Lore Machine
Lore Machine is a generative AI platform that turns written text, including scripts, books, and articles, into illustrated stories, storyboards, comics, and motion graphics.
- Category
- AI and B2B SaaS
- Fund
- NZVC I
- Website
- www.loremachine.world
What Lore Machine does
Writers and internet creators paste in their words and the tool extracts characters and settings, then generates consistent visuals across a range of styles using rights-managed image models. It also supports interactive, choose-your-own-adventure style stories that others can remix.
The secret
Character consistency frame to frame is what separates a storyboard from a pile of images. Extracting characters and settings from the text first, and generating against rights-managed models, keeps the writer at the top of the content chain and keeps the output clear of the copyright exposure hanging over much of the field.
Why NZVC invested in Lore Machine
NZVC invested in Lore Machine from NZVC Fund I. We file the company under AI and B2B SaaS on the portfolio wall.
We backed Lore Machine because storytelling is shifting from text to visual formats faster than most creators can produce art by hand, and the tools have lagged that demand. The product keeps writers at the top of the content chain and uses ethically sourced models that avoid the copyright exposure hanging over much of the field. The founder's clarity about who the customer is, the individual creator rather than the studio, is what convinced us the wedge was real.
Lore Machine in the press
- Variety covered generative AI storyboarding, Lore Machine includedVariety · 15 March 2024
- MIT Technology Review turned a short story into a comic with Lore MachineMIT Technology Review · 5 March 2024
- Lore Machine opened its visual storytelling platform to the publicReuters (via Yahoo Finance) · 5 March 2024
- Decrypt covered Lore Machine's pitch to film and television writersDecrypt · 5 December 2023