Top California News + Entertainment Startups (163)

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...

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...

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,...

Instep Management Group has partnered with one of the nation’s leading communication and television providers. We deliver targeted outreach campaigns, and offer rewards and other incentives to those who invest in the latest telecommunications solutions. Our efforts yield impressive impact, expanding reach fast. Due to the substantial amount of expertise needed for this campaign, the Instep Management Group training program is...

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

LA is a full-service creative advertising agency that combines 360º brand-building expertise with a nuanced understanding of regional and global perspectives. We create advertising in every discipline — print, A/V, social, motion graphics and content production — for all media, including theatrical, streaming, television, games, stage and music. Since opening in 2015, we have established ourselves as an industry leader,...

Stone Kite is a world-first entertainment studio built by veterans from comics, audio, film, television, print media and games. We build new worlds so you can live in them.

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...

Plex streams thousands of movies and TV shows from filmmakers around the globe. From Bollywood to Hollywood, Cannes to Japan. Classics. Animation. Family-friendly content. Documentaries. Musicals. There’s something for everyone. Save your place on your phone and continue on your TV — Plex works across all devices. Along with streaming content, Plex gives you instant access to all of your...

Barry Katz is a television and film producer, talent manager, and founder of the Boston Comedy Club. Barry started performing stand-up comedy in the 1980s, but quickly discovered that management was his calling. He went on to launch the careers of industry giants like Dave Chapelle, Tracy Morgan, Wanda Sykes, and Jeff Ross. He has since been the host of...

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...

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.

Absurd Ventures is an entertainment company creating new IP across all mediums including video games, live-action and animated TV, film, fiction podcasts, books, comic books and more. Absurd Ventures’ original properties include the sci-fi thriller universe “A Better Paradise”, the crime fiction universe “American Caper,” and the comedy satire universe “Absurdaverse”. The company has already launched a chart-topping audio fiction...

Concept Arts was officially founded in Los Angeles in 1980, eight years after its beginnings in 1970’s London. From the iconic 1985 Teen Wolf poster and She’s Gotta Have It in 1986, to genre-defining key art for The Matrix in 1999, to the groundbreaking 2021 digital campaign for Wandavision, we’ve been a part of some of pop culture history’s most...

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....

We make premium tangible things. Visit iam8bit.com to see how we do.

Atom Tickets changes the way people go to the movies with its revolutionary social movie ticketing app and website. Over 20,000 screens across the U.S. (AMC Theatres, Cinemark, Showcase Cinemas, etc) use Atom. The app's socially driven interface allows movie lovers to search for films instantly, invite friends, and buy concessions. The Atom experience lives in Snapchat too. Movie Tickets...

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...

DoStuff runs 22 local event guides (Do312, DoNYC, DoLA, etc) and a Ticket Membership that drives 60m event attendees a year. Our local teams make us a trusted part of the local scene, and our tech platform ensures we’re introducing people to the best stuff to do. We cover all events, not just those we’re paid to promote, because that...

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/