The initial deals were for $25 to $50 million
Shutterstock image-library licences to large tech buyers
Dated 6 Apr 2024Source checked 11 Oct 2026Quote found on its page again 17 Oct 2026Basis: reported
In the source's own words
“The initial deals were for $25 to $50 million, but have been expanded.”
Where it was read
The Decoder (summarising Reuters), checked 11 Oct 2026
Also read from the same source
- Short-form videos licensed for AI training (Defined.ai)
- Longer films and professional video (Defined.ai's quoted rate)
- Images of nudity, which need special handling (Defined.ai)
- Most of Freepik's roughly 200 million image archive licensed to two large tech companies
- Images sold through a data marketplace (Defined.ai's quoted rate)
- General text sold through a data marketplace (Defined.ai's quoted rate)
What it is about
Figures it counts in
- $378K to $35.4M per contractImages, sales that happened, per contract