Los Angeles, October 2, 2025

Troveo, the market leader in licensed, provenance-verified, training-ready video data, today announced a new partnership with Anthill Studios, one of Africa’s most dynamic film and television studios. Through this collaboration, Anthill’s award-winning catalog of Nollywood films and original series will be made available as training-ready data for AI developers worldwide. This partnership creates a new revenue stream through AI training licensing while ensuring Anthill’s premium content is used responsibly and with full rights protection.

Troveo has executed more AI licensing deals and delivered more revenue for content owners than any other provider in the industry. Its nine-step enrichment pipeline transforms raw footage into training-ready data by cleaning, annotating, segmenting, and formatting it for AI training pipelines. With more than 5,000 licensors and 3 million hours of provenance-verified video, Troveo provides the largest and most trusted library of licensed AI-ready datasets.

By partnering with Troveo, Anthill Studios is extending its impact beyond traditional distribution into the AI economy. With a reputation for bold storytelling and innovation in Nollywood, Anthill is creating a new revenue stream in AI training licensing while ensuring that African voices and perspectives help shape the development of next-generation AI systems.

Marty Pesis, CEO of Troveo, said:
“The world of AI needs provenance-verified, training-ready data that reflects the full spectrum of global culture. We are proud to partner with Anthill Studios, whose groundbreaking catalog will not only drive new revenue through AI training licensing but also ensure African stories are represented in the datasets training tomorrow’s AI models.”

Anthill Studios Executive, e.g. Niyi Akinmolayan, Founder & CEO, said:
“Anthill Studios has always been committed to pushing boundaries in storytelling and innovation. Partnering with Troveo gives us a powerful new revenue stream through AI training licensing, while ensuring our Nollywood content is treated responsibly and respectfully in the development of AI.”

Troveo and Anthill Studios will highlight this new partnership at MIPCOM, October 13–16 in Cannes, showcasing how broadcasters and studios worldwide can unlock new value from their archives in the growing AI training licensing market.

Anthill Studios is one of Africa’s leading film and television studios, known for its acclaimed Nollywood films, original series, and cutting-edge post-production services. Founded by visionary filmmaker Niyi Akinmolayan, Anthill Studios is recognized globally for bringing African stories to life with creativity and innovation.

Troveo is the market leader in licensed, provenance-verified, training-ready video data for AI development. With over 5,000 licensors and archives and more than 3 million hours of footage, Troveo delivers the world’s largest library of AI-ready video. Its nine-step processing pipeline transforms raw footage into clean, annotated, provenance-verified datasets delivered in the exact formats model teams need, complete with audit trails and compliance.