Hasbro Entertainment alum Olivier Dumont has been appointed to the board of directors at Animaj as the kids' and family entertainment venture looks to build its portfolio of original IPs.

Google’s AI Futures Fund is investing in the next-generation kids' media company Animaj to help power its AI animation capabilities.

Hasbro Entertainment and Animaj have joined forces for an ad-sales and brand-partnerships venture called Lumee, an initiative that Gregory Dray, its chairman, tells me is a concerted effort to tackle what he sees as the biggest roadblock in the kids’ business: monetizing YouTube engagement. Lumee brings together the Hasbro Entertainment…