The AI startup Haiper, founded by alumni of Deepmind, has announced the closure of its $13.8M Seed funding round led by Octopus Ventures. The funding, reported by multiple technology news outlets including TechCrunch and SiliconANGLE, will be used to train a powerful perceptual foundation model for visual creation, aiming to position Haiper as Europe's leading company in video-generative AI. Haiper's emergence from stealth mode and its ambitious plans have sparked discussions about increasing competition in the AI video generation sector.