AI can copy anyone’s face. Permission is what’s scarce.
Semblanse is building a service for brands to license a real creator’s face, voice and stories for AI-made ads, one campaign at a time, with the creator’s approval of every final ad.
What we believe
A creator is more than a face.
Their stories, tone and limits are what make an ad believable.
Permission should be specific.
One brand, one campaign, a set term and an end date.
Creators should be paid for judgment, not hours.
Their stories and their sign-off are the work, even when they never pick up a camera.
What we don’t do
We don’t sell an ad-making tool.
We run a licensing service. During the pilot only, we can also make the ads, so brands can try the approach and we can show finished examples.
We don’t sell made-up AI faces.
Every ad stars a real creator who confirmed it’s them and said yes.
No licence includes AI training.
A licence never lets a brand train AI on a creator’s samples.
We’re pre-launch.
We’re interviewing creators and agencies and recruiting for our first paid pilots. Our team will run them by hand. What we learn decides what we build next.
AI likeness licensing, starting with a managed pilot.
We’re testing whether buyers will pay for a recognizable creator’s identity and context when production and distribution happen elsewhere, and whether creators will accept that work on clear terms. Those are hypotheses. We are recruiting for proposed pilots; an application, interview or expression of interest is not a signed deal, launched campaign or revenue. Meet the team on our investor page and compare the category using the sources below.