What Generated Photos does

Generated Photos (legal entity: Generated Media, Inc.) is a private, AI-native synthetic media company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Roanoke, USA, operating with a team of approximately 30 employees. The company builds and operates generative AI models that produce photorealistic human faces and full-body images, trained on a curated corpus of model-released studio photos captured by partner Icons8. Its product portfolio comprises two large pre-generated asset libraries (2.6M+ faces and 167K+ full-body humans), two real-time parameter-controlled generators (Face Generator and Human Generator), an AI Anonymizer for privacy-preserving identity substitution, ML training and testing datasets, a REST API, and a consumer app called GenYOU for personal AI portrait generation.

The company serves a horizontal customer base across machine-learning teams (training and test data for face recognition and computer vision), marketing and advertising buyers (royalty-free diverse imagery), game developers (character and NPC creation), academic researchers (controlled facial stimuli), design agencies, and software companies (demo data), plus consumers via GenYOU. Notable enterprise and institutional users referenced in case studies include SAP SE, Apple TV+ (for the film Spirited), Reallusion, Temple University, Osaka University, MIT, UCL, University of Zurich, and Covert Media Consulting. Customer outcomes cited include child-rescue operations and academic studies in which synthetic faces passed as real to experiment participants.

Generated Photos monetizes through a multi-stream, product-led revenue model. Pricing includes $199/year subscriptions for both the Faces + Face Generator bundle and the Humans + Human Generator bundle, per-image one-time purchases starting at $8.97 with bulk tiers down to $1 per image, monthly API access at $250 (1,000 photos) or $300 (10,000 photos), enterprise custom datasets on a contact-sales basis, a GenYOU consumer subscription at $39.99/year or $6.99/week, and a 50% commission affiliate program. Distribution is primarily self-serve via web, mobile apps, and API, supplemented by enterprise sales for datasets and high-volume API contracts. The company has bootstrapped without disclosed outside funding and operates as an independent entity alongside its data partner Icons8.

Name

Generated Photos

Legal name

Generated Media, Inc.

Website

https://generated.photos

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Generated Photos is a private AI company that generates photorealistic human face and full-body images via proprietary generative models trained on model-released studio photos, serving ML teams, marketers, game developers, academic researchers, and consumers through APIs, subscriptions, and datasets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Synthetic Media / AI Image Generation

NAICS

Photographic Services (54192), Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Photographic Equipment & Supplies (3861)

akta.pro primary industry

Multimodal Generation (Text-Image-Video-Audio) & Creative Toolchains (HDAAACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Synthetic Data Generation Platforms (HDAAALAA), Privacy-Preserving Data (De-identification, Anonymization, PII Redaction) (HDAAALAG), AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

Keywords

• AI image generation
• Synthetic face datasets
• Generative AI portraits
• AI avatar creation
• ML training data

Headquarters

HQ city

Roanoke

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Plans: Annual subscription for Faces + Face Generator at $199/year includes 15 downloads/month and unlimited face generations. Humans + Human Generator plan at $199/year includes 1,000 priority generations. Both include commercial use rights.
2. Per-Image Sales: One-time purchase of $8.97 per face image with 1024x1024 px resolution and exclusive commercial rights. Bulk photo purchases at tiered pricing: $9 (1-20), $7 (21-50), $5 (51-250), $2.50 (251-1000), $1 (1000+).
3. API Access: Monthly API subscriptions: 1,000 photos at $250/month or 10,000 photos at $300/month. Includes 1024x1024 JPG format, access to 2.6M gallery and Anonymizer, with commercial use licensing.
4. Custom Datasets: Custom dataset creation services for ML training/testing with specified parameters (demographics, background colors, etc.). Contact sales for pricing. Used by enterprises and academic institutions.
5. GenYOU App Subscription: GenYOU mobile app available as Pro subscription: $39.99/year or $6.99/week. Provides unlimited generations with private results and fast processing.
6. Affiliate Commissions: 50% commission on qualifying subscription purchases through affiliate program with 45-day cookie duration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Generated Photos operates a generative AI platform that produces photorealistic, royalty-free images of human faces and full-body humans. It sells a library of 2.6M+ pre-generated faces and 167K+ full-body humans, real-time parameter-driven Face Generator and Human Generator tools, a consumer mobile/web app (GenYOU), an AI Anonymizer for identity protection, curated synthetic and real-life datasets for ML training/testing, and a REST API for programmatic integration.

Product overview

Generated Photos is a platform offering AI-generated photorealistic images of human faces and full bodies. The product portfolio consists of two main components: pre-generated asset libraries (Faces with 2.6M+ images and Humans with 167K+ images) and real-time generation tools (Face Generator and Human Generator). Supporting products include GenYOU consumer app for personal avatar creation, AI Anonymizer for identity protection, Datasets for ML training/testing, and API Access for programmatic integration. The platform is built on proprietary AI models trained on model-released studio photos, targeting creative professionals, ML practitioners, game developers, and researchers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Face Generator: AI tool for creating custom headshots in real-time with parameters including age, gender, ethnicity, emotion, and more.
• Human Generator
• GenYOU
• AI Anonymizer

Products and services

• Faces
• Face Generator
• Humans
• Human Generator
• GenYOU
• AI Anonymizer
• Datasets
• API Access

Quantifiable outcome

• 87 children rescued and hundreds of arrests in child exploitation cases using Generated Photos for undercover operations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Icons8coreTechnology or IntegrationIcons8 provides the studio photos used to train Generated Photos' AI models. Generated Photos is trained on model-released images captured by Icons8 in their studio. Icons8 also owns Generated Media, Inc. (parent company).

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/generated_media
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/generated-media

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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