Top California News + Entertainment Startups (168)

Philo is a streaming television service that's reimagining the TV experience for the modern viewer. Founded by a group of technology and product enthusiasts, we set out to build the future of television by combining the best of modern technology with the most compelling medium ever invented—delivering the TV experience we've always wanted for ourselves. At our core, Philo provides an...

Hedra is an AI native platform for multimodal creation. The platform is built around their own cutting-edge proprietary video model, Character-3, which is the first multimodal model in production. Alongside Character-3, the platform also brings other leading foundation models into one ecosystem spanning generative images, video, and audio. Prosumer and enterprise users leverage Hedra to generate content ranging from viral...

Spotter provides cash to Creators to grow or diversify their business while retaining their freedom. Dedicated to empowering Creators and growing the Creator Economy, with Spotter, Creators receive cash for their catalogs through licensing their existing videos (and/or future video uploads) and receive a payout instantly. Creators then use the funds to fuel their growth through hiring resources, investing, or anyway...

Giant Pictures is an independent film company providing distribution for the digital age. From management of streaming channels and content libraries, to new movies and episodic series, we partner with rights owners to maximize the value of their content. Giant Pictures owns and operates specialty theatrical label, Drafthouse Films, and is the distribution and technology partner of the Tribeca Festival....

Filmless is a full-service video production company and animation studio working with the world’s biggest brands – like Google, Amazon, and Apple – to create high-quality videos anywhere on the planet. Since 2015, we’ve provided over 1,200+ companies with video production services in over 70+ countries and 160+ cities across a range of categories including promo videos, animated videos, TV commercials,...

Rockbot is the leading media platform transforming the in-location experience for businesses and brands since 2010. Backed by Google and trusted by nearly 50,000 businesses across North America, Rockbot’s clients include Planet Fitness, Walmart, Shake Shack, and Ashley Furniture. We deliver premium content and cutting-edge technology to power dynamic audio and visual solutions including, music, TV, digital signage, and advertising....

Pearl Abyss Europe is the EMEA publishing arm of Pearl Abyss Corp, a leading developer and publisher of high-end videogames that is best known for its highly innovative Black Desert franchise which is currently globally available on PC, Console and Mobile. The award-winning MMORPG attracted over 45 million players and achieved more than 2 billion USD in lifetime revenue. Pearl Abyss...

Emmy-nominated studio embodying the pioneering ingenuity, daring creativity, & freewheeling spirit of the first aviators

Road Rebel Global is the premier travel management company. We possess a long and proud history of serving the biggest names in the entertainment and sports industry. Our long list of clients is a testament to our ability to deliver exceptional travel services at the most effective price with top-notch customer service. When it comes to service it’s simple, our...

Pearl Abyss America, Inc. is a developer and publisher of entertainment software. We support breathtaking games that are unimaginable to others. We believe in creating games and experiences for our global player community. We create extraordinary game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together talented people that love to combine their passion, creativity and innovation. Founded in 2018,...

We believe in the wisdom of the crowd, where the opinion of millions is more relevant (and far more predictive) than the opinion of one writer or critic. Visitors to Ranker have now cast over one billion votes shaping our pop culture rankings. This voting data powers a predictive insights platform with multiple applications for brands and studios.

Founded by Jeremy Merrifield and Michael James Scott, DREAM THREE is a multi-platform story studio working in film, stage, audio, publishing, and immersive experiences. We focus on incubating original stories that shine a light on unheard voices to create best-in-class content for both elevated genre and prestige audiences.

Inkitt is a pioneer at the forefront of Data Driven Publishing. Using an analytic and objective approach, we’ve discovered hundreds of talented authors around the world with over 50% of our published authors achieving $100,000+ in sales. We have forever changed the traditional publishing model by inventing an algorithm which analyzes users' reading behavior to identify hits, in turn removing...

Eyecare’s leading online publication—visit eyesoneyecare.com for articles, cheat sheets, virtual events, job boards, news, and more.

Fairplex is a nonprofit enterprise that hosts the LA County Fair and over 200 year-round events, aiming to strengthen the community and economy through arts, entertainment, agriculture, and education.

Founded by award-winning, record-breaking directors Anthony and Joe Russo, AGBO is an artist-led entertainment company focused on creating content borne of innovative story universes across film, television, and digital platforms. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agbofilms YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/agboyoutube AGBOVERSE: https://www.agboverse.com/

CREATIVE MARKETING Stampede Creative is our award-winning entertainment group, solely focused on delivering bold and intelligent entertainment marketing campaigns. We pride ourselves on collaborating with our clients while providing them with best-in-class creative, strategy and production. We understand that reaching an audience base is critical, but keeping them engaged, interested, and excited is paramount. So, whether it’s promos, print, digital or...

Wonder Dynamics a media-tech startup developing an AI production tool that would allow indie filmmakers to deliver blockbuster-level VFX on a fraction of the budget.

Huge Ape is an international entertainment company that specializes in online marketing, creative development, and ecommerce strategy. The company acts primarily as strategists and brand managers that work in the Adult Entertainment Industry and related verticals. We are strategists that work with some of the biggest names online. Our team of industry veterans specialize in business operations and monetizing content in...

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