporting: Centralizes subscription and billing data to automate revenue recognition and deliver real-time metrics like ARR, bookings, and AR aging with drill-down visibility.

Turnstile serves as the single source of truth for what a customer agreed to, keeping deal terms consistent as they flow from quote to billing and reporting. When terms change—mid-cycle amendments, added seats, discounts, usage adjustments—teams select an effective date and Turnstile automatically recalculates invoices and updates reporting. No manual fixes. No reconciliation.

Early Customer Momentum

Turnstile’s approach is resonating with fast-moving teams that need to close deals quickly while staying operationally clean. Early customers include Crafting, Reform, Brellium, Trayd, and atronous.ai.

“We work with fast-moving engineering teams shipping AI-generated code at scale—speed is everything, Turnstile lets us move as fast as our customers do. No friction, no back-and-forth on quotes, even with our six-figure contracts. It just works,” says Sumeet Vaidya, CEO of Crafting.

Funding and What’s Next

The Series A will accelerate Turnstile’s product roadmap and go-to-market expansion. That includes agentic dunning to automate collections, agentic approvals to keep deals moving without bottlenecks, and a chat interface that lets teams manage revenue operations conversationally. Turnstile will also deepen its AI to ingest existing contracts and turn years of commercial history into structured data in minutes.

“Quote-to-cash has been an under-the-radar pain point for startups for several years now. Founders and finance leaders are either managing deals in spreadsheets or buying enterprise software that takes six months to implement. Turnstile is the first platform that’s tailored to how growing companies actually sell, capable of handling complex deals without the complex setup,” said Todd Jackson, Partner at First Round Capital.

“AI is accelerating how software is priced and sold, and static revenue systems just can’t keep up,” said Laura Lenz, Managing Partner at OMERS Ventures. “Turnstile is building the system of record for modern commercial terms, so founders can evolve pricing models over time while keeping revenue infrastructure flexible, durable, and out of the way.”

“Quote-to-cash complexity compounds as companies grow—and AI-driven pricing models are accelerating that complexity even further,” said Alex Gheorghe, Investor at Illuminate Financial. Turnstile brings structure to real-world dealmaking and unlocks automation across billing and reporting, without taking flexibility away from the business.”

About Turnstile

Turnstile automates quote-to-cash for sales-led companies no matter how they price. By creating a structured system of record for commercial terms, Turnstile powers quoting, subscription management, billing, and financial reporting, helping teams stay lean, get paid faster, and scale with confidence. For more information, visit: https://turnstile.ai/

SOURCE Turnstile

LAKE FOREST, Calif., Feb. 5, 2026 — Sonorous Neurovascular, a pioneering medical device company dedicated to advancing neurovascular therapies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to the BosSTENT™ device.  

The FDA’s Breakthrough Devices Program aims to provide patients and healthcare providers with more timely access to innovative medical devices that have the potential to provide more effective treatment or diagnosis of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases or conditions.

Symptomatic venous sinus stenosis is a primary contributor to debilitating pulsatile (pulse-synchronous) tinnitus. Current treatment options remain limited for many patients. The BosSTENT™, a purpose-built braided, self-expanding stent, delivers an optimized solution through its proprietary design —featuring optimal radiopacity, enhanced visibility, resheathability for precise deployment, and excellent conformability in complex anatomy.

“This FDA Breakthrough Device Designation is a major milestone for Sonorous Neurovascular and, most importantly, for the patients suffering from debilitating pulsatile tinnitus,” said Joel Harris, President, Sonorous Neurovascular. “The BosSTENT™ represents years of focused innovation to deliver an on-label, minimally invasive solution that normalizes venous hemodynamics and has the potential to dramatically improve quality of life for individuals with pulsatile tinnitus. We are grateful for the FDA’s recognition and look forward to collaborating closely under this program to accelerate access to treating patients.”

The designation follows promising early clinical experience, including first-in-human uses and ongoing studies evaluating the safety and performance of the BosSTENT™ in treating pulse-synchronous tinnitus and other symptoms of venous sinus stenosis.

Sonorous Neurovascular is advancing clinical trials and regulatory pathways to bring the BosSTENT™ to patients in the United States and beyond.

About Pulsatile (pulse-synchronous) Tinnitus

Pulsatile (pulse-synchronous) tinnitus is a form of tinnitus characterized by a rhythmic whooshing, thumping, or pulsing sound in one or both ears that synchronizes with the individual’s heartbeat. The condition often stems from identifiable vascular or circulatory issues, such as turbulent blood flow near the ear caused by cerebral venous sinus abnormalities.

About Sonorous Neurovascular

Sonorous Neurovascular is a clinical-stage medical device company focused on developing transformative solutions for cerebral venous diseases. The company’s flagship BosSTENT™ is designed to address symptomatic cerebral venous sinus stenosis, offering hope to patients with debilitating pulsatile tinnitus. Headquartered in Lake Forest, California, USA, Sonorous Neurovascular is committed to innovation that improves patient outcomes through minimally invasive technologies and diagnostics to enhance patient care.

Contact Information:
James D. Nonato
Sonorous Neurovascular
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (949) 810 0055
https://www.sonorousnv.com/ 

SOURCE Sonorous Neurovascular

NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2026 — Advance, a financial platform built for insurance that reduces operational friction while ensuring premium dollars are controlled and earning, today announced it has raised $8.55 million in seed funding to modernize how insurance intermediaries manage and move money.

The round was led by nvp Capital, with participation from Crystal Ventures, Vesey Ventures, and Mensch Capital, alongside strategic angels including Assaf Wand, former CEO and founder of Hippo Insurance. The seed round follows Advance’s pre-seed financing and includes participation from insurance-aligned strategic investors.

Insurance intermediaries—including managing general agents (MGAs), wholesalers, and scaled agencies—handle some of the most complex money movement in financial services. Premium dollars must be collected, segregated, reconciled, and remitted across multiple parties, all while maintaining strict compliance and auditability in support of their fiduciary responsibilities Yet most firms still rely on legacy banks, generic payment tools, and manual spreadsheet workflows with no common language to manage these processes.

“Advance is the GPS for insurance payments.” said Omer Rimoch, founder and CEO of Advance. “By combining purpose-built financial infrastructure with AI, we make sure every dollar is tracked, contextualized, and optimized in real time. When finance is fully automated, money doesn’t get lost — it generates value.

Advance provides bank-supported payments and account infrastructure purpose-built for the nuances and complexities of insurance. By automating the flow from payment collection to insurance intermediary trust accounts, carrier remittance, and producer commissions, Advance helps firms eliminate manual reconciliation, shorten payment cycles, and support operational and compliance requirements associated with premium handling. The platform also enables intermediaries to earn yield on idle premium balances, wherever applicable—turning a historically passive requirement into a financial advantage.

“Advance unlocked yield on premium funds we hold in trust that previously generated no return,” said Alex Bargmann, CEO at Pathpoint Insurance. “Its intuitive platform makes managing our premium trust accounts straightforward while replacing manual work with a structured process and increasing visibility into our funds flow.”

“Advance understands that insurance money is different,” said Vaughn Crowe, Partner at NVP Capital. “Most solutions treat the symptoms with point tools and workarounds. Advance goes deeper—solving the underlying infrastructure problem with a platform built to support our insurance intermediaries with fiduciary responsibilities, operational scale, and regulatory reality.”

The new funding will support product expansion, go-to-market growth with MGAs, wholesalers, and high-volume agencies that face increasing pressure from premium volume, audit scrutiny, and operational complexity.

“Insurance has some of the most complex money movement in financial services, yet it’s still supported by infrastructure that was never designed for how premium dollars actually flow,” said Jonathan Crystal, Managing Partner at Crystal Ventures. “Advance isn’t adding another layer of tooling—they’re fixing the underlying economics by giving insurance operators a better way to manage premium funds, reduce friction, and turn a required process into a source of value.”

About Advance

Advance is a financial platform built for insurance that helps MGAs, wholesalers, and high-volume agencies modernize how premium money moves. Designed around the complexity of fiduciary insurance funds, Advance reduces operational friction while ensuring premium dollars are controlled, auditable, and earning—turning required financial operations into a source of efficiency and revenue. Headquartered in New York, Advance is backed by leading fintech and insurance-focused investors. For more information, visit advancehq.com

Media contact:

Shannon Curran, Fractional CMO, [email protected]

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DRESDEN, Germany, Feb. 5, 2026 — Morpheus Space, a leading innovator and manufacturer of advanced electric propulsion systems for in-space mobility, today announced a new strategic investment by Alpine Space Ventures and the European Investment Fund, with continued support from Lavrock Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, Pallas Ventures, Vsquared Ventures, as well as other new and existing investors, to fuel the company’s next phase of growth and innovation.

Morpheus Space will deploy the funding to expand its mass-production capabilities and team, advancing the development of its next-generation mobility products. The enhanced production capacity at its Reloaded Facility in Dresden will further enable the company to support its customer base with reliable, rapidly deployable propulsion systems for large-scale satellite constellations.

“We’re excited to deepen our partnership with Alpine Space Ventures and work with the European Investment Fund, alongside support from existing investors, as we scale to meet accelerating global demand,” said Kevin Lausten, CEO of Morpheus Space. “This investment enables us to industrialize our GO-2 electric propulsion systems and deliver at a pace and efficiency that matches the growth of the space economy, while continuing to advance the technology that defines our leadership in the market.”

 “The space industry is at a crossroads. Growing orbital congestion and the race for dominance in orbit are making maneuverability a strategic necessity. What’s needed now are scalable, cost-efficient propulsion systems designed for dynamic space operations. Morpheus Space is uniquely positioned to meet this demand and solve one of the sector’s most urgent bottlenecks.” –  Bulent Altan, Alpine Space Ventures.

Morpheus is building the manufacturing depth and technical capability required to support the next generation of space missions. This investment will accelerate production scale and product development as the company continues to expand its support for commercial and government customers worldwide.

About Morpheus Space

Morpheus Space is a leading provider of electric propulsion systems enabling agile and resilient satellite operations in today’s congested, contested, and competitive space environment. The company delivers space-proven, scalable propulsion from its development and production facilities in Dresden, Germany, with additional operations in El Segundo, California.

To learn more about Morpheus Space visit: www.morpheus.space.

SOURCE Morpheus Space

The New Name Reflects Its Evolution into a National Venture Organization

CINCINNATI, Feb. 5, 2026 — Queen City Angels today announced that it has officially rebranded as QCA Ventures™, marking a strategic evolution into a nationally recognized venture organization supporting early-stage founders with capital, expertise, and long-term partnership.

Founded in 2000, QCA Ventures has grown from a small group of local investors into a network of more than 219 accredited members across 25 states. The rebrand reflects the organization’s expanding national footprint, institutional fund platform, and increasingly sophisticated venture operations. “We started with five investors in Cincinnati and have grown into a professionally structured venture organization with national reach,” said Founder and Chairman Tony Shipley. “QCA Ventures reflects who we’ve become — disciplined investors, active mentors, and long-term partners to founders building successful, high-growth companies.”

Proven Track Record of Early-Stage Impact
Since inception, QCA Ventures has:

• Invested nearly $130 million across 123 portfolio companies
• Helped attract more than $1 billion in follow-on syndicated capital
• Supported companies driving innovation, job creation, and strong investor returns

QCA Ventures operates multiple venture funds alongside its direct investment platform. Its latest fund, QCA First Fund VII, was launched in late 2024 and has already invested in 12 companies following the organization’s comprehensive screening and due diligence process. The fund remains open to new accredited investors through 2026. “We measure our success by the success of our founders,” said Michelle Gibbs, QCA Ventures member and co-fund manager of First Fund VII. “The quality of companies we’ve backed through this fund reflects both the strength of today’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and the rigor of our investment process.”

More Than Capital: Hands-On Venture Support
Unlike traditional angel networks, QCA Ventures members actively engage with portfolio companies by providing strategic guidance, board participation, customer introductions, talent connections, and follow-on fundraising support. “Our members invest both capital and time,” said Executive Director Scott Jacobs. “That hands-on involvement is a major differentiator and one of the reasons founders consistently seek out QCA Ventures as a long-term partner.”

Rooted Locally, Investing Nationally
While QCA Ventures maintains strong ties to the Cincinnati entrepreneurial ecosystem, the organization now deploys capital nationally while continuing to support innovation and startup growth in the Queen City.

“Our roots in Cincinnati remain strong,” Shipley added. “At the same time, this rebrand reflects the national scope of our investing activity and the professionalism of our investor community.”

New Brand Identity and Tagline
Along with the name change, QCA Ventures is introducing a new brand identity and tagline:

Capital. Connections. Commitment.
“The tagline captures what makes QCA Ventures unique,” said Mike Halloran, QCA Ventures member and professor at Xavier University’s Williams College of Business. “We provide capital, open doors through meaningful connections, and stay committed to founders from the first check through successful exit.”

About QCA Ventures
QCA Ventures is a group of 219 experienced accredited investors located in 25 states. Investor members include successful entrepreneurs, former C-suite corporate executives, R&D/technical experts and others with related business backgrounds. QCA Ventures operates multiple venture funds supporting high-growth startups across four major industry sectors: in life sciences, IT (B2B SaaS), advanced materials, and advanced manufacturing. QCA Ventures leverages its proprietary Standards + Practices Guide© to educate, train, and mentor both entrepreneurs and its early-stage investor members. QCA Ventures members typically donate approximately 50,000 hours per year in pro-bono mentoring, coaching, and guidance to entrepreneurs with the goal of helping them improve the probability of a successful outcome. Since 2000, QCA Ventures has directly invested over $130 million in 123 portfolio companies. The total capital invested in these companies, including QCA Ventures members’ capital, syndication partners’ capital, follow-on venture capital funds, and venture debt is more than $1 billion. For more information, please visit www.qca.com.

SOURCE QCA Ventures

LONDON, Feb. 5, 2026 — APEXX Global, the leading merchant-centric Payment Orchestration Platform, today announced a strategic investment of up to $10 million USD led by Finch Capital, a European growth investor with deep expertise in payments and scaling financial technology players internationally. 

APEXX Global is a multi award-winning Payment Orchestration Platform enabling enterprise merchants to optimise payment performance at scale through a single API. By intelligently routing transactions across the global payments ecosystem, APEXX materially increases acceptance rates, reduces processing costs, and improves unit economics – turning payments from an operational burden into a measurable driver of revenue and margin.

The investment of up to $10 million USD from Finch Capital follows a period of strong commercial momentum for APEXX Global, marked by significant enterprise merchant wins including Jet2, Iglu.com and Norse Atlantic towards the end of 2025. These customer additions accelerated platform scale and revenue growth, taking the business to the brink of break-even. Finch’s investment will now be used to power APEXX Global’s next phase of growth, supporting continued product innovation and international expansion as demand for intelligent payment orchestration continues to rise.

As part of the investment, Radboud Vlaar, Managing Partner at Finch Capital, will join the APEXX Global Board and assume the role of Chairman, bringing extensive experience supporting Boards and high-growth payments and financial technology businesses.

Finch Capital manages in excess of €500 million in assets under management and has backed more than 50 portfolio companies across Europe and the US, with a strong track record of scaling mission-critical infrastructure platforms in complex, regulated markets.

APEXX Global enables enterprise merchants to access the entire global payments ecosystem through a single, trusted API. Its intelligent routing and optimisation capabilities help merchants improve conversion rates, lower processing costs, and future-proof their payment strategies – without adding complexity or operational overhead.

Radboud Vlaar, Managing Partner at Finch Capital and Chairman of APEXX Global, commented:

 “APEXX Global has built a truly differentiated payment orchestration platform with a clear focus on merchant outcomes. Payments is   a  global, complex, and rapidly evolving space, and APEXX’s ability to intelligently optimise acceptance and cost at scale positions   them exceptionally well. We are excited to partner with the team and support the next phase of international growth in Travel and       beyond.“

Peter Keenan, CEO and Co-Founder of APEXX Global, said:

 “Finch Capital brings exactly the combination of payments expertise, international perspective, and growth experience we were     looking for. This investment is a strong validation of our strategy and technology, and Radboud’s appointment as Chairman further   strengthens our leadership as we scale globally. Our focus remains clear: delivering measurable value for merchants by simplifying   payments and driving better outcomes.”

About APEXX GLOBAL (www.apexx.global)

APEXX Global is a multi-award winning global payments orchestration platform that combines acquirers, gateways, shopping carts and Alternative Payments Methods into a single marketplace and one-stop solution for Enterprise/Tier 1 merchants. APEXX builds an integrated and transparent service that manages the authorisation, processing and optimisation of transactions.

APEXX takes an agnostic approach to partnerships, working with many different solutions providers across the payments industry. Our approach creates a more efficient and cost-effective solution that cuts through the complexity of e-payments and leaves behind legacy technology systems. Our mission is to help businesses grow by reducing unnecessary costs, increasing conversion rates and simplifying the payment execution process through advanced payment orchestration.

About Finch Capital (www.finchcapital.com)

Finch Capital is a European growth equity investor backing ambitious teams building the next generation of specialist B2B software, where we focus on 9 sectors in Business and Financial technology. The firm invests in companies typically generating €5–15 million in ARR, supporting them to reach profitable scale and accelerate growth. Finch Capital brings deep sector expertise and a proven hands-on value creation playbook. The firm has backed high growth companies, including AccountsIQ, eFlow, Fourthline, Goodlord, Lavanda, NomuPay, and ZOPA.

Leveraging Multimodal Foundation Models to Unlock AI Productivity in Digital and Physical Worlds

SINGAPORE, Feb. 5, 2026 — ShengShu Technology has completed a Series A+ funding round of over RMB 600 million. The round was co-led by Zhongguancun Science City and LINK-X CAPITAL, with strategic investments from Wondershare, Visual China Group Co., Ltd., and TRS. Existing investors, including Qiming Venture Partners, Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund, G&O, C&D Emerging Industry Equity Investment, and Guowen Hechuang further increased their investment in the round.

Original Model Innovation with Global Leadership

ShengShu Technology was one of the earliest teams globally to conduct research on multimodal generative algorithms. In September 2022, the team introduced the U-ViT architecture. In July 2024, Vidu launched globally, introducing the industry’s first Reference-to-Video capability. Moving beyond conventional text-to-video and image-to-video models, this innovation addresses one of the core challenges in commercial video generation: maintaining multi-entity consistency. Since its launch, ShengShu has continuously released Vidu Q1, Vidu Q2, and Vidu Q3, with each iteration further improving performance across key benchmarks, including consistency, semantic understanding, motion dynamics, stability, and inference speed.

The recently released Vidu Q3 is the world’s first video model built for storytelling. It supports 16-second synchronized audio-video generation, native 1080p output, advanced cinematic language, precise shot transitions, multilingual text rendering, and multi-language output.

According to the latest rankings from AI benchmarking authority Artificial Analysis, Vidu Q3 ranked No.1 in China and No.2 globally. The model placed ahead of several leading international video generation platforms, positioning Vidu among the world’s top-tier solutions. Artificial Analysis data also indicates that Vidu Q2 maintains the fastest generation speed globally among commercial-grade content generation models.

In December 2025, ShengShu Technology open-sourced its TurboDiffusion framework, enabling a 5-second video to be generated in just 1.9 seconds on a single RTX 5090 GPU, improving video generation efficiency by 100 to 200 times.

Expanding Commercial Adoption

ShengShu Technology has established a comprehensive product ecosystem built around Vidu, including Vidu MaaS, Vidu SaaS, Vidu App and Vidu Agent, serving content creators and industry clients globally. In 2025, the company achieved more than 10× growth in both users and revenue. Vidu is now widely used by creators, studios, and enterprises in over 200 countries and regions worldwide for content production.

In film and entertainment, including animation, short drama, and feature production, Vidu works with over 90% of industry stakeholders across content owners, tool providers, and production studios. Clients and partners include Tencent Animation & Comics, China Literature, CCTV Animation, iQIYI, Jiangxi Film Group, Mango TV, Soy Sauce Animation, and JuriLu.

Vidu continues to expand across leading companies in internet and smart hardware sectors. Customers include ByteDance, SAMSUNG, Wondershare, TAL Education Group, Alipay, and HONOR, with applications spanning content production, marketing asset creation, and interactive product innovation.

In advertising, Vidu has become a preferred solution for leading brands, agencies, and platform operators, working with JD.com, Alibaba 1688, Amazon, Meituan, Focus Media, BlueFocus, L’Oréal, and Anta. The platform supports large-scale and reliable AI video production for commercial campaigns.

In gaming, Vidu has been deployed in core scenarios such as game advertising and scene generation, serving companies including Lilith Games, 37 Interactive Entertainment, SeaArt, and Tanwan Games, enhancing content production efficiency and interactive experiences.

Internationally, Vidu continues to gain traction among global creators and enterprise clients, including Pollo AI, PhotoGrid, OpenArt, Hubx, Fal.ai, Eachlabs, Freepik and GensPark. Its applications span creative tools, commercial production, and platform-level services, with additional adoption across education, broadcasting, and cultural tourism sectors.

Looking Ahead

“ShengShu Technology began with a strong foundation in algorithm research and continues to push the boundaries of core model innovation. Among leading international multimodal foundation models, Vidu has established clear differentiation and strong competitive advantages. From research breakthroughs to large-scale commercialization, we believe multimodal foundation models will become a next-generation production paradigm and a transformative force in productivity, reshaping global content workflows and industry structures. ShengShu will remain technology-driven and value-oriented, advancing product and commercial strategies to unlock the full potential of multimodal AI for the global content ecosystem,” said Yihang Luo, CEO of ShengShu Technology.

“The ceiling for multimodal video models is exceptionally high. Beyond powering digital content creation and interaction, they have the potential to evolve into true world models that understand the underlying structures of reality and support end-to-end machine decision-making. As AI continues to mature in the digital world, ShengShu aims to push its boundaries further, expanding from digital deployment toward deeper integration with the physical world,” said Jun Zhu, Founder and Chief Scientist of ShengShu Technology.

SOURCE ShengShu Technology

– Optimized for multi-AI model environments, creating the most efficient workflows using the latest AI models

– Pursuing intelligence mapping for automatic generation of optimal workflows by connecting and combining AI models

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 4, 2026 — NAVER D2SF, NAVER’s in-house corporate venture arm, has invested in [CNAPS.AI] a company that developed an automated AI workflow automation platform. This seed round marks CNAPS.AI’s first institutional funding since its founding in October 2025, led by NAVER D2SF, with participation from Bluepoint Partners, Laguna Investment, and Joyakdol Fund.

CNAPS.AI has developed a studio that connects various AI models to quickly generate the best outputs. Ultimately, the company aims to achieve intelligence mapping—where users simply input their desired task and the system automatically builds the optimal workflow by determining which AI models to connect and how to combine them with performance and cost in mind.

The company is focused on addressing challenges in multi-AI model environments. In the current multi-AI model landscape, where high-performance AI models are released in rapid succession, finding the optimal model takes significant time. Notably, one of the main reasons AI projects fail is the excessive time and cost required to explore optimal models and integrate the right models into a cohesive workflow.

Launched in early 2026, CNAPS.AI’s first product supports and connects over 50 popular AI models for text and image generation, drawing interest from the e-commerce, entertainment, and content industries. The company regularly adds the latest AI models to its platform and plans to expand its AI model support to include additional modalities, such as voice, video, and 3D, through future updates.

CNAPS.AI’s cofounding team, which includes CEO Innfarn Yoo, has accumulated experience at NVIDIA, Google Research, and global gaming companies. Their extensive background in AI R&D and commercialization is one of the company’s key strengths.

Yang Sang-hwan, Head of NAVER D2SF, stated, “We expect CNAPS.AI to ultimately evolve into an intelligence map optimized for users’ needs and contexts.” He added, “NAVER D2SF will continue to discover and invest in bold entrepreneurs who pioneer new standards and approaches in the evolving AI landscape, supporting their growth.” 

About NAVER D2SF

[NAVER D2SF] is NAVER’s in-house corporate venture arm, supporting sustainable growth by collaborating with startups. Founded in 1999, NAVER has maintained its position as Korea’s leading search engine for over 20 years and operates across commerce, content, fintech, and cloud services. Under the technological vision of D2 (For Developers, By Developers), NAVER is actively developing new technologies and global partnerships to grow as a leading tech company.

To learn more, visit https://d2sf.naver.com/en 

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