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Variant

Variant is the Social Platform for Playable Content that tells stories the internet hasn't seen before.

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Competitors

AIFigmentShared: ai generative media, media / entertainment / creator economy, storyspeedrun SR004San FranciscoStartup →OtherAcquiredTogether Video ChatShared: interactive game, gaming, transformYC S20BarcelonaStartup →AIInactiveHyper OnlineShared: tell story, social, contentYC S20San FranciscoStartup →
Companies closest to Variant
Company
FigmentShared: ai generative media, media / entertainment / creator economy, storyspeedrun SR004Not statedAI
Together Video ChatShared: interactive game, gaming, transformYC S20AcquiredOther
Hyper OnlineShared: tell story, social, contentYC S20InactiveAI

Adjacent

AISans Strings StudioShared: ai generative media, media / entertainment / creator economy, gamingspeedrun SR005San FranciscoStartup →Developer toolsThinglinkShared: interactive media, social500 Global 2014FinlandStartup →AIMagic Circle StudioShared: media / entertainment / creator economy, gaming, playablespeedrun SR002San FranciscoStartup →AIUthanaShared: ai generative media, media / entertainment / creator economy, gamingspeedrun SR001Los AngelesStartup →OtherBeemiShared: interactive game, social, mediaAntler 2023KenyaStartup →
Companies next to Variant
Company
Sans Strings StudioShared: ai generative media, media / entertainment / creator economy, gamingspeedrun SR005Not statedAI
ThinglinkShared: interactive media, social500 Global 2014Not statedDevtools
Magic Circle StudioShared: media / entertainment / creator economy, gaming, playablespeedrun SR002Not statedAI
UthanaShared: ai generative media, media / entertainment / creator economy, gamingspeedrun SR001Not statedAI
BeemiShared: interactive game, social, mediaAntler 2023Not statedOther

Also from speedrun SR005 in AI

All of speedrun SR005
AIAndThenAndThen is a voice-first platform that makes conversations with AI characters something you do: games, challenges, and episodic stories with real goals.speedrun SR005Los AngelesStartup →AIdoublespeedAutomating Attention - Synthetic Creator Infrastructurespeedrun SR005San FranciscoStartup →AIMoescape AIThe only limit is your imagination.speedrun SR005San FranciscoStartup →AIZero BillionFastest growing AI TV show platform. $2M annualized revenue.speedrun SR005San FranciscoStartup →AIZingrollWorld's largest Netflix-quality AI (movies/series) streaming platform with 150M+ organic views, weekly viral releases, and a team of 33 world-class people. Backed by Accel, A16Z Speedrun, Google, Z fellows and awesome angels.speedrun SR005San FranciscoStartup →AIArgu AICreate Vision Agents to monitor any scenario in real-time video from CCTV in minutes instead of months. Zero training. Zero time. Just words.speedrun SR005Pardes Hana KarkurStartup →
Company
AndThenAndThen is a voice-first platform that makes conversations with AI characters something you do: games, challenges, and episodic stories with real goals.Not statedAI
doublespeedAutomating Attention - Synthetic Creator InfrastructureNot statedAI
Moescape AIThe only limit is your imagination.Not statedAI
Zero BillionFastest growing AI TV show platform. $2M annualized revenue.Not statedAI
ZingrollWorld's largest Netflix-quality AI (movies/series) streaming platform with 150M+ organic views, weekly viral releases, and a team of 33 world-class people. Backed by Accel, A16Z Speedrun, Google, Z fellows and awesome angels.Not statedAI
Argu AICreate Vision Agents to monitor any scenario in real-time video from CCTV in minutes instead of months. Zero training. Zero time. Just words.Not statedAI

Programs

Programs Variant went through
ProgramCohortSource
a16z speedrunSR005speedrun Page

About Variant

Our proprietary AI models and design systems transform memes, jokes, fanfics, or even office drama into shareable interactive games. Variant is to interactive media what Facebook is for text, what Reddit is for GIFS, and what Tiktok is for videos.

Category
AI
Location
San Francisco, California, United States of America
Checked
10h ago

Tags: Media / Entertainment / Creator Economy, AI Generative Media, Gaming

Variant: questions

Which accelerators did Variant go through?

Variant is listed by a16z speedrun (SR005).

Where is Variant based?

Variant lists San Francisco, California, United States of America as its location on a16z speedrun's page.