Foundry’s acquisition of Griptape will help speed up its AI strategy by augmenting Foundry's AI-based features with orchestration capabilities for better customisation and control.
Foundry has acquired Griptape, an enterprise-grade AI orchestration developer. Foundry is aiming to speed up its AI strategy by augmenting the AI-based features in its product portfolio with orchestration capabilities.
The results of the company’s AI research and development first appeared in 2021 with the release of CopyCat. The acquisition of Griptape represents another step in this strategy, enabling studios to orchestrate multiple AI models and agents within secure, professional workflows that connect to Foundry's existing tools.
According to Foundry, as studios shift from experimentation to everyday production use, the need for better control over AI models has become more urgent. Griptape opens controlled access to rapidly evolving open-source and commercial AI models in a straightforward framework, and balances this access with the strict security and traceability that major production environments require.
Extensible Architecture
Foundry will continue to develop Griptape's tools, enhancing its features and abilities ready to meet the demands of VFX and animation pipelines and, eventually, to integrate with its creative applications including Nuke compositing software.
For instance, Griptape Nodes is an interface where users can create pipelines using graphs, nodes and flowcharts, and take advantage of the greater customisation that can be achieved by using multiple image generation models.
In particular, Griptape has a robust, highly extensible Python-based architecture designed for scale, long-term workflows and integration with existing infrastructure, including production management and render farm hand-offs. Beyond simple conversational interfaces, Griptape enables creation and management of secure, programmable agents that can support tasks within Griptape and across the pipeline.
AI Pipelines and Creative Control
"Our mission has always been to empower the world's most ambitious storytellers," said Jody Madden, CEO of Foundry. "By bringing Griptape into Foundry, we can develop tools that help users realise their creative vision more efficiently, while retaining control. We've been investing in AI and ML capabilities for years, and many of our customers are already using AI-powered features daily. We are building the AI-first pipeline of the future – and Griptape is a critical piece of that foundation to accelerate our roadmap."
"Foundry is the natural home for Griptape," said Kyle Roche, Founder & CEO of Griptape. "Their deep history in VFX and Animation combined with their products, existing AI capabilities and incorporation of AI into core workflows, serves as a platform to scale our technology and reach every major studio globally." www.foundry.com
