{
  "id": 4862268,
  "title": "After raising $10M in funding, Visko debuts Orbis, its first live model for generating long-form videos",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/after-raising-10m-in-funding-visko-debuts-orbis-its-first-live-model",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-01T13:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SiliconANGLE",
    "slug": "siliconangle",
    "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/01/after-raising-10m-in-funding-visko-debuts-orbis-its-first-live-model-for-generating-longform-videos/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Artificial intelligence research lab Visko Platform Inc. has raised $10 million in pre-seed funding from Llama Ventures and is unveiling its first live model, Orbis. Orbis represents a new approach to AI video generation, aiming to solve the common issue of loss of logical and visual coherence in existing models over extended durations.\n\nUnlike conventional AI video generators like Sora, which operate on \"query models\" and output short, static clips, Orbis is designed to run continuously. It generates and streams interactive visual worlds in real time, allowing users to adjust prompts and prompts mid-stream without stopping the video.\n\nOrbis' architecture, based on neural stochastic differential equations or Neural SDEs, runs on an internal \"world clock\" within a unified latent space. This setup enables the model to maintain a persistent internal state that anticipates continuous motion, retains object detail and performance, and absorbs real-time interventions without compromising visual coherence.\n\nFounder and CEO Qing Yin highlighted that long-term coherence has been the biggest challenge in AI video generation, as the longer a generated world runs, the more it tends to fall apart. Visko claims that Orbis can maintain quality and color at 4K resolution at 24 frames per second, continuing to generate worlds for hours without degradation.\n\nIndependent testing supports these claims, with Orbis outperforming competitors such as Odyssey's Odyssey-2 in aesthetic and visual motion quality benchmarks. A human preference study further ranked Orbis first in long-form performance. Analyst Holger Mueller noted that Visko's work demonstrates the potential for accurate real-world simulation without degradation, an achievement made possible by the current abundance of compute resources.",
  "summary": "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 company calls “live models.” The startup says […] The post After raising $10M in funding, Visko…",
  "key_points": [
    "Visko raises $10M in pre-seed funding from Llama Ventures",
    "Orbis, first live model, generates continuous interactive video worlds",
    "Orbis maintains 4K resolution, 24fps for hours without degradation"
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}