Memories.ai Teams with Nvidia on Visual Memory Model
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- Memories.ai announced a collaboration with Nvidia at Nvidia’s GTC conference, using Nvidia’s Cosmos‑Reason 2 and Metropolis tools for its visual‑memory technology.
- Memories.ai launched its large visual‑memory model (LVMM) in July 2025, describing it as a smaller version of Gemini Embedding 2.
- Memories.ai raised $16 million in total, via an $8 million seed round in July 2025 and an $8 million extension led by Susa Ventures with participation from Seedcamp, Fusion Fund, and Crane Venture Partners.
- Memories.ai built a custom video‑capture device called LUCI to collect training data, but does not plan to sell the hardware.
- Memories.ai signed a partnership with Qualcomm to run the second‑generation LVMM on Qualcomm processors later this year.
- Shawn Shen (co‑founder) and CTO Ben Zhou previously built the AI system for Meta’s Ray‑Ban glasses, which inspired the visual‑memory concept.
Why it matters: Wearable and robotics developers gain a concrete visual‑memory infrastructure, while existing AI platforms that focus only on text miss out on this capability; the $16 million‑funded effort and Nvidia partnership accelerate the shift toward vision‑centric AI in the physical world for developers and manufacturers.
