Kinetix has a $1 million AI-UGC fund.
Kinetix has a $1 million AI-UGC fund.
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Kinetix launches $1M AI-UGC gaming fund

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Kinetix announced its $1 million fund to support game developers who are combining generative AI and user-generated content.

The initiative is designed to support game developers and modders to put generative AI technologies directly into the hands of gamers. SmokeSpot Games, the makers of customizable fighting and fashion title Dropcult, is the first studio to receive support from the fund.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.