EXCLUSIVE : As AI continues infiltrate the entertainment industry, Particle6 founder and CEO Eline Van Der Velden is taking it one step further with the launch of Xicoia , an AI talent studio designed to create, manage and monetize a new generation of hyperreal digital stars.
The new company, which Van Der Velden will officially launch at the Zurich Film Festival ’s upcoming Zurich Summit Conference this weekend, will focus on creating AI talent for use in everything from film and TV productions to podcasts, TikTok, YouTube, brand campaigns and video games – as well as interactions with fans.
Xicoia will sit alongside AI production company Particle6, which Van Der Velden founded in 2015, and will build on Particle6’s proprietary avatar personality engine DeepFame plus a direct