it seems to be that starting with the boring blocking and tackling i.e. tools for creators is the path of least resistance. Having worked in Hollywood and then started Tongal, I can speak all day about the challenges of partnering with incumbents; the most obvious is they have little to no interest in working with unknown startups hellbent on replacing them.
what about other large (and kinda boring, but moneyed) categories like ... home services? will crafted AI tools empower home and property owners to solve their own problems? ... and will similar tools be a co-pilot for all the young and displaced white collar workers looking at the trades as a haven from total AI disruption?
Won't this be faced with abundance issue? Generating more content will only increase the saturation. The real bottleneck will be the consumption i.e. growth. Kind of what you were trying to imply in your "Revenge of the GPT Wrappers". I think platforms like Netflix, Youtube still have some way to go about solving the "The perfect content to be served to a user to continue the consumption journey". May be Tiktok is there but its a short format content.
AI disruption is inevitable, but it is fascinating to see how industries will adapt, some resisting, some embracing and others evolving into something entirely new. The question is not if AI will change Hollywood and beyond but how fast and in what form
Great post! I'm trying to launch an AI startup in the entertainment space, which turns original screenplays into recorded broadcastable drama podcasts and audio books. So, we are targeting the 2M screenwriters and authors of the TAM of 207M content creators. However, our real challenge is how to get human-like, movie-like quality voices. We are thinking of targeting Hollywood botique studios market segment, etc.? Your thoughts?
Arming with Big guys with weapons gives you an unfair advantage over the guys who are just looking to raise the next seed round for their Vertical B2B Saas. Especially, when the big guys are the industry veterans with the guns.
I think the biggest challenge with selling B2B into hollywood is that they tend to be annoying to partner with. Sales cycles are long, they have really complex requirements around security/compliance/etc. Sometimes it's easier to just blaze your own path, but that's my bias :)
The good news is that Hollywood knows their business model is broken, they are excited about AI, so there is def pressure to try/use the tools. An optimist may think that we’re just a few years away from the tech getting there, and the dam walls breaking such that it will be embraced widely. This will be true if the cost model eventually makes things existential for the industry
it seems to be that starting with the boring blocking and tackling i.e. tools for creators is the path of least resistance. Having worked in Hollywood and then started Tongal, I can speak all day about the challenges of partnering with incumbents; the most obvious is they have little to no interest in working with unknown startups hellbent on replacing them.
yup! Totally agree. And that's definitely where we've seen huge traction in revenue early on
That's a stop and think article..
what about other large (and kinda boring, but moneyed) categories like ... home services? will crafted AI tools empower home and property owners to solve their own problems? ... and will similar tools be a co-pilot for all the young and displaced white collar workers looking at the trades as a haven from total AI disruption?
Won't this be faced with abundance issue? Generating more content will only increase the saturation. The real bottleneck will be the consumption i.e. growth. Kind of what you were trying to imply in your "Revenge of the GPT Wrappers". I think platforms like Netflix, Youtube still have some way to go about solving the "The perfect content to be served to a user to continue the consumption journey". May be Tiktok is there but its a short format content.
AI disruption is inevitable, but it is fascinating to see how industries will adapt, some resisting, some embracing and others evolving into something entirely new. The question is not if AI will change Hollywood and beyond but how fast and in what form
Great post! I'm trying to launch an AI startup in the entertainment space, which turns original screenplays into recorded broadcastable drama podcasts and audio books. So, we are targeting the 2M screenwriters and authors of the TAM of 207M content creators. However, our real challenge is how to get human-like, movie-like quality voices. We are thinking of targeting Hollywood botique studios market segment, etc.? Your thoughts?
Arming with Big guys with weapons gives you an unfair advantage over the guys who are just looking to raise the next seed round for their Vertical B2B Saas. Especially, when the big guys are the industry veterans with the guns.
I think the biggest challenge with selling B2B into hollywood is that they tend to be annoying to partner with. Sales cycles are long, they have really complex requirements around security/compliance/etc. Sometimes it's easier to just blaze your own path, but that's my bias :)
Genuinely curious—how would an optimist spin this? (Asking for a friend who needs some hope.)
The good news is that Hollywood knows their business model is broken, they are excited about AI, so there is def pressure to try/use the tools. An optimist may think that we’re just a few years away from the tech getting there, and the dam walls breaking such that it will be embraced widely. This will be true if the cost model eventually makes things existential for the industry
Ah yes, you’re one of those people. Let’s burn all the books, art, music, movies, and instead we can work on “real” problems. Good thinking.