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Xumo Founder Launches Fairground, Startup Focused Exclusively on AI-Generated TV Series Starting With Dracula and Robin Hood Shows
Colin Petrie-Norris, a FAST pioneer who founed Xumo, has raised $4 million in funding for Fairground, focused exclusively on AI-generated TV shows.
He’s raised a $4 million seed round from a syndicate of investors led by Viant Technology, the programmatic advertising company that was one of the founding partners of Xumo alongside Panasonic. The initial projects will feature “reimaginings” of “iconic” public domain stories, Petrie-Norris said — starting with shows based on the Dracula and Robin Hood characters. His expertise in scaling and monetizing streaming platforms makes him the ideal leader to move the content creation space forward with an AI-first approach.”
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