2025-10-07——
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.
Sources
- investor.shutterstock.com — primary
- en.wikipedia.org — party background
Announced 2025-10-07 · Added to the register 2026-09-30