ClassDojo
Hiring
What they do:
Communication app for K-8 teachers, kids, and families
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Entertainment Startups
This list has 53 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 11 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (22), Los Angeles (11), and New York (10). Largest teams: ClassDojo, Humble Bundle, and Weekend (fmr. Volley).
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Weekend (fmr. Volley)
Hiring
What they do:
AI games and entertainment on TV
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Streaming Platform for Muslim Children
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HQ: Cyberjaya, Malaysia
D-ID
Hiring
What they do:
Enable creators and developers to generate realistic AI personas
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What they do:
Revenue generation for live events
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Karat Financial
Hiring
What they do:
Business banking that helps you grow
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
What they do:
Platform that allows anyone to create and monetize video games.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Financial technology solutions for Indonesian creative businesses
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What they do:
Building the Operating System for the Concert & Live Events Industry.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
What they do:
The integration layer for live events infrastructure
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
A social streaming platform powered by creators and fans
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
CreativeMode
Hiring
What they do:
Lovable for Minecraft mods
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Koyal
Hiring
What they do:
Agentic AI Filmmaking Platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
The production canvas for AI film teams
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Housewarming
Hiring
What they do:
Share casual moments with the people you care about
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Kino AI
Hiring
What they do:
Kino is an AI media manager and video editor for humans and agents.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Hype
Hiring
What they do:
Trade memecoins
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
App that turns selfie photos into thousand emoji that look like you…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Storyboarder
Hiring
What they do:
Tool and platform to create and sell webcomics
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
Building Communities Through Play
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Make games and stories with AI
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HQ: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
What they do:
World's largest library of interactive lessons for kids
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Read romance comics.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Japanese comic subscription service
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Build games at the speed of thought
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Monetization platform for AI characters and dramas
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
Subscription entertainment news
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
What they do:
The Operating System of Hollywood
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
What they do:
AI entertainment platform
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
GenAI Interactive story. Creator write fictions 10x faster.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Tech and platforms for human creators and the entertainment industry
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
AI Chat & Stories
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Make mashups without knowing how to DJ
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What they do:
AI brain for creators that runs their social content
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
What they do:
Fun with AI video
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Humble Bundle
Acquired
What they do:
Pay what you want for awesome games and other content while giving to…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 53 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
11 of them are hiring right now, including ClassDojo, Weekend (fmr. Volley), and D-ID.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: ClassDojo (100 employees), Humble Bundle (100 employees), and Weekend (fmr. Volley) (80 employees).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (22), Los Angeles (11), and New York (10).