Joseph Fink is the cocreator and cowriter of Welcome to Night Vale, arguably the most important fiction podcast ever. He’s also the creator of the noir podcast Unlicensed and Alice Isn’t Dead, which takes some of the conspiratorial cosmic horror of Night Vale and turns it into fodder for a more serious series about relationships,
Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday to unveil the Netflix India Storytelling Initiative, a multi-phase investment in the country’s creative talent pipeline. The initiative builds on more than a decade of partnership between Netflix and India’s creative community, during which the streamer has produced over
Paramount CEO David Ellison said on the company’s earnings call Tuesday that he believes the company’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery will go through despite a legal challenge filed by a dozen states. Ellison also weighed in on how the company views artificial intelligence: It’s a tool for human storytellers, not a way to replace
It’s not just you: AI startups are receiving a lot of seed funding and, in the process, making things difficult for anyone seeking funding, even at a pre-seed stage. We’ve covered the trend in detail, and at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt event, we want to help pre-seed founders who are now locked into early-stage expectations.