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48 companies · 48 active · 71% AI

Companies tagged Media / Entertainment / Creator Economy

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CompanyProgram
AndThenAndThen is a voice-first platform that makes conversations with AI characters something you do: games, challenges, and episodic stories with real goals.Not statedAIspeedrunSR005
AvatarOSMaking Digital Humans RealNot statedAIspeedrunSR003
BelongWe build so they Belong. Founded by Spotify's ex-Global Head of Music and Avicii's manager.Not statedOtherspeedrunSR006
CartsyShop what you watchNot statedAIspeedrunSR007
CloutedClouted: where culture meets distribution.Not statedAIspeedrunSR003
CoverstarGen Alpha’s social platform.Not statedAIspeedrunSR004
Crema SocialRedefining international dating one lunch at a timeNot statedOtherspeedrunSR003
Dare DropDare Drop is a platform to make games go viral on social platforms.Not statedOtherspeedrunSR002
doublespeedAutomating Attention - Synthetic Creator InfrastructureNot statedAIspeedrunSR005
Eclipsa AIPioneering Conversational Commerce in gaming through social messaging.Not statedOtherspeedrunSR003
EntropiaAI Native Anime & Comics for Gen Z.Not statedAIspeedrunSR003
Ex-HumanCreating AI with a soul - fun, engaging, and deeply empathetic.Not statedAIspeedrunSR001
FictionalFictional is a consumer app for living multimodal AI characters. Discover, interact, and create AI creators who post content and actually respond to you.Not statedAIspeedrunSR007
FigmentAt Figment, we are creating the end to end ecosystem for telling infinite generative stories.Not statedAIspeedrunSR004
Flat2VR StudiosTransforming your favorite games into immersive VR experiences. Flat2VR Studios brings the classics to life in virtual reality.Not statedOtherspeedrunSR003
FLORACursor for CreativesNot statedAIspeedrunSR004
GridsnapInteractive worlds, built for community, powered by UGC.Not statedOtherspeedrunSR002
IdilioThe future of serialized storytelling. $0->$32K/mo since Jan with ~1 day ROAS breakevenNot statedAIspeedrunSR006
IntangibleA new kind of 3D Studio for generative AI, camera-centric workflows.Not statedAIspeedrunSR004
LekondoThird Space For FashionNot statedOtherspeedrunSR005
LFGThe Hit Factory Building the Biggest Games for Gen AlphaNot statedOtherspeedrunSR003
Lil SnackThe DAILY Games Company—making play a daily routine.Not statedOtherspeedrunSR002
Magic Circle StudioMagic Circle uses AI to create games for best friends to play together.Not statedAIspeedrunSR002
MarloStrike 'brand deal' gold in your inbox.Not statedAIspeedrunSR004
Mini Studio✨ An AI Native animation & edutainment studio creating the global franchises of tomorrow.Not statedAIspeedrunSR004
Mirror Mirror AIThe marketplace for licensing likeness for content & usageNot statedAIspeedrunSR006
Moescape AIThe only limit is your imagination.Not statedAIspeedrunSR005
Neon WildWhere any child, anywhere in the world can become a hero.Not statedAIspeedrunSR002
OasizTikTok for AI-native software. 350K+ plays, 10M organic TikTok views, Atari partnership. Ex-Stanford/Google/Tesla, prev #1 App Store.Not statedAIspeedrunSR006
PicPetSocial messaging platform where friendships feed virtual pets. >240K DAU and >45% D90 bounded retentionNot statedOtherspeedrunSR006
Plutus LabsFastest growing creator led social gaming platformNot statedAIspeedrunSR002
ReelfulPersonal video-editing agent turning raw footage into ready-to-share content, saving 90% of editing timeNot statedAIspeedrunSR007
Sans Strings StudioThe Next Generation of Tech-Augmented Content Production StudioNot statedAIspeedrunSR005
SekaiWhat You Imagine is What You get.Not statedAIspeedrunSR003
SoundmapTop 5 in Music on the App Store :)Not statedOtherspeedrunSR003
SpaceThe AI-native filesystem for humans and agents.Not statedAIspeedrunSR007
Spun LabsWe built the AI-native credit card that solves the biggest problem in the creator economy.Not statedAIspeedrunSR007
StyleFrameThe AI Video Toolkit built for Motion Design, Animation, and VFX From Concept to Final PixelNot statedAI, DataspeedrunSR002
The Possible CompanyTurn your story into a short, animated movie in minutes. Resurrect old blogs, augment your Substack, or prototype your movie pitch.Not statedAIspeedrunSR001
Trass GamesTrass Games is building the next-generation social UGC platform in VR with Yeeps—a top 10 Meta Quest game that blends the creativity of Minecraft and Roblox with the energy of Gorilla Tag.Not statedOtherspeedrunSR001
UnboundUnbound is bringing interactive 3D content into the era of spontaneous creation.Not statedAIspeedrunSR004
UthanaFoundational models for human motion.Not statedAIspeedrunSR001
VariantVariant is the Social Platform for Playable Content that tells stories the internet hasn't seen before.Not statedAIspeedrunSR005
VoidpetEmotion MonstersNot statedOtherspeedrunSR001
WavefulWe're building Reddit 2.0Not statedAIspeedrunSR004
WindwalkOwn your community data and unlock growth and monetization.Not statedOtherspeedrunSR001
Zero BillionFastest growing AI TV show platform. $2M annualized revenue.Not statedAIspeedrunSR005
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 statedAIspeedrunSR005

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Nearby spaces: AI Generative Media 20, Gaming 17, Consumer 14, AI Agents 9, Adtech / Marketing Tech 6, Fintech 2, Commerce / Marketplaces 2, B2C 2, AI Voice 1, Deep Tech 1

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