Top New York News + Entertainment Startups (83)

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...

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,...

We believe in books. Every month, we find the five best new books and promote them to over 20 million people. We’re proud of our mission to help readers discover books they’ll love and to support emerging writers. Founded in 1926 and relaunched in 2015, we’re an innovative startup with a rich history and loyal user base over 400,000 active...

Daily Meal is a food and beverage digital publication that helps a global audience cook with confidence. Its content covers recipes, cooking tips and tricks, food news, restaurant reviews, rankings, interviews, food tourism, and broader developments in the culinary world. The company’s mission is to make cooking less intimidating while inspiring readers with practical ideas, travel discoveries, and information about...

Atlas Obscura is a media and entertainment company on a mission to inspire wonder and curiosity about the world. We uncover hidden places, incredible histories, scientific marvels, and gastronomical wonders via our site, app, video, social media, books and podcast. Atlas Obscura creates hundreds of unique global trips and local experiences every year, bringing our community with us to visit...

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....

Palette is a management and marketing company that harnesses the power of the digital landscape to bring audiences and opportunities to creators and brands. We are creator-led, creator-driven, and creator-focused. The heart of Palette lies within the creativity of our talent roster, which has a combined following of over 950 million across platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, Snapchat, and Twitch...

Zealot is an award-winning creative marketing company specializing in theatrical trailers, digital content and network creative for the entertainment industry. We work with studios, networks, and producers to create award-winning marketing campaigns. We started in 1998 in Sydney, Australia. Since then we’ve expanded to London, New York, and Los Angeles. Our business is founded on two key principles: creative excellence and...

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is a nonprofit philanthropic and grant-making organization rooted in the Broadway and wider theater community. It raises funds through Broadway events, in-theater appeals, ticketing, auctions and other initiatives, then supports lifesaving medications, health care, meals, counseling and emergency financial assistance. The organization awards grants to hundreds of AIDS and family-service organizations nationwide and provides humanitarian assistance...

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.

VeeFriends is a contemporary entertainment company that combines art, storytelling, collecting, events and innovative technologies to build a community around a movement of kindness and positivity. The company’s mission is to scale 283 unique VeeFriends characters and their attributes to create a better world. These characters foster a sense of community and inspire creativity, self-discovery, accountability, and personal growth

The Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. is a supporting organization of The Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. Since 1936, the Guild has been dedicated to cultivating a wide, public and passionate base of supporters for opera and its allied arts

Men in Blazers Media Network is the largest independent soccer-focused media company in North America, covering the sport year-round, focusing on Premier League, Champions League, the US National Teams, NWSL, and other top leagues around the globe. With a wide reach and a diverse, vocal fan base, the Men in Blazers Media Network offers a wide range of programming including...

Activate is a smart, fast, and nimble next generation strategy and technology consulting firm. We are a specialist team of media, entertainment, and technology experts with extensive operating experience underpinning a pragmatic, results-oriented approach. Our focus is on helping media and entertainment clients address their biggest challenge: growth.

ATTN: is the leader when it comes to breaking down important societal topics across all platforms and reaching people who want context on the issues and conversations that matter to them.

Superfly creates shared experiences that shape how the world plays and connects. For 20 years, we’ve built brands that bring people together at the intersection of culture and commerce. We design and produce some of the world’s most iconic live experiences (Bonnaroo, Outside Lands), and help the world’s most iconic brands connect more meaningfully with their audiences.

Carry1st is Africa’s leading publisher of mobile games and digital content. Operating at the intersection of games, publishing, and fintech, we scale awesome content in frontier markets by solving hard problems. Across our publishing and Pay1st business lines, we are partnered with top global game companies like Riot Games, Activision, and Supercell. We are backed by top investors like: a16z,...

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