Shutterstock launches AI Services offering training datasets, preference data and evaluation tools for model builders
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On 7 October 2025 Shutterstock announced AI Services, a suite for model builders providing custom training datasets, before/after pairs, creative-expert preference data, curation and annotation, and evaluation pipelines. The company cited NVIDIA, Meta, OpenAI and Runway as existing partners.
What happened
- Shutterstock announced the AI Services suite on 7 October 2025, live from SF Tech Week.
- The offering includes custom content production with before/after pairs and metadata, creative-expert preference data for RLHF, reranking and evaluation, curation and annotation services, and evaluation and performance insights.
- Shutterstock said it operates 10 production hubs with over 2 million creators across 150+ countries.
- The press release names NVIDIA, Meta, OpenAI and Runway as partners, with a supporting quote from Runway Head of Operations and Partnerships Michelle Kwon.
- Daniel Mandell, Senior Vice President of Data Licensing and AI at Shutterstock, said the services bring niche datasets and RLHF-style alignment to diffusion and multimodal models.
- Shutterstock maintains a library of around 200 million royalty-free stock photos, vector graphics and illustrations, and reported US$875 million revenue with 1,274 employees in 2023.
Who is involved
Shutterstock is an American provider of stock photography, stock footage, stock music, and editing tools.
Nvidia Corporation is an American multinational technology company.
Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms and communication services.
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company.
Sources
- investor.shutterstock.com — primary
- en.wikipedia.org — party background
Announced 2025-10-07