FrontierSeptember 1, 2026via SiliconAngle
After raising $10M in funding, Visko debuts Orbis, its first live model for generating long-form videos
Why it matters
Visko introduces a novel model architecture (live models) that challenges conventional video generation. Public access to Orbis signals a potential shift in how video AI handles temporal coherence and long-form generation—practitioners building video products need to evaluate this against existing approaches.
Key signals
- Visko raised $10M pre-seed from Llama Ventures
- First public release: Orbis foundation model
- Novel paradigm: 'live models' for video generation
- Focus: persistent world models and long-form video
- Public access now available
The hook
$10M for a new paradigm: Visko's 'live models' generate long-form video without the traditional render loop.
Visko Platform Inc., an artificial intelligence research lab focused on developing persistent world models, said today it has raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round from Llama Ventures. It’s also opening public access to its first foundation model, Orbis, which is based on a new paradigm the…