Origin Lab Raises $8M to Help Video Game Companies Sell Data to World-Model Builders

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Origin Lab raised $8M to build a marketplace where AI labs can buy high-quality licensed data from video game companies for training world models and spatial reasoning systems. The startup addresses growing demand from AI labs building physics simulation models that need rich 3D environment data. This represents an emerging data licensing model where game studios monetize their assets as AI training material.