Foundry, the company behind software like Nuke and Katana, has announced the acquisition of the AI tools firm Griptape. This company, founded by industry veterans in 2023, specializes in artificial intelligence orchestration and generative tools development. The purchase is a key step in Foundry's AI roadmap, which seeks to integrate these capabilities directly into its applications for visual effects and post-production artists.
Integration of AI Models via Visual Nodes ??
Griptape's main product, Griptape Nodes, offers a visual workflow environment to combine and customize different AI models without extensive programming. This would allow Foundry to integrate the framework into tools like Nuke, where artists could channel outputs from multiple AI engines (image generation, text, etc.) directly into their compositions. The technology aligns with AIR, Foundry's own AI framework, to create a unified pipeline.
The Magic Nodes Now Come with Package Intelligence ?????/h3>
It seems that the next Nuke update might include a new node: GripAI. You connect a *plate* on one side, drag a diffusion model on the other, and hope the result isn't a Lovecraftian creature with eight eyes. The promise is clear: automate tedious tasks. All that's left is to trust that the AI understands that when you ask for an epic dragon, you don't mean a dragon with a tie, accountant style. The art of giving precise instructions has just leveled up.