Cornell Media & Entertainment Startups

A directory of 25 startups founded by Cornell University alumni in media, gaming, and entertainment, each listed with its founders, stage, and links. Compiled and updated by Big Red AI.

25 listed

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  AviaGames Series B

  Vickie Yanjuan Chen, MBA ’10 · Mountain View, CA

  Competitive mobile games

  Casual GamesGamingSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  VidMob

  Alex Collmer ’97 · New York, NY

  AI for marketing content creation

  Advertising PlatformsCloud Data ServicesSaaS

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  JARS AI Seed

  Chris Kruger ’14, MEng ’19 · San Francisco, CA

  Interactive shows by generative AI

  Artificial IntelligenceConsumerDigital Entertainment

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Closing Theory

  Ankith Harathi ’14 · Austin, TX

  Mobile game studio

  Media and EntertainmentMobile AppsOnline Games

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Maestro Interactive Inc

  Ari Evans ’09 · Reno, NV

  Interactive video platform

  eSportsSaaSVideo

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Rocketium

  Satej Sirur, MEng ’08 · India

  Company communication platform with creatives

  MarketingSocial MediaSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Output Series A

  Gregg Lehrman ’02 · Los Angeles, CA

  Music creation tools

  MusicSoftware

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Inception Point AI

  Katie Brown ’98 · Venice, CA

  Storytelling with AI personalities

  Artificial IntelligenceContentGenerative AI

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Spekter Games Pre-Seed

  Taehoon Kim ’02, MEng ’02 · San Francisco, CA

  Web3 game publisher

  BlockchainCryptocurrencyGaming

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Brat TV

  Rob Fishman ’08 · Los Angeles, CA

  Digital TV for gen z, alpha

  Digital EntertainmentDigital MarketingDigital Media

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Anykraft Pre-Seed

  Luke Ahn, MEng ’18 · Singapore

  Video games with user generated content

  Online GamesSoftwareVideo Games

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Rookly Seed

  Amir Moazami ’22 · New York, NY

  School chess clubs

  Card and Board GamesGamingOnline Games

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Soundry AI Pre-Seed

  Mark Buckler, PhD ’19 · Seattle, WA

  Music generation with AI

  Artificial IntelligenceMedia and EntertainmentSocial

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Soundskrit

  Sahil Gupta ’15, MEng ’16 · Canada

  Directional microphones

  AudioComputerConsumer Electronics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Ace Games

  Hakan Bas ’05 · Turkey

  Mobile games portfolio

  Casual GamesGaming

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  SongTools

  Andre do Valle ’00 · New York, NY

  Music promotion tool

  Ad TargetingAdvertising PlatformsDigital Marketing

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Kaveat Pre-Seed

  Dorothee Grant, MEng ’22, Elizabete Ludborza, LLM ’22, Christine Shen ’19, MEng ’22 · New York, NY

  Simpler media and entertainment deals

  Artificial IntelligenceB2BLegal Tech

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  CATALYST PLANET

  Amy Schrier ’90 · New York, NY

  Travel and social action platform

  InternetMedia and EntertainmentNews

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Idpair

  Jonathan Aiwazian ’09 · Mendham, NJ

  Data science for gaming industry

  Data CenterData IntegrationFinancial Services

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Spatial9 Inc.

  Katie Cummiskey ’13 · —

  AI to create immersive audio

  Artificial IntelligenceAudioMachine Learning

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Pivo

  Jay Tsao, MBA ’14 · San Jose, CA

  Smartphone camera hardware accessories

  Consumer ElectronicsShoppingVideo

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Tournaments Pre-Seed

  Samuel Schmidt, PostDoc ’22 · —

  Play-and-earn rewards

  GamingOnline GamesPC Games

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Depart Seed

  Seojin Ceci Kim ’07 · South Korea

  Design work

  Artificial IntelligenceContentGenerative AI

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  the groovement

  Mollie Eisler ’14 · New York, NY

  Live music platform

  Media and EntertainmentMusicMusic Venues

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Nitrode Seed

  Richard Gu ’24, MEng ’25, Brian La ’25, Ben Kim ’25 · San Francisco, CA

  AI for game development

  Artificial IntelligenceGamingInformation Technology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗