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Troveo
A licensing marketplace for real-world video: it aggregates thousands of rights holders and sells labs footage with per-asset rights documentation — and publishes the buyer guides everyone else cites.
| Model | Video & media data licensing marketplace |
|---|---|
| Founded | Not published |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, CA (reported; some databases list Austin, TX) |
| Pricing | Not published — royalty per licence; video typically $0.75–$3/min reported (2025) |
| Website | www.troveo.ai |
What Troveo does
Troveo licenses non-public video, audio, text, gaming and robotics data from rights holders to AI labs, paying owners a royalty each time their content is licensed. It reports 7,000+ licensors (95% exclusive, company-stated) and a $4.5M seed round; it also licenses business/operational data.
There is no public rate card. Third-party reporting puts typical video footage at roughly $0.75–$3 per minute (2025). Troveo’s own payout claims vary by page — “$20M+ paid to licensors” on its business pages vs “$50M+ paid to creators” on its content-owners page — so treat totals as marketing figures.
Strengths
- Rights-cleared, per-asset provenance is the product — exactly what lab legal teams demand
- Non-exclusive-by-design licensing keeps the asset earning
- Publishes detailed buyer-side guides (a sign of real deal flow)
Considerations
- Payout totals conflict across its own pages — ask for specifics
- Most licensors sign exclusively (95% claimed) — read the exclusivity clause before signing
- No public pricing; value depends on hours, resolution, scarcity and rights cleanliness
Other data broker / marketplaces in the directory
- FileYield — A private brokerage where companies describe datasets in plain language and negotiate licenses directly with AI buyers — no public listings, no data upload to start.
- DataVendor (HUD) — HUD’s marketplace for selling production code, raw data and RL environments to model labs — with codebase grading before buyers ever see the asset.
- Nyne AI — A data buyer with published terms: it licenses de-identified operational records — accounting, CRM, dispatch — from established US companies and pays on delivery and acceptance.
- Versos AI — Infrastructure for the top end of video licensing: it prepares premium libraries in place — metadata, embeddings, C2PA provenance — and delivers licensed datasets to labs.
Frequently asked questions
What does Troveo do?
A licensing marketplace for real-world video: it aggregates thousands of rights holders and sells labs footage with per-asset rights documentation — and publishes the buyer guides everyone else cites.
How much does Troveo cost?
Troveo does not publish pricing (not published — royalty per licence; video typically $0.75–$3/min reported (2025)). Any figure quoted by third parties is an estimate; budget discovery requires engaging the vendor directly.
Who is Troveo best for?
Filmmakers, media companies and creators holding rights-clean footage libraries they want licensed repeatedly, not sold once.
Who should not use Troveo?
Owners who need a payout date — royalties are paid only after a buyer pays, which third parties put at up to 4–5 months from delivery.
Sources
- How to Sell Your Videos for AI Training — troveo.ai (Oct 2026)
- Data Monetization Companies: 71 Compared (Troveo terms) — Bright Info (Nov 2026)
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Profile last updated: November 8, 2026 · How we write profiles · Corrections: [email protected]