Layer raises $6.5M for next-generation production tools for game makers

Layer, the AI application gateway built specifically for game developers, has raised $6.5 million in seed funding to make next-generation production tools. Layer acts as the glue for game studios to deploy AI quickly and efficiently, with a professional suite of tools to build, manage and refine 2D, 3D and video assets while significantly reducing production time. Layer helps scale content across production pipelines, making it easier to develop and maintain games of all types. It’s got a lot of mobile game customers, which is why it has raised a new round of funding and is figuring out how to go after the PC and console game studio business. “We’re the leading AI-powered tool for content creation, and we’re here for game studios,” said Volkan Gurel, CEO of Layer, in an interview with GamesBeat. “We started off with a focus on games. We’ve become the leading solution used by mobile studios worldwide. We have super deep gaming DNA.” An artist working with AI tools. Arcadia (Akin Bab ... Read full article.