Canvas: Investing in content, IP, and storytelling (SF Tech Week) (555 GRANT AVE) Address
BUILDING & INVESTING IN MEDIA IPs, CONTENT and STORYTELLING
The Next Generation of Creator, Brand & Entertainment Businesses
The media industry is moving beyond content. Creators are building studios. Brands are building entertainment franchises. AI is transforming production economics. And audiences are becoming the foundation for new media IPs, businesses, and global franchises.
Building & Investing in Media IP brings together investors, creators, founders, brands, studios, and technology leaders to explore how the next generation of media IPs will be created, scaled, monetized, and financed
About the partners
Anwar Media
Anwar Media, founded by Ilias Anwar, is a media company specializing in exclusive events, and brand partnerships for tech and consumer companies who need fundraising and go to market. Clients include SpaceX, rednote, family offices, and many more.
Backed by Anwar Events, a community of 70K founders, investors and creators.
Check out their website to throw events just as great as this one: www.anwarmedia.com
Canvas
Canvas is infrastructure for building media IP. Creators, founders, experts, and brands use it to develop, produce, distribute, and license original properties in one workspace. Specialized AI agents handle story, production, budgeting, localization, distribution, and marketing. Finished work can be published to a subscription audience, with revenue going back to the creator. Founded by Abhinav Singla, Canvas is built on one belief: creators are the new studios.
Learn more at creatorsarethenewstudios.com
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Pinto Labs
Pinto Labs is a San Francisco team of engineers, designers, and product builders creating AI-native experiences that people use for fun. The company is backed by Caffeinated Capital and Electric Capital, along with angel investors Soleio and Scott Belsky.
Learn more at pintolabs.ai
Ilias Anwar is a community builder, creator, and CEO of Anwar Media, a media company that produces exclusive events and brand partnerships for tech and consumer companies, with clients including SpaceX, RedNote and leading family offices. He previously co-founded TCC Entertainment and Tapped AI, which were both acquired by Cliqk, and he now leads Anwar Events, a community of 70K founders, investors and creators.
Disclaimers
By attending this event, you agree to the following terms.
Photography, Video, and Recording: This event will be photographed, filmed, live-streamed, and audio recorded. By entering the venue, you consent to being captured on camera and to the use of your name, image, voice, statements, and likeness by Anwar Enterprises, Anwar Events, The Red Carpet Show, and their affiliated partners and sponsors.
Marketing and Promotional Use: Any material captured at this event may appear in promotional content, social media, websites, newsletters, press coverage, paid advertising, sponsor recap materials, and future marketing assets, worldwide and in perpetuity, without compensation. Guests waive any right to inspect or approve the finished material before publication.
On-Camera Interviews: Participation in The Red Carpet Show is entirely voluntary. Sitting for an interview grants Anwar Enterprises the full right to edit, distribute, and monetize that footage across any platform, in any format, without further approval.
Opting Out: If you do not wish to be photographed or filmed, please notify event staff upon arrival and avoid the designated filming areas. Organizers will make reasonable efforts to accommodate your request, though appearance in wide or crowd shots cannot be fully prevented.
Guest Policy: This is a private, invitation-only event. RSVPs are non-transferable and entry is subject to ID verification. Organizers reserve the right to refuse entry at their discretion.
Capacity and Access: This event has a strict capacity limit. A confirmed RSVP does not guarantee entry once capacity has been reached, so early arrival is strongly encouraged.
Code of Conduct: All attendees are expected to conduct themselves professionally and respectfully. Organizers reserve the right to remove any guest whose behavior is disruptive or inappropriate, without refund or recourse.
Liability: Anwar Media, Anwar Events, and the venue are not responsible for loss, theft, or damage to personal property. Attendance is at your own risk.
Data and Registration: Information submitted at registration may be shared with event sponsors and partners in accordance with their respective privacy policies. Guests may opt out of sponsor communications at any time.
Changes and Cancellations: Event details including time, venue, panelists, and programming are subject to change. Organizers will make reasonable efforts to notify registered guests of any material changes.