
Spawning is creating an ecosystem-wide solution for rights holders and AI developers, focusing on data governance for generative AI. Their Do Not Train Tool Suite allows rights holders to manage their data preferences effectively, ensuring compliance with EU copyright laws. With partnerships with major AI developers like Stability AI and Hugging Face, Spawning is positioned to lead in the ethical use of data in AI training, serving over 1.5 billion individual works.

Spawning is creating an ecosystem-wide solution for rights holders and AI developers, focusing on data governance for generative AI. Their Do Not Train Tool Suite allows rights holders to manage their data preferences effectively, ensuring compliance with EU copyright laws. With partnerships with major AI developers like Stability AI and Hugging Face, Spawning is positioned to lead in the ethical use of data in AI training, serving over 1.5 billion individual works.
What they do: Data governance and consent tools for generative AI (HaveIBeenTrained, Source.Plus)
Funding: $3M seed (May 2023) led by True Ventures
Headquarters: Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Scale: Serves rights holders across ~1.5 billion works (company-stated)
Company size: About 9 employees (reported)
Data governance, creator consent, provenance for generative AI training datasets
Artificial intelligence / Data governance
$3,000,000
Participation from Seed Club Ventures and multiple angel/crypto-native investors
“Raised a seed round led by True Ventures with participation from Seed Club Ventures and several angel/crypto-native investors”