Team

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Coby Palivathukal

Co-Founder and Studio Head

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Coby is an award-winning filmmaker and creative technologist working at the intersection of animation, storytelling, and emerging media.

Coby holds a BA in Philosophy with a minor in Film & Media Studies from Stanford University and an MFA in Animation & Digital Arts from USC's School of Cinematic Arts.

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Brendan Healy

Co-Founder and Business Advisor

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Brendan is a product builder working at the intersection of media, technology, and creative systems.

Brendan holds a BA in History with a minor in Film from UCLA. He is currently getting his MBA at Wharton.

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Drew Semler

Head of Story

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Drew is a screenwriter and story developer with experience across entertainment and advertising. He brings an understanding of character, comedy, audience, and brand storytelling to Kippy Studios.

Drew wrote THE BATHROOM and Paper Penguin.

He holds a BA from Stanford University and an MFA in Screenwriting from NYU.

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Yimin Zhang

Chief Technology Officer

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Yimin is an innovative engineering leader working at the intersection of software architecture, emerging technologies, and scalable systems.

He develops creative content pipelines and leads the technical vision for complex automated workflows.

Yimin holds a BA in animation and digital arts from the University of Southern California.

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Brenda Chen

Creative Director

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Andy Huang

Character Designer

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Monica Vu

Marketing

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Monica is a strategic marketing leader working at the intersection of brand storytelling, digital growth, and creative campaigns.

She leads go-to-market strategy and helps scale audience engagement across global markets.

Monica holds a BS in product design from Stanford and an MBA from The Wharton School.

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