Art created by digital artists from around the world.

The rise of digital tools has given birth to a generation of artists for whom the brush becomes a stylus, the studio becomes a screen, and sometimes, the machine becomes a creative partner. Tablet painting, 3D creation, reworked photography: every artwork declares a share of AI, to varying degrees, with one shared artistic standard.

Teknai was built for them. Not to imitate traditional art, but to assert a new practice, in an era that is inventing its own tradition.

Teknai publishes works created with the help of artificial intelligence. Every artwork shows the share of AI its artist declares, from 1% to 99%: never 0%, never 100%. AI is not hidden: it is declared, shown on the artwork page and reproduced on the certificate. This transparency lets buyers acquire with full knowledge, and artists be recognized for what they truly do.

How to read the HI / AI slider

Every artwork is delivered as a numbered, certified physical print belonging to a closed edition.

Just as a gallerist decides how a work is hung, Teknai chooses for each artwork the medium that will serve it best, working with fine art printers whose exceptional techniques make every print a rare object. The artwork reaches the collector the way it is meant to be seen, not as a file waiting to be printed.

High-resolution files are never downloadable, never accessible through the public API, never attached to an email, never sent to the buyer. They are passed on only to the printer in charge of the print, which retrieves them from its secure space. This is our commitment to the artists we publish.

A digital file can be copied identically, endlessly. That is its strength. And it is what, until now, kept digital art from existing as an artwork rather than as an image. A print without a verifiable identity is not an artwork: it is a poster.

The certificate is what makes the difference. It does not decorate the purchase, it constitutes it: it ties a specific copy to a closed edition, to an artist, to a date, and makes that link verifiable by anyone, without having to take our word for it. Without it, scarcity would be nothing more than a marketing promise.

The number is born with the order. As soon as an artwork goes into production, it is assigned a unique certificate number. Before printing, not after. This number is physically bound to the object: printed in the border of the print for artworks on Fine Art paper, laser-engraved on the back of aluminum prints. It does not depend on a piece of paper that can be misplaced.

Each edition is closed per size. Every size has its own capped counter: once the series is sold out, it is sold out for good. No number is ever reassigned.

The certificate is never shipped with the artwork. It is issued when the print is delivered, as soon as the delivery is reported. Its printed version, on Fine Art paper and sealed with a holographic sticker, is available as an option and mailed to the collector separately. From the moment its number is assigned, the certificate permanently records the artwork’s title, dimensions, medium, HI/AI ratio, the artist’s signature and ours. What is recorded never changes, even if the artwork’s page is updated later.

This separation is not a logistical detail: a parcel lost or stolen in transit contains only a printout without a certificate, and therefore without value on any market. Its number is permanently canceled, the artwork is reprinted under the next number when the edition allows it (a one-of-a-kind piece is never reprinted: Teknai then refunds the buyer), and the old number remains viewable in the registry, marked as such.

Verifiable by anyone, no account needed. A QR code leads to a public page showing the status of that specific copy. There is nothing to install and no one to ask for permission: that is the very principle of proof.

And if the artwork disappears, the registry says so. After delivery, the owner can report their artwork as lost or stolen: the verification page then shows it publicly. That is the whole point of a number carried by the artwork itself. A second-hand buyer, an auctioneer or an insurer can read it and know, with a single search, where things stand.

Teknai’s business model rests on a clear split with the artist: the margin from each print sold (the price paid, minus the tax included, the payment processing fees and the production cost of the print) is split equally with them. Buyers know what they are acquiring; artists know what they produced and the share that comes back to them. Transparency is not a marketing argument: it is how we operate.

The rating and the margin split, in detail

Teknai’s guiding principle fits in one sentence. Being an artist here does not mean hiding behind a tool, whatever it may be. It means claiming an approach, a vision, a signature, in an era that is inventing its own tradition.