This article is about the Canadian tech startup. For the band, see Wombo (band).

Wombo (stylized as WOMBO) is a Canadian tech startup centered around AI. Their flagship product is an app titled Dream, released in 2021, that has features such as using a provided selfie to create a deepfake of a person, text to image generation, and more.

Company

Wombo was founded by Ben-Zion Benkhin. Based in Toronto, the company produces generative artificial intelligence entertainment apps which have surpassed more than 200 million downloads as of 2024.[1]

In March 2021, Wombo launched its first app, also called Wombo, which generated lip-sync videos from user selfies. The company also launched a text-to-image generator app called Wombo Dream in October 2021. In 2023, the company shut down its original app due to copyright issues, and they launched Wombo Meme, a tool for creating political memes from selfies.[1]

WOMBO Dream

Dream is an image and video generation app powered by Stable Diffusion. It can be used to create images from text using a variety of style presets. It can also generate a deepfake using 5-10 images of source material.

The app includes a premium tier, which gives users priority processing time and no in-app ads.[2]

Wombo processes images in the cloud. CEO Ben-Zion Benkhin says that all user data is deleted after 24 hours.[3]

Development

Dream was developed in Canada and launched in February 2021[2] after a beta period in January.[4] Wombo CEO Ben-Zion Benkhin says he got the idea for the app in August 2020.[2] The app is available on both the App Store and Google Play Store.[5]

Reception

Within its first three weeks of release, the app was downloaded over 20 million times,[3] and over 100 million clips were created using the app.[6] The sudden boom in deepfake technology has been described as "a cultural tipping point we aren't ready for",[6] as it is now possible to create a deepfake from any picture off social media in a very short amount of time.

References

  1. ^ a b Scott, Josh (4 September 2024). "Round13, Nvidia-backed Wombo announces $12.2-million CAD to launch more generative AI apps". Betakit.
  2. ^ a b c Vincent, James (11 March 2021). "Lip-syncing app Wombo shows the messy, meme-laden potential of deepfakes". The Verge. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b Williams, Jennifer (26 March 2021). "App allows users to make deepfake videos of friends or celebrities". FOX 5 NY. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ^ Asarch, Steven (2021-03-12). "Wombo.ai lets users make silly deepfake videos of their friends or celebrities singing songs". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  5. ^ Diaz, Ana (10 March 2021). "The Wombo app turns your favorite character into a karaoke star". Polygon. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b Fowler, Geoffrey A. (25 March 2021). "Anyone with an iPhone can now make deepfakes. We aren't ready for what happens next". Washington Post. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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