Media|Product Engineering

Refik Anadol Studio
Image data processing

Processing test batches dragged for 30 hours. Vertex AI now runs the pipeline 23x faster, querying billions of nature images in seconds.

PublishedJan 25, 2026|2 weeks ago

Key results

Processing Speedup
23x
Generation Speedup
7x
Accuracy Increase
~40%

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The story

A media art studio preparing a permanent exhibition powered by an AI model trained on one of the world's largest datasets of the natural world.

Processing the massive image archive was prohibitively slow, with test batches taking 30 hours to complete. Previous captioning tools produced only...

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The company

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Refik Anadol Studio

refikanadolstudio.com

Media arts and design studio specializing in AI-driven architectural installations.

IndustryMedia
LocationLos Angeles, CA, USA
Employees11-50
Founded2014

Implementation partner

Z

Supported the studio in building its new data processing technique on Google Cloud.

IndustryTechnology
LocationLos Angeles, CA, USA
Employees51-250
Founded2022

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