the question isn’t whether fans will create with AI, but whether brands will react defensively OR engage thoughtfully and strategically to turn fan creation into something positive sum. to do so, brands need new strategic playbooks and new tools, and we’re creating both at

at Wide Worlds we’re skating to where the puck is going, building the tools to enable personalized entertainment at scale, and making it a brand’s most valuable marketing channel and revenue driver. For us it’s just simply the most fun thing imaginable to star in our

my sister is a tax accountant, and texted me today to share that some AI tax software startups have been coming to her office to demo their product. she told me she was surprised that they were selling the product that wasn't feature completed (lol), and also surprised that the

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love this meaningful and inspired project by one of the earliest creators on our platform <3

How to build a world in 4 easy steps... linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

fans will save the internet 🙏

initiative high, obedience low... working on another story arc with our closest design partners and favorite IP, and it's going to be more fun than ever. can't wait for you to play. 🔜🔜🔜

with no exaggeration im having the most fun i ever had working on Wide Worlds because of a sudden readiness of so many things: 1. underlying models plus our own media engine finally support robust storytelling 2. interactive video is mindboggling...we've been working with

attention is capped, but fandom isn’t. superfans are actually the real growth lever for media brands as attention plateaus, but most brands leave it untapped. I dig into this a bit here: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… fandom will save the internet.

highly recommend joining this. Doug Shapiro is one of the sharpest voices in media right now, and I suspect his thinking/writing has inspired the founding of hundreds of startups, including mine. luma.com/6ecxkw6d?tk=Sf… What an awesome gift from the Machine Cinema team.

media creation on Wide Worlds is so good all thanks to our secret sauce (intensive context engineering we spent a year building)

just tried out spotify's prompt-a-playlist feature and fascinated by the <> symbol to reveal prompts. the work it's doing here is to signal: this is the underlying instruction, a hidden layer you can peek into. code is the metaphor for 'system truth’. it’s like we’ve come full

you know you're onto something when you got customers in the call transcript talking like this

Influencer marketing is starting to feel like cable TV. The prices keep going up, the performance is not getting better, and everyone is getting a little bored. Fan creation is the next channel to tune into. Global creator and influencer marketing spend is about $30–35B a year,

it's actually wildly fun to keep building a story and see what happens next. try it out for yourself: app.wideworlds.ai/campaign/4Szx6…

ty for loving me at my most delulu

reportedly IG is working on short dramas. creators will be able to lock episodes behind a some sort of subscription. are we in a vertical microdrama goldrush? threads.com/@alex193a/post…

me typing 'super-strong sentient potato' into a customer's lore bible, this is my job, happy saturday everyone ( proud to be launching with Take My Muffin soon! )