What it sells
type text, dream video
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedFilmmakers and animators (individual creators and studios).
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Animation costs $3-4M even for an indie film, and traditional 3D tools are hard to start with; generative video models are meant to lower the barrier.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
No revenue model shown; open-weights release (Linum v2, 2B params, Apache 2.0) from a two-person research lab.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Model weights download and direct contact with filmmakers; blog and partner stories (Crusoe).
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Winter 2023 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.