Singapore-based Video Rebirth, an AMD-backed artificial intelligence (AI) video startup, announced the final completion of an $80 million funding round.
The total includes a newly secured $30 million extension, building on the initial $50 million raised in November, the company said in a statement Wednesday.
This expansion round was driven by overwhelming strategic interests and brought together a coalition of Asia’s leading venture capital firms, with participation from AMD Ventures, Hyundai, and other industry leaders in entertainment, mobility, and technology.
The new funding will be used primarily to accelerate commercialization and drive global market expansion of Video Rebirth’s Bach series of frontier video generation products.
While the market is flooded with tools to create fleeting “demos,” Video Rebirth said it has a different mission. It’s about building an industrial-grade AI engine that can build a consistent, commercially viable reality.
“Video Rebirth was founded as a global company from the beginning, and having the strategic support of a global technology giant like AMD validates our vision.
“Our investor base reflects this ambition, spanning global financial institutions and strategic partners who understand the scale of our vision. They recognize that we are not just building tools for a single market, but the generative infrastructure for digital content globally,” said Dan Conn, co-founder and chief operating officer of Video Rebirth, who previously served as an AI investor at G42 in Abu Dhabi.
It’s worth noting that Video Rebirth excels by capturing the “reality” of video production and ensuring high control and consistency.
By leveraging these capabilities to replace physical filming and rigorous rendering, the company bridges the gap between linear media and interactive entertainment.
“We are on the precipice of a ‘de-engineering’ revolution in pan-entertainment. By mastering the causal logic and high-fidelity persistence of today’s generative video, we are democratizing the creation of interactive worlds.
“Our mission is to collapse any creative vision into an instantly playable digital universe, turning passive ‘viewers’ into active, personalized explorers exploring endless possibilities,” said Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Difu Li, who previously led AI strategy at Tencent.
Meanwhile, Sagi Paz, head of AMD Ventures, said Video Rebirth’s pioneering approach to building world models natively through video exemplifies the type of innovation consistent with AMD’s commitment to advancing the future of AI.
“We are proud to work with Video Rebirth and have AMD serve as our long-term infrastructure partner, providing the high-performance computing foundation needed to extend industrial-grade reality to the world,” he added.
Feedback Ventures partner Peter Lim, formerly of Temasek, said the Video Rebirth team combines world-leading technical talent with a compelling vision and tight execution.
“With the strong foundation of Video AI, Video Rebirth presents opportunities for simulation-driven industries,” he added.
Keith Noh, head of ZER01NE at Hyundai Motor Group, said the company invested in Video Rebirth because its technology goes beyond creative media.
“The company’s ability to generate physically consistent environments makes it an important partner for the future of mobility. We see tremendous potential in using its AI engine to train physical AI within hyper-realistic digital worlds,” he added.
Bookyung Kim, director of HIVEN, said that CJ Group has one of the largest entertainment portfolios in Korea spanning drama, film, and music, and believes Video Rebirth’s technology is a powerful vehicle for enabling new content workflows and IP-driven experiences.
“From an HIVEN perspective, our investment reflects our expectations for meaningful collaboration opportunities across the broader CJ ecosystem, including CJ ENM, as we explore real-world use cases together,” he added.
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