
Created by Humans is an AI rights licensing platform that connects rights holders, such as authors and publishers, with AI developers. The platform enables creators to control, license, and get compensated for the use of their published works in AI training and applications. It offers a single source for premium, rights-cleared book content with various licensing options including training, reference, and transformative rights. The company emphasizes author control, legal clarity, and compensation, partnering with notable authors and the Authors Guild to safeguard human creativity in the AI era. Their business model revolves around licensing and facilitating agreements between creators and AI companies, providing a curated, legally sound dataset for AI development.

Created by Humans is an AI rights licensing platform that connects rights holders, such as authors and publishers, with AI developers. The platform enables creators to control, license, and get compensated for the use of their published works in AI training and applications. It offers a single source for premium, rights-cleared book content with various licensing options including training, reference, and transformative rights. The company emphasizes author control, legal clarity, and compensation, partnering with notable authors and the Authors Guild to safeguard human creativity in the AI era. Their business model revolves around licensing and facilitating agreements between creators and AI companies, providing a curated, legally sound dataset for AI development.
What they do: AI rights licensing platform connecting authors and publishers with AI developers
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Founders: Trip Adler, Edward Igushev, Jen Singerman
Employees: 12
Total funding: USD 11,000,000
Latest disclosed round: Seed (Jan 28, 2025)
Copyright, content licensing, and data sourcing for AI training
2024
AI / Content licensing
USD 5,000,000
Announced as an initial pre-seed round in company materials
USD 5,500,000
Announced by the company as a seed round
“Backed by venture firms and notable angel investors (including Craft Ventures, Floodgate, Giant Ventures, and named angel backers)”