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Cheehoo: AI Entertainment Company Launches With Founders Rideback, Chris deFaria & More


Cheehoo, a technology and entertainment company focused on providing creators, artists and IP rightsholders with a new AI-enabled platform to reduce barriers to animated storytelling, is launching with founders Chris deFaria and Rideback.

EXCLUSIVE: Cheehoo, a technology and entertainment company focused on providing creators, artists and IP rightsholders with a new AI-enabled platform to reduce barriers to animated storytelling, has launched in beta. Cheehoo’s founding team unites veteran leaders from Hollywood and Silicon Valley, including producer and former President of DreamWorks Animation Chris deFaria( Coyote vs. Acme, Mad Max: Fury Road, Happy Feet, Gravity), former Apple scientists and AI/Machine Learning experts Dr. Hubert Tsai and Dr. Wei-Cheng Kuo, and Rideback Co-CEOs Michael LoFaso and Jonathan Eirich. The studio, named for a Pacific Island exclamation of excitement, has plans to transform global animation and interactive franchises by putting the power of AI in the hands of artists and rightsholders and by reconciling key industry pain points, including:

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