Kink.com is an independent San Francisco–based bondage internet pornography company that runs a group of websites devoted to BDSM and related fetishes.
[4] Finding that sales were leveling off because other sites were using the same content, Acworth began producing his own material, initially featuring himself with various models whom he found through Craigslist or through his photographer friends.
[11][12][13] Although Kink.com has stated that its activities would be invisible to the surrounding neighborhood, La Casa de las Madres, a neighboring women's shelter, announced that they would be leaving the location because of the media scrutiny of Kink.com's presence.
[14] In addition to utilizing the Armory for its own productions, Kink.com also rents space in the historic building to local independent filmmakers to use as locations in non-pornographic narrative films and videos.
[21] In 2008, the company added on-demand technology to its web sites, selling updates to their websites on a per-episode basis rather than strictly by subscription.
Kink announced that it was increasing educational efforts, with the aim of "demystifying alternative sexualities" and would be welcoming the public into The Armory.
[27] Kink AI is an artificial intelligence platform designed for adults to explore sexual fantasies through text-based interactions and image generation.
The platform includes a chatbot for erotic conversations and an AI-powered image generator for creating explicit artwork.
Benjamin Pollack (Product Director), Petru Popa (Head of Growth) and Robert Pop (CTO) are managing and fine tuning the project.
The platform's stated goal is to represent different gender identities, sexual orientations, and fantasy elements in its character options.
According to company statements, there are plans to expand this roster significantly, with a stated goal of reaching 1,000 characters by the end of Q4 2024.