# Moonvalley > Source: > Published: 2026-08-28 12:45:24+00:00 # Moonvalley Moonvalley builds Marey, a text-to-video and image-to-video model trained entirely on licensed footage for commercially safe production work. ## Overview ## Moonvalley Moonvalley is a research lab whose product, Marey, is the video model built for studios that have to answer for their [training data](/glossary/training-data). Moonvalley trained Marey exclusively on licensed and public-domain footage rather than material scraped from the web, and sells it as a commercially safe generative videography tool for professional filmmakers and brands. The model does [text-to-video](/glossary/text-to-video) and image-to-video with control over motion, lighting and cinematic detail, which is the axis professional users care about more than raw novelty. **Production credibility:** Moonvalley raised $84M led by General Catalyst with strategic investment from Creative Artists Agency, CoreWeave and Comcast Ventures, bringing total funding to roughly $154M. Marey was released publicly in 2025 as the first production-grade video model the company describes as fully licensed, and the licensing position has been covered independently rather than only asserted in marketing. Pricing is not published on the site; access runs through signup and sales contact. ### Key Features - Marey model trained only on licensed and public-domain footage - Text-to-video and image-to-video generation - Direction over motion, lighting and cinematic detail - Positioned as commercially safe for brand and studio work - Backed by Creative Artists Agency alongside financial investors - Aimed at professional filmmakers rather than casual creators ### Ideal Use Case Studios, agencies and brands that cannot use a model whose training data is contested, either because legal will not sign off or because a client contract forbids it. It also fits filmmakers who want directable output — specific motion and lighting — rather than the best single random generation. ### How Moonvalley differentiates Runway, Kling, Luma and Pika compete on capability and speed, and none of them makes clean training-data provenance the product. Moonvalley does: the licensing is the differentiator, and the CAA investment signals where it expects demand to come from. The trade-off is straightforward — a licensed corpus is smaller than the open web, so buyers should compare output quality directly rather than assume parity, and pricing has to be established through sales. ### FAQ **Q: What is Moonvalley?** A: Moonvalley is an [AI](/glossary/ai) research lab building Marey, a video generation model trained entirely on licensed and public-domain footage, aimed at professional filmmakers and brands. **Q: What is Marey?** A: Marey is Moonvalley's foundational text-to-video and image-to-video model, released publicly in 2025, with direction over motion, lighting and cinematic detail. **Q: Is Moonvalley's training data licensed?** A: Yes. Moonvalley states that Marey is trained exclusively on fully licensed and public-domain footage rather than scraped web data, which is the basis of its commercially safe positioning. **Q: How much has Moonvalley raised?** A: Moonvalley raised $84M led by General Catalyst with Creative Artists Agency, CoreWeave and Comcast Ventures participating, bringing total funding to around $154M. **Q: How much does Moonvalley cost?** A: Pricing is not published on the site. Access runs through signup or a conversation with the company. ### tl;dr Moonvalley builds Marey, a text-to-video and image-to-video model trained only on licensed and public-domain footage, sold as commercially safe for studios and brands. Around $154M raised, including $84M led by General Catalyst with CAA participating. ## Why Use Moonvalley ## User Reviews ## Similar Tools [AI Art & Image CreationRunwayReimagining Video and Image CreativityFreemium★ 4.92♥ 385](/tools/runway) [AI Art & Image CreationLuma Labs AIAI video and 3D — Dream Machine, Ray2, and Genie from Luma Labs.Paid★ 4.93♥ 389](/tools/luma-labs-ai) [Video CreationPikaAI-driven platform for effortless, diverse-style video creationFree★ 4.82♥ 277](/tools/pika) [Video CreationKling AICinematic text-to-video generator with realistic motion and long shots.Freemium★ 4.77♥ 235](/tools/kling-ai) [Video CreationHiggsfield AICinematic AI video gen with viral 'preset shots' — VFX-grade camera moves, character consistency, social-ready output.Freemium★ 4.92♥ 460](/tools/higgsfield-ai)