🎬 AI Storytelling & Founder Branding with Emmy-Winning Creators
Join us for an intimate fireside conversation on storytelling and founder branding in the age of AI, featuring two Emmy-winning, Bay Area-native trailblazers: Jason Zada and Bernie Su: Scott Mease and Bernie Su.
Whether you’re a founder, investor, marketer, AI creator, or filmmaker, this exclusive salon is for anyone who values powerful storytelling, audience connection, and standout brand building. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to engage up close with two Emmy-winning speakers as they share insights on how AI is transforming the future of narrative.
🔥 Featured Fireside Chat Guests：
✨ Bernie Su – 3× Primetime Emmy-winning creator and showrunner of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Emma Approved, and Artificial (Twitch). Bernie is currently directing the upcoming AI-animated feature Every Living Creature, and developing Whispers, an AI-driven interactive thriller where audiences shape the narrative in real time.
✨Scott Mease — A creative leader at the forefront of the next wave of entertainment. With a career that has journeyed from visual effects artistry to pioneering work in virtual reality, he now leads AI initiatives at the acclaimed Baobab Studios, a 10x Emmy-award winning and leading independent interactive animation studio. There, he is dedicated to exploring how artificial intelligence can serve as a powerful collaborative tool, pioneering artist-friendly approaches that enhance, rather than replace, human creativity.
🎤 Host — (Fiona) Bai Yu, founder of CineAI Founders Hub, is a seasoned writer, director, and producer. She was the showrunner and co-director of The Substitute, iQIYI’s first modern China-set spy thriller series, praised by Variety as a genre breakthrough. Her latest film, High Forces, starring Andy Lau, premiered globally in November, 2024.
🧠 In this fireside chat, we’ll explore:
How AI is democratizing interactive storytelling
Pushing the boundaries of storytelling through emerging technologies
What happens when viewers become co-creators, not just consumers
Envisioning the future of entertainment in an AI-powered world
How AI-powered storytelling can help a founder build an authentic brand, especially in the early stages
Spots are limited — RSVP now to save your seat.
Date & Time
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Networking: 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Fireside Chat: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Event Ends: 9:00 PM
📍San Francisco, register to see details.
🌟 About CineAI & Its Mission
CineAI Founders Hub, founded in 2024 in the SF Bay Area by film writer, director and producer Bai Yu, is a community of founders, filmmakers, AI creators and technologists. Our mission is to empower people to drive positive change by democratizing creativity through AI!
🤝 Join CineAI Founders Hub
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If you're ready to grow your vision, showcase your work, and connect with future-focused creators, this is where it starts.
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