U.S.-based CopySight raised a total of $3 million in a seed round and launched CopyScore V2 with video analysis, as demand for pre-publication checks surged.
U.S.-based CopySight, which assesses generative AI copyright and publicity-rights risks in advance, announced that it had raised a total of $3 million in a seed round on 30 October 2026. The lead investor was Mucker Capital, with Taisu VC, Flint Capital and Yellow Rocks! also participating. Alongside the funding, the company launched CopyScore V2, which supports video checks in addition to image checks.
CopySight is seeing expanded use of copyright and rights-risk checks at video-production sites, distribution platforms and legal departments. Cumulative usage since January 2026 has increased more than 100-fold, and the number of checks during the same period exceeded 166,000. Founder and CEO Alem Petrov (アレム・ペトロフ) pointed to the reality of encountering protected IP and emphasized the service's role as infrastructure supporting commercial use.
The new CopyScore V2 analyzes video frame by frame to check for copyright and publicity-rights issues. This is said to make it possible to retain evidence as part of the production record before releasing the work.