TL;DR: Issue #054 Summary

• The Future of Video AI with Twelve Labs

  • Explore the evolution of AI use in video

  • Multimodal intelligence and agents

• Upcoming Events

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• Trending

  • Amazon-backed startup is the “Netflix for AI”

  • Consumer AI for solo creators
    

The future of video AI with Twelve Labs

With $107M+ raised from investors including NVIDIA, NEA, Index, Databricks, and Snowflake, Twelve Labs is solving one of AI’s hardest problems: understanding video at scale.

Their flagship Marengo model offers semantic, context-aware, multimodal AI for any-to-any search across text, images, and video.

Over 30,000 developers and brands like the NFL already rely on Twelve Labs, while partners such as Databricks, Snowflake, and Oracle embed its tech into global AI infrastructure.

By enabling real-time, context-aware video AI, Twelve Labs is unlocking new applications across media, security, manufacturing, and beyond.

On August 21st, join us for an AI Cafe session to talk with Anthony Giuliani, Twelve Labs’ Global Head of Operations, who joined the company as an early founding advisor.

In this session, he’ll unpack how video AI is evolving from clip-level analysis to systems that connect across time and space.

Attendees will leave with a clearer view of how this next generation of video intelligence will reshape entire industries.

This event takes place at The KINN in Venice and is hosted by Emerging LA, Startup Coil, and Nerds of LA. 

We will start the morning with coffee & socializing, then jump into the discussion at 10am.

Sign up here!

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Amazon-backed startup launches Netflix for AI

Showrunner (Amazon-backed) just launched Alpha, the first public version of playable, interactive shows.

Its first release, Exit Valley, is a satirical spin on Silicon Valley where you can join the story alongside AI versions of Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and more.

Instead of static AI animation, Showrunner is betting on multiplayer storyworlds

Imagine movies that generate new episodes daily, or TV shows that grow as the audience creates.

It’s a whole new way to experience entertainment: part game, part story, part community.

The Solo Creator Era for Consumer AI

AI experiences may start to look less like companies and more like one-person art projects.

One person, with taste and technical leverage, can ship something that feels alive 

We’re excited to see human creativity and storytelling come alive with AI!!

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