

🎬 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: Jason Zada 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:
✨ Jason Zada – Emmy-winning director and founder of Secret Level, known for viral interactive projects like Take This Lollipop and Elf Yourself. With over 20 years of innovation in immersive storytelling, Jason now leads the creation of cutting-edge AI experiences for global brands and artists.
✨ 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.
🎤 Host — 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
This isn’t just an event—it’s your entry into a creative community where founders, filmmakers, and technologists use AI to reinvent storytelling and brand-building.
If you're ready to grow your vision, showcase your work, and connect with future-focused creators, this is where it starts.
If you're not yet part of the CineAI community, you're warmly invited to join us at this event—and unlock access to future gatherings and member-only benefits.