Machine Cinema “GenTalks” September 3rd - John Gaeta (escape.ai) + Sylvain Montreuil (Animatix.ai)
Hey everyone,
This Wednesday 10-11:30 am PT / 1-2:30 pm ET is our weekly digital get together to connect on how we are all making our way through this new era for creative industries and AI among other emergent technologies, sharing ideas, tips, knowledge amongst ourselves.
Our group is an amazing mix of creators/ producers/ builders/some new to this stuff/ some OG/ all of us constantly learning.
You can join however you want - camera on, camera off. It's ok if you just want to listen, but it's more fun if you participate. We usually meet every two weeks.
This week we'll be joined by:
John Gaeta - He is the Founder of Escape.ai, a next-gen distribution platform for Neo Cinema and Play. An Academy Award-winning creator, he pioneered “Bullet Time,” “Virtual Cinema,” and volumetric capture on The Matrix trilogy. He co-founded Lucasfilm’s ILMxLAB and served as Executive Creative Director on projects including CARNE y ARENA, Vader Immortal, and Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire. As SVP Creative Strategy at Magic Leap, he co-authored the Magicverse thesis. He executive-produced Epic’s UE5 launch experience The Matrix Awakens and, as CCO of Inworld.ai, advanced AI characters. Gaeta’s mission: human-first, machine-assisted storytelling across spatial, real-time, and cross-platform worlds for audiences.
Sylvain Montreuil - He is the Founder of Animatix.ai, an all-in-one AI video platform streamlining creative workflows for agencies. A serial entrepreneur and product executive, he has led Post-Series A startups as VP Product and run a 12-year innovation studio guiding founders from product to GTM. He has founded seven tech companies—including two exits—with two ventures active. A product designer with deep technical fluency, he builds and scales customer-obsessed products across SLG, PLG, and hybrid motions. Since 2022, he has managed AI/ML products spanning LLM integration, AI assistants, and multi-agent systems, with domain strength in SalesTech and intent data to drive retention.