Who we are
One pipeline, from script to screen.
An AI-native content company that brings top film creators, proprietary AI technology and global distribution into one industrialized production line.
StarTrail's team comes from theatrical film, leading animation studios and frontline AI labs. We rebuild the whole chain, script, performance, shoot and post, with AI, so a theatrical-grade title costs a fraction of the conventional schedule and budget while keeping premium craft and full ownership of original IP.
Three studio lines
One industrial system, three content lines.
The same AI production platform underneath AI live action, AI animation and AI for film VFX. Press play on each line's reel.
01 · AI live action · showreel · 2 min 38 s
Shorts, series and film rebuilt with AI: theatrical-grade imagery and believable performance at a fraction of the schedule. More →
02 · AI animation · Knight Street No.9 trailer · 1 min 30 s
Premium series and features with stable characters and one art direction across a whole season. More →
03 · AI for film VFX · showreel · 37 s
Shot replacement, set extension and performance to finished shot for live-action features and series. More →
StarTrail Originals
Original titles, held to a theatrical standard.
Every trailer plays on the Work page.
Industrial craft
Not a stack of tools. A system.
Four capabilities carry our output and its finish: AI for genuine human performance, AI for setting details and consistency, industrialized AI imaging, and light and material reconstruction. Two of them, demonstrated below.
AI for genuine human performance · showcase · 1 min 23 s
One line, truly acted: eyes, breath and micro-expression land frame by frame, with a consistent character identity across every shot.
AI for setting details and consistency · showcase
One space, any camera, any episode: a location reconstructed once and kept consistent across a whole production, a virtual stage you can schedule.
Industrialized AI imaging
Footage to finished film as a repeatable line: one look, consistent characters, batch output, shoot and use.
Light and material reconstruction
Our own reference system for light and materials, so every frame lands at one unified, cinematic finish.
Recognition
Seen and recognised by the industry.
No Other Love
Theatrical feature · public-release permit
Reportedly China's first AI-assisted film to receive a public-release permit. StarTrail provided the core AI technology.
Non-Player Consciousness
iQIYI Nadou · 1st Place
Beijing International Film Festival AIGC Section, Most Commercially Promising Award.
The 1314th Encounter
AAFF · AI Creative Award
International Ark AI Film Festival, creative section.
The Beloved Concubine
Two festival selections
Selected at the iQIYI Nadou AIGC Venture Summit and the Beijing International Film Festival AIGC Section.
Our in-house AI production engine
iFLYTEK AI Developer Competition 2026 · Track champion
Champion of the Enterprise Digital Workforce and Business Collaboration track.
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Founders and team
Top creators and AI researchers.
From theatrical film, leading animation and frontline AI labs, with backgrounds at leading universities and institutions worldwide.
Michael Zhang
Co-Founder & CEO
Angel investor and serial entrepreneur in media and entertainment. Co-founder of Ergeng, a breakout short-video network. Chairman of Daoji Zhonghe Capital Management. Renmin University of China.
Marisa Chearavanont
Co-Founder
Thai-Korean social entrepreneur, philanthropist and art collector. Special advisor to Dhanin Chearavanont, Senior Chairman of the Charoen Pokphand Group. Founder of The BUILD, Chef Cares and the Khaoyai Art Foundation. New York University.
Pedigree · universities and institutions
Network
From national institutions to leading platforms.
Deep partnerships with national content institutions, major video platforms and brand clients, a complete chain from IP source to production to distribution.
China International Communications Group (CICG)
A national external-communications institution, partnering on premium global content and multilingual distribution.
China Aerospace International Communication Center
An aerospace cultural-exchange body, co-developing original IP and content in science and aerospace themes.
Platforms
Channels
Brands
Ways to work with us
Many ways in, one content engine.
Platform, IP owner, producer or brand: there is a path that fits.
Co-production and co-development
Joint greenlighting, shared investment and shared returns with platforms and studios, involved from script to finished film.
IP licensing and franchises
Licensing, sequels, spin-offs and cross-format development around original IP, growing the long-term value of a single property.
AI production and post services
Industrialized AI imaging for production and post on theatrical and platform projects: better quality, greater efficiency. See the case studies.
Custom brand content
Digital humans, commercial shorts and marketing content for brands, balancing creative quality with launch efficiency.
Global distribution
Multilingual distribution, overseas platform delivery and localized operations on a worldwide channel network.
Strategic and resource partnerships
Long-term partnerships with institutions, universities and industry players to grow the AI content ecosystem together.
Let's build together
Looking for a team that is truly AI-native and delivers to a theatrical standard?
We would like to talk. Send the brief, the property or the market you want to test.