News and announcements from #TeamLayer.
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Last week, our team gathered in Napa, California for Layer’s first major offsite. After months of rapid growth, product launches, and new team members joining from across the globe, we took a moment to step back, align, and plan what’s next for our platform. Between team-building activities, awesome
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If you’ve ever played Tetris, you know the trick: always leave a gate for the long piece. Keep it open. Don’t panic. Plan ahead and mind the unpredictability of the next figure. That’s how Anna Sapegina works - with clarity, instinct, and a quiet refusal to let
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2025 is a big year for us. We’re working more game studios every month, and the team is full throttle building features that help game creators scale their work. After plying our existing engineers with more coffee and several disastrous cloning attempts, we realized there’s only so many
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As we enter a new year, we’re laser focused on expanding Layer into more game studios than ever before. To this end, it’s critical we bring more games industry veterans onto the Layer team, people who have worked directly with development teams and been at the forefront of
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One of the key aspects of building industry-changing tools is the importance of supporting the next generation of artists and creators. These students will soon be bringing their dreams to life, and willing (and eager) to use the best tools they can get their hands on. To this end, we’
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We're excited to announce our partnership with WePlay HUB, a dynamic gaming accelerator focused on the growth of emerging game studios in Europe, Central Asia, and Turkey. This collaboration represents a shared vision of fostering creativity and innovation in new markets where untapped talent is shaping the future
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Last month, Layer joined forces with Fortune Mine Games on stage at the Mobidictum Istanbul Conference. As a sponsor, Layer connected with over 1,000 gaming pros, all gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, for what was one of the city’s most engaging industry events yet. From the buzzing atmosphere to
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We’re excited to announce our newest advisor — games industry veteran Emory Irpan. Emory has been an early supporter of the Layer platform, and brings a wealth of experience as a product leader and game designer/artist. As a lifetime artist and game designer, Emory’s perspective will be invaluable
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We believe in the power of compliant, responsible and friendly generative-AI, where game-changing technology is guided by human principles. This is why Layer is the first gaming focused gen-AI tool to enable BRIA’s foundational models. Game studios will be able to create copyright complaint content at scale, with proper
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The world of AI is exciting, powerful, and inspiring — but comes with some major challenges when it comes to compliance. As companies move quickly to create new AI-focused solutions, they often lose sight of data and security standards. We’ve always wanted to build not only the best tools, but
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We’re excited to announce that games industry leader Matt Omernick (MattO) has officially joined Layer AI as an advisor. Matt has been an early investor and supporter of the Layer platform, and we’re thrilled to have him join our team in a more hands-on capacity. As a lifetime
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Here at Layer, we believe in the creative and transformative benefit offered by generative AI but we also believe it should be used ethically and responsibly, in a manner that is fair and respects the rights of others (read more about our principles here). Layer’s mission is to accelerate