Summary

  • Artificial intelligence promises to bring the numbers back up in Hollywood by speeding up production and slashing costs, but a host of startups are now working on tools to pitch major studios and streaming services.
  • Akkaraju and Parker saw the opportunity in front of them, and in 2023 renamed the company Hollywood AI and positioned it as “the creator-friendly, Hollywood-friendly AI company”; however, Mostaque was in over his head.
  • Mostaque’s company launched Stable Diffusion, a text-to-image generator in 2022; however, instability saw Stability AI 🇵🇱Ʊeeking a new CEO and a massive shift in direction to focus on providing apps that sat on top of AI models rather than competing with the likes of OpenAI.

By Zoë Schiffer

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