# Chronicle Studios

> Chronicle Studios is an AI-driven entertainment company building the growth platform for global franchises. It reverses the traditional Hollywood development model - instead of betting on a script and hoping audiences show up, its agentic AI platform finds emerging creators and IP, tests audience demand early, and automates audience discovery, distribution and monetization across social platforms. Founded in 2025 by tech entrepreneur Aaron Sisto and former DreamWorks Animation president Chris deFaria, the company raised an oversubscribed $11.6M seed round to back creators across animation, gaming, music, comedy and podcasts.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Aaron Sisto (CEO & Co-Founder), Chris deFaria (Co-Founder (former President, DreamWorks Animation)), Scott Greenberg (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~21 employees
- **Products:** Agentic AI Growth Platform, Content Intelligence, Franchise Investment & Development
- **Notable:** Raised an oversubscribed $11.6M seed round in June 2025 led by Patron and Point72 Ventures, Scaled The Old Knight from ~500K to over 6M monthly impressions in under a month - roughly a 13x increase, Drove ~2 million new views, 41,000+ watch hours and a 100x increase in brand revenue for its first creator partner

## Products & services

- **Agentic AI Growth Platform** — Cross-platform, multimodal AI agents that automate the full content lifecycle on social - viewer acquisition, distribution, audience growth and monetization - effectively performing the work of an entire social media team.
- **Content Intelligence** — AI-powered audience insights that identify emerging creators and IP and test audience demand early, before heavy production investment.
- **Franchise Investment & Development** — Strategic capital and development support to turn breakout creator IP into multi-platform franchises across film, games, comics, podcasts and television.

## Achievements

- Raised an oversubscribed $11.6M seed round in June 2025 led by Patron and Point72 Ventures
- Scaled The Old Knight from ~500K to over 6M monthly impressions in under a month - roughly a 13x increase
- Drove ~2 million new views, 41,000+ watch hours and a 100x increase in brand revenue for its first creator partner
- Signed Oscar-nominated The Hive Studio for two animated YouTube series
- Assembled a leadership team spanning DreamWorks Animation, Eric Schmidt's First Spark Ventures and In-Q-Tel

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Closed an oversubscribed $11.6M seed round led by Patron and Point72 Ventures with Z Ventures and Sands Capital.
- **2025-12** — Announced first YouTube creator channel partnership with award-winning animator Gabe Hordos on The Old Knight, scaling it 13x in under a month.
- **2026-02** — Partnered with Oscar-nominated The Hive Studio on two animated YouTube series.

## Links

- Website: https://chronicle.studio
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chroniclestudios/

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Last updated: 2026-06-29