LG founder’s grandson, production firm partner up to bring AI to filmmaking
Since AI tools went mainstream, filmmakers, writers, and actors have been scrambling to figure out whether these technologies can truly assist their creativity or if they might end up replacing humans. But there’s a larger concern to address before we get swept away by debate: AI can’t run without enormous data centers and energy infrastructure. A new joint venture, dubbed Utopai East, aims to address that need by developing infrastructure specifically for producing movies and TV shows using AI. The joint venture is held 50-50 by investment firm Stock Farm Road (SFR) and AI film and television production company Utopai Studios. SFR, co-founded by Brian Koo (the grandson of LG Group’s founder Koo In-hwoi) and Amin Badr-El-Din, the founder and chief executive of BADR…
