CORE
PRINCIPLES
These four principles guide everything we do at Promise, ensuring that innovation and artistry move forward together.
CHAMPION ORIGINAL STORYTELLING
We collaborate with artists whose vision, story ideas, and unique points of view can entertain the world.
EMPOWER
ARTISTS
We support emerging and seasoned artists alike, building the filmmaking community of the future.
RESPECT THE
CRAFT
Artists use GenAI as a tool to expand creativity, not replace the art and craft of filmmaking.
PROTECT CREATIVE
INTEGRITY
We deliver what we promise, work with integrity, and respect artists’ rights.
OUR STORY.
Promise is an AI-native entertainment studio and technology company, powering the future of premium IP creation.
Founded by YouTube veterans George Strompolos and Jamie Byrne, and acclaimed AI filmmaker Dave Clark, Promise unites the world’s best GenAI filmmakers, visual effects artists, Hollywood executives, and creator-economy pioneers from Netflix, Imagine, Technicolor, Google, and more.
The studio is reimagining how cinematic worlds are conceived and brought to life in animation, fully-generative photoreal, and hybrid live-action projects.
At the center of the studio is MUSE, our studio operating system that combines creator tools and production management so creative teams can move faster, stay in control, and protect their IP.
To push the boundaries of filmmaking, we established The Generation Company—our AI innovation lab and production services division, where research, experimentation, and technical mastery advance Promise and partner productions.
We also support the global creative community via Curious Refuge, the world’s largest AI film school serving entertainment professionals 170+ countries.
Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, North Road, and Google, Promise is redefining what it means to be a studio in this new era of filmmaking.
Our
Founders.
George Strompolos
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
Strompolos is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and philanthropist known for pioneering the creator economy and empowering artists worldwide.
Jamie Byrne
Co-Founder, President & COO
Byrne has spent his career innovating at the intersection of media, entertainment, and technology, including launching YouTube’s first revenue-sharing program for creators.
Dave Clark
CO-FOUNDER & CCO
Clark is an award-winning filmmaker and GenAI trailblazer, renowned for pushing the boundaries of storytelling and cinematic innovation.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Connie Wailan Siu
Head of Production
A seasoned production executive who has bridged technology and storytelling at Eyeline Studios at Netflix and DreamWorks Animation, bringing visionary ideas to life.
Caleb Ward
Co-Founder & CEO, Curious Refuge
Co-founded the world’s leading AI filmmaking school, training creators and artists from major studios in over 170 countries while pioneering new approaches to storytelling and production.
Caroline Jacobs
Head of Business Development
An entertainment executive focused on the future of AI and storytelling. Previously, she was a Vice President at United Talent Agency where she led innovation strategy, investments, M&A, partnerships, and emerging media technology initiatives. Her career also includes roles at BAM Ventures, Lionsgate, and Accenture.
Tyler Mitchell
Head of Development
A producer, executive and writer whose career has spanned film, television and Broadway, with leadership roles at Imagine Entertainment, Landscape Entertainment, and Impact, where he guided strategy and formed strategic partnerships with Netflix, Skydance, Warner Bros. and ScreenAustralia.
Juan Nader
Head of Product
A product and technology leader who helped pioneer production technologies now standard across film and television. With roles at Technicolor and Nant Studios, and collaborations with Disney, HBO, ILM, and Epic Games, he is a named inventor on virtual production patents and develops technologies that expand what's possible in filmmaking.
Michelle Slavich
Chief Marketing Officer
A global marketing and communications leader who has led Google, Netflix, Warner Bros., NBCUniversal, and tech start-ups through transformative growth, high-stakes product launches, and organizational change.
Nem Perez
Head of The Generation Company
An acclaimed filmmaker and creative technologist whose 20-year career spans leading productions for Disney Parks, Nintendo, Acura, and Atlantic Records. Perez is recognized as a pioneer in using emerging tools to expand what’s possible in visual storytelling.
Hirsh Hotchandani
Head of Finance & Operations
A seasoned entertainment finance and strategy executive with 15+ years of experience spanning strategic operations, investment banking, M&A, and content strategy, with leadership roles at both Rooster Teeth and Crunchyroll under the Otter Media umbrella of Warner Bros. Discovery.
OUR INVESTORS
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