Motorica raises €5m to accelerate AI-powered character animation and expand globally

Generative AI company for character animation Motorica has raised €5 million ($5.8m) in a seed round to support its expansion and accelerate its product roadmap. 

The Stockholm-based firm said it will also use the backing to scale its proprietary AI platform and continued investment in R&D for “instant" character animation.

The company claims that early results show a reduction of up to a 99% in animation time and processes that are 200 times faster than traditional motion capture methods. 

Motorica is also launching strategic partnerships with game engines, simulation platforms, and major VFX studios while actively hiring across engineering, animation, data, and customer success roles.

“Automating the grind" 

The company's near-term plans include rolling out SDKs and APIs to make the platform more plug-and-play for game studios, cinematics, and virtual production teams. 

"Motorica is a breakthrough in game development and animation technology that will help to bring forth the next era of gaming, enabling digital Living Worlds that are populated by dynamic, lifelike characters that will make gameplay a truly immersive and interactive experience," said Motorica CEO Willem Demmers.

“But unlike other AI developments, we're not here to upend the animation workflow. We're here to liberate it. Traditionally, animators spend 70% of their time on technical grunt work and only 30% on actual creative performance. 

“Motorica flips that. By automating the grind - things like tedious keyframing for basic locomotion - we let creators focus on what matters: storytelling, emotion, and innovation. That shift helps studios move faster, push quality higher, and ship with less friction.”