2022年6月1日

近日，日本電信巨頭NTT旗下的金融集團公司NTT Finance投資了人工智能驅動創意媒體領域的全球領先企業D-ID。這筆資金是D-ID最近2500萬美元B輪融資的一部分。這輪融資由投資公司麥格理資本(Macquarie Capital)領投，Pitango、AXA Venture Partners、OurCrowd、OIF Ventures、Maverick和丸紅(Marubeni)也進行了大量投資。此次注資使D-ID的總資金達到4800萬美元。D-ID的投資由以色列NTT創新實驗室(NTT Israel)推動，該實驗室是NTT的全資子公司，是以色列突破性創新的內部戰略資源。NTT以色列的使命是支持NTT集團客戶業務的發展，促進創新和數字化轉型。NTT以色列與以色列公司和學術界合作，開發網絡安全、數字健康、人工智能、機器人和其他各個領域的前沿技術，並與以色列公司促進投資機會。來自三大洲投資者的這輪融資，將使D-ID的世界級深度學習和計算機視覺團隊的專家人數增加一倍，在繼續生產改變數字人機界麵的產品的同時，拓寬其開創性技術的範圍和覆蓋範圍。該輪融資還將使D-ID能夠擴大和支持公司在美國、亞太地區和歐洲、中東和非洲的銷售和營銷團隊。D-ID利用人工智能和深度學習開發基於重演的產品，從靜態照片的動畫到開發高質量的數字化身。 D-ID’s wide range of customers include Warner Bros. Studios, Mondelēz, Publicis and MyHeritage, whom D-ID partnered with to create the viral sensation Deep Nostalgia, which has created nearly 100M animations since its launch, and more recently, LiveStory, which enables the creation of AI-generated biographical videos narrated by photos of users’ ancestors. D-ID has also partnered with The Glimpse Group (NASDAQ: VRAR), a diversified virtual reality and augmented reality platform, to develop AI, AR and VR applications for the Metaverse. D-ID is leading the charge to leverage Synthetic Media for good. The company has worked with nonprofit organizations and governments in public awareness campaigns on sensitive issues such as domestic violence and HIV awareness. This new round of funding comes on the heels of a whirlwind of success for D-ID. In early March, the company was named by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies of 2022 in EMEA. In February, D-ID won best use of AI in the Digiday Marketing and Advertising Awards Europe, and in January, the company’s proprietary Live Portrait technology was named a finalist for the prestigious SXSW Innovation Award. “We are grateful for this vote of confidence from NTT group, and thrilled to embark on a meaningful partnership that will enable us to continue expanding and strengthening our relationships and reach within Japan and globally,” said Gil Perry , CEO and Co-Founder of D-ID.