Evidence-backed European AI register
Deep Render
Reviewed identity, roles, model listings, pricing and evidence for Deep Render.
Dataset compiled 2026-08-27 · evidence over inference
Reviewed identity
- Headquarters scope
- European non-EU headquarters
- Headquarters record
- London
- Legal entity
- Ltd (UK private limited company)
- Ownership
- subsidiary of InterDigital, Inc. (US, NASDAQ: IDCC) — acquisition announced 30 October 2025
- Founded
- 2018
- Confidence
- high
- Last verified
- 2026-08-22
Evidence boundaries
Organisation listings identify a reviewed canonical record. Model listings show an association in the source register; they do not by themselves establish model creation, current API availability, hosting location or infrastructure ownership.
Model listings
- Deep Render AI codec
- Type
- video
- Parameters
- unknown
- Context
- unknown
- Languages
- unknown
- Licence
- proprietary
- Release
- unknown
Profile note
Founded 2018 by Chri Besenbruch and Arsalan Zafar (Imperial College), building learned/AI video compression. Acquired by US patent-licensing company InterDigital, announced 30 Oct 2025 — so no longer an independent European company. Another EIC-grant-funded UK AI asset ending in US ownership.
Record sources
- https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/interdigital-buys-ai-driven-video-codec-startup-deep-render
- https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/29/deep-render-lands-9-million-for-its-ai-powered-video-compression-tech/
- https://www.eu-startups.com/2023/03/london-based-deep-render-bags-e8-48-million-to-solve-the-internets-data-a…
- https://deeprender.net/demo