Dataland
Category: Generative Media (Image / Video)
World's first Museum of AI Arts, an immersive omni-sensory gallery in Los Angeles co-founded by media artist Refik Anadol, featuring custom AI models trained on ethically-sourced nature data. Dataland was founded in 2023. The company is led by Refik Anadol. Based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Team size: 11-50. Latest round: Bootstrapped.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Team size
- 11-50
Value proposition
Dataland is the world's first museum dedicated entirely to AI arts, offering an omni-sensory immersive experience where visitors' biometric data and movement shape real-time AI-generated art in a 35,000-square-foot space, powered by the open-source Large Nature Model trained on ethically-sourced nature data.
Products and solutions
Machine Dreams: Rainforest (inaugural exhibition, June 2026–January 2027), Large Nature Model (open-source AI model), Data.Link wearable biosensing system, Dataland AI Artist Residency (with Google Arts & Culture), Living Encyclopedia (public data repository), My.Dataland digital account platform.
Unique value
First museum where "artwork feels you back" — visitors wear biometric sensors (Data.Link) that influence real-time AI-generated visuals, soundscapes, and scents, creating a unique, personalized experience every visit, powered by the world's first open-source AI model dedicated solely to nature data.
Target customer
Art enthusiasts, tourists, tech/creative professionals, families, students, and cultural institution visitors in Los Angeles; priced at $49 standard / $99 premium admission with $350/yr memberships.
Industries served
AI Art, Cultural Institutions, Immersive Entertainment, Digital Art, Museum Technology
Technology advantage
Large Nature Model (LNM) — world's first open-access multimodal AI model based solely on nature data; NVIDIA Connectome centralized high-performance computing system acting as the museum's neural center; Google Cloud infrastructure with 87% carbon-free renewable energy; Custom Empatica EmbracePlus wearable biosensors for real-time physiological data streaming; Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and Compute Engine for real-time generative art.
How they differentiate
Dataland differentiates through: (1) Being the world's first permanent museum dedicated exclusively to AI arts; (2) Its Large Nature Model (LNM) — an open-source AI trained solely on ethically-sourced nature data from Smithsonian, Natural History Museum London, and Cornell Lab of Ornithology; (3) Omni-sensory experience combining biometric wearables (Empatica EmbracePlus), generative visuals, spatial audio (L-Acoustics), and algorithmic scent (L'Oréal Luxe); (4) Commitment to ethical AI with permission-based data sourcing and 87% carbon-free Google Cloud compute; (5) Real-time personalization where visitor physiology shapes the artwork.
Main competitors
teamLab (Tokyo/Borderless digital art museums), Meow Wolf (Santa Fe/Las Vegas immersive art experiences), Artechouse (US immersive digital art spaces)
Key partnerships
NVIDIA (Connectome computing system), Google Cloud (infrastructure, Gemini AI, sustainable compute), L'Oréal Luxe (Founding Olfactory Partner, scent technology), Epson (projection), L-Acoustics (spatial audio), Empatica (biometric wearables), LG Electronics (displays), Gensler (architecture), ARUP (engineering), Smithsonian (data partner), Natural History Museum London (data partner)
Major milestones
2016: Refik Anadol awarded first Google Artists and Machine Intelligence Artist Residency, 2023: RAS AI Foundation (nonprofit arm) founded, 2024: Dataland publicly announced at The Grand LA, 2024: Large Nature Model previewed at World Economic Forum (Davos), 2025: Machine Dreams: Biophilia commissioned for Google Mountain View campus, 2026-06-20: Dataland opens to public with Machine Dreams: Rainforest exhibition, 2026: Welcomed 10,000+ visitors in first two weeks
Growth metrics
10,000+ visitors in first two weeks of operation (June–July 2026); 35,000 sq ft facility; 25,000 sq ft public space; 5 galleries
Market positioning
Premium cultural institution positioned as the world's first museum of AI arts, anchoring the $1B Frank Gehry-designed Grand LA development in downtown Los Angeles' cultural corridor alongside Walt Disney Concert Hall, The Broad, and MOCA.
Geographic focus
United States (Los Angeles); global cultural tourism
Patents and IP
Large Nature Model (LNM) — open-source AI model; Data.Link wearable biosensing system; Connectome centralized computing architecture
About Refik Anadol
Ex-Google Artists and Machine Intelligence Resident (2016); MFA UCLA Design Media Arts (2014); MFA Istanbul Bilgi University Visual Communication Design (2011); BA Istanbul Bilgi University Photography and Video (2009); Lecturer at UCLA Department of Design Media Arts
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Official website: https://dataland.art