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Record	Kind	As stated	Dated
Wirestock to Six of the largest foundation model makers (unnamed): AGGREGATE: images, videos, design, gaming and 3D datasets (off-the-shelf library plus custom collection from 700,000+ artists) supplied to AI labs.	Licensing deal	Annual run-rate revenue of $40 million; $15 million paid out to contributors so far	14 May 2026
Wirestock: Series A funding	Funding event	$23 million	14 May 2026
Wirestock: run-rate May 2026	Financial figure	$40 million annual run-rate revenue	14 May 2026
Wirestock: payouts to contributors (cumulative), cumulative to May 2026	Financial figure	$15 million paid out to contributors	14 May 2026
Wirestock, which supplies multimodal data to six of the largest foundation model makers, has paid $15 million to its contributors on an annual run-rate revenue of $40 million.	Supply fact	$15 million paid out; $40 million run-rate revenue	14 May 2026

Wirestock to Six of the largest foundation model makers (unnamed): AGGREGATE: images, videos, design, gaming and 3D datasets (off-the-shelf library plus custom collection from 700,000+ artists) supplied to AI labs.
Kind
Licensing deal
As stated
Annual run-rate revenue of $40 million; $15 million paid out to contributors so far
Dated
14 May 2026
Wirestock: Series A funding
Kind
Funding event
As stated
$23 million
Dated
14 May 2026
Wirestock: run-rate May 2026
Kind
Financial figure
As stated
$40 million annual run-rate revenue
Dated
14 May 2026
Wirestock: payouts to contributors (cumulative), cumulative to May 2026
Kind
Financial figure
As stated
$15 million paid out to contributors
Dated
14 May 2026
Wirestock, which supplies multimodal data to six of the largest foundation model makers, has paid $15 million to its contributors on an annual run-rate revenue of $40 million.
Kind
Supply fact
As stated
$15 million paid out; $40 million run-rate revenue
Dated
14 May 2026

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