Chronicle Studios, which uses its AI-powered solutions to identify talented social media creators, has partnered with animator Gabe Hordos on his short film series, The Old Knight.
Hordos is an award-winning animator whose credits include working on How to Train Your Dragon. Chronicle Studios discovered Hordos using its AI-powered discovery models, indexing YouTube and other social platforms to identify compelling IP.
With its partnership with Hordos, the company will handle all optimization and monetization efforts for The Old Knight on his YouTube channel. The short-film series is made with traditional animation techniques. The first two parts are available to stream on Hordos’ YouTube channel.
Chronicle Studios began working with Hordos last month and has helped scale the IP from 500,000 monthly impressions to over 6 million and more than 41,000 hours watched, delivering double the brand revenues with almost no advertising spend.
“Our vision is to empower storytellers, studios, and brands by using AI to find and grow a community of passionate fans, creating meaningful revenue opportunities for creator-led channels and IP,” said Aaron Sisto, CEO and co-founder of Chronicle Studios. “The moment we saw Gabe’s work on YouTube, we knew this was a great opportunity to team up with a gifted filmmaker. The strong early returns on The Old Knight validate our value proposition to creators and point to a promising future for Gabe and his creative vision.”
“The Old Knight has been a passion project of mine for as long as I can remember,” said Hordos. “While developing, writing, and bringing animated content to life is a true joy, the task of finding viewers for your work in the digital realm is daunting. Watching Chronicle Studios’ platform grow the numbers so quickly and deliver a meaningful audience to The Old Knight is extremely exciting.”
