Hollywood’s New Pilot Season Is Vertical and Powered by AI
Riccardo Fredro Riccardo Fredro

Hollywood’s New Pilot Season Is Vertical and Powered by AI

The feed is the new Hollywood backlot. Trends like micro-dramas and #BookTok are the source code for the next generation of franchises. The core question: how do we use AI to build a pipeline that turns a viral trend into a cinematic universe, all at the speed of culture?

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Hire for Trios: Running an AI-Native Studio
Riccardo Fredro Riccardo Fredro

Hire for Trios: Running an AI-Native Studio

We built Anima to be small by design, four founders, bootstrapped, because small is the only way to move at the speed of models, clients, and culture. The question we obsess over is “how do we structure people and pipelines so story survives model churn?”

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Stop A/B Testing. Start Winning with AI
Riccardo Fredro Riccardo Fredro

Stop A/B Testing. Start Winning with AI

Marketing teams are drowning in data but starved for speed. By the time new creative is ready, the moment has passed. Generative AI breaks this bottleneck, producing hundreds of high-quality variations fast—turning insights into continuous growth.

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The Age of the AI Creative Studio
Riccardo Fredro Riccardo Fredro

The Age of the AI Creative Studio

The era of bloated, slow-moving agencies is over. AI-first studios like AnimaStudios AI replace months-long, costly productions with agile teams amplified by AI—delivering cinematic campaigns at the speed of culture.

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AI vs Humans: The Double Creativity Standard
Riccardo Fredro Riccardo Fredro

AI vs Humans: The Double Creativity Standard

AI isn’t a soulless copycat—it’s a mirror of how we create. Human creativity has always been about remixing influences, and AI is the ultimate mental kaleidoscope, turning inspiration into innovation at lightning speed.

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