It has never been easier to create and publish art but now, and if you believe that companies are building technology around AI, the production process will become even more effective. This is especially the case with video production, and companies of all sizes that use large language models to build tools that allow you decent videos and animation with several instructions and actions.
The popular tools in this area include Google’s Veli 2, Openai’s Sora, Runway, Luma AI and Hailuo based in Shanghai. Now, South Korean startup called Kinamon Increases the efforts to seek part of this growing market – recently collected a $ 8.5 million series B circle to continue to build its animated platform to create a “Cinev” video, provided in Beta in the first half of 2025. Altos Venture, The existing support, as well as the risk capital, Saehan invested in this circle.
Cinamon’s Pitch is that his platform provides a video generator that can allow you to build a 3D environment, direct scenes and actions, set up signs, edit the corners of the camera and more – all with text instructions and skaters.
According to his Director Dosun Hong, the company’s approach is basically different from the existing AI video generators, which create videos by generating pixels using text, images and videos as reference materials. In contrast, the Cinev combines the 3D property library, AI Motion generation and film model focused on film creation to first construct a 3D scene with the characters and elements, and then lets you edit it using its tools for video production and editing tools.
“Our approach allows for easier direction and editing without consistency/physics, which makes it particularly suitable for content of longer shapes such as movies and dramas,” Hong said. “Let’s imagine that the Cinev is supplemented by existing AI videos, which potentially provides new flow of work where CINEV’s output could serve as a high quality reference material for other AI video platforms.”
Cinamon began his life in 2019 as Cinamon Games, a branch of the Vonvon Production Company. Cinamon laid jv with initially After the web toneThe Korean Platform for digital narration, to create perhaps an interactive narrative application. Faced with growing data privacy issues, Vonvon merged with Cinamon games later in 2019 to focus solely on storytelling in the social content space.
While his competitors love Crazy Maple Studio Started offering animated interactive Story applications, applications fiction, short -forming apps and videos with short forms, Kinamon decided to focus on creating 3D animation tools instead that could accelerate and increase the production of animation for creatures and studies. Although it cost more investment than tools for 2D content, they saw greater scalanity potential.
In 2022, the startup began to build its 3D animation platform and later integrated AI features to improve production efficiency. In September of that year, the South Korean Gaming Company Krapanon, Naver Z (Korean Internet Giganta Naver Unit) and Snow (Camera -led by Naver) invested $ 10 million in the Cinamon A. series
Forward, Cinamon plans to use IPS and 3D property of its investors to enhance its offer. Krapton has significant intellectual ownership and 3D property used in its Battlefrund games, while Naver Z manages Zepeto Metavese platform. Cinamon says that Cinev can help expand these IPs outside the games, allowing contents to use these IPs and potentially start buying users for Krapton and Navez. Cinamon also entered Nvidia’s driving accelerator, Beginning, last August.
“Our potential users include comics, mango, webtoon artists, web novels, game developers, video creatives and traditional animators seeking easier work flows,” Hong said. “2025. We plan to focus on customers [ranging] From individual creators to IP companies that seek easier, faster, cheaper ways to create anime, Vtuber and cinema content of video games. “
Cinamon plans to use a new capital of more AI engineers and research and development. Startup has a team of 60 staff with expertise in 3D graphics, AI, games and content production. This series B brings its total capital collected to $ 18.5 million ($ 25 billion) so far.