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Learnings from paying artists royalties for AI-generated art

by Julia Enthoven kapwing.com published 2026-03-107 min read

A retrospective on Tess.Design, our attempt to make an ethical, artist-friendly AI marketplace. We launched Tess in May 2024 and shut it down in January 2026.

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