Media & Entertainment Startups

WriterDuet is a screenwriting application that lets writers draft, format, and collaborate on scripts in real-time, with cloud syncing, offline editing, version history, and import/export of Final Draft, PDF, Word, and Fountain files. It supports multiple script formats such as screenplay, stageplay, comics, and podcast, and includes features like text/video chat, comments, read-only sharing, and production reports.

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Writewith is a collaborative writing web app for creating, editing, and publishing documents with a group, offering real-time collaboration, task assignment, version control, and in-document commenting. It is used in beta testing by 15 college newspapers, including Stanford and two of Canada's largest college papers.

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Written Word Media provides book-promotion marketing services and software tools for authors and publishers, running reader-facing brands that deliver genre-targeted book recommendations via email. It serves self-published writers, publishing houses, small presses, and publicists, connecting them with readers through data-driven email marketing and advertising campaigns.

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Wscripted is a content search platform that connects film, TV, and book projects with producers while protecting intellectual property and reducing bias in the discovery process.

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Wubble is an AI platform for generating royalty-free music, voiceovers, sound effects, and instrumentals intended for commercial use. It positions itself as an ethical, royalty-free AI music and audio generation tool.

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Wonderz builds tools for digital content distribution, aimed at creators who want to produce and sell their own content. The company operates in the creator economy and digital media space.

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Wuri is a reading app that converts written fiction into interactive visual novels with accompanying audio, images, and video content, serving both writers and readers looking for alternative story formats.

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Wurl provides advertising and streaming monetization services, including scene-level ad targeting across streaming inventory, metadata enrichment, and ad units. It also offers channel distribution tools for FAST (free ad-supported streaming TV) channels, covering distribution, scheduling, live programming, and server-side ad insertion.

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Official municipal website of the City of Gdańsk, Poland, operated by the city's multimedia center, publishing local news, city investment and urban development information, public transport schedules, and e-government services for residents. It covers topics such as city administration, culture, sport, health, education, and tourism.

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Xfinite is building a decentralized entertainment ecosystem based on web 3.0 technology, aiming to make premium content free and to provide access to digital collectibles and creators. The company combines content, commerce, and crypto.

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Personal website of Ximena Vengoechea, an author, illustrator, and UX researcher who publishes books, articles, and a newsletter, and offers speaking and consulting services. The site features her writing, illustrations, UX research work, and a project called The Life Audit.

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A media platform that operates digital screens in elevators across urban China to deliver advertising to middle-class households in residential communities. The company serves advertisers seeking to reach affluent consumers through out-of-home placements in high-traffic locations.

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Xinhua News is China's state-owned news agency providing comprehensive media coverage across multiple formats, including digital news platforms, intelligence products, and content-related services. The organization operates as a full-service media institution serving government, business, research, and general audiences.

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Beijing Morethan Group is a diversified cultural and creative media company that publishes books, develops film and television content, operates digital literature platforms, and produces animated content. The company builds integrated copyright and content operations across multiple media formats serving Chinese readers and audiences.

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XL8 offers MediaCAT, a cloud-based AI machine translation and localization platform for media and entertainment content, providing transcription, translation, subtitling, and quality checks. It serves language service providers, movie studios, content owners, streaming platforms, educational institutions, and freelance translators, with translation engines trained specifically on media and colloquial dialogue across 45 languages.

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A Russian business award program recognizing entrepreneurs and business leaders across regions of the Russian Federation, aimed at honoring outstanding business achievements and promoting entrepreneurship and charitable activity. It serves as recognition by the business community of successful company executives.

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Xorbis develops interactive media solutions and experiential installations, combining generative AI, robotic drawing systems, optical illusion displays, and holographic technologies for exhibitions and cultural spaces.

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Xposure Music offers funding for musicians and maintains an artist roster and funding deals. The page shown is a form for artists to submit funding requests.

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kiwami, inc. develops and operates digital products including the "xR Cast" VR virtual store-clerk solution, the "Ratel AI" AI solution, and glasses-free VR technology. The company also produces promotional and video content and builds smartphone apps and systems.

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XR Games is an independent virtual and augmented reality game development studio that builds VR and AR titles, often adapting movie licences in partnership with AAA game and film studios. It works with major publishers and hardware makers such as Meta, PlayStation, and Microsoft.

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XYZ Films produces and develops feature films and other filmed entertainment, with a catalog including titles such as Havoc, Mandy, The Raid, and BlackBerry. It operates in the film and media production industry.

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Y/n is a mobile app where users navigate interactive stories by playing a character whose text choices affect plot outcomes and character relationships, with access to millions of user-created stories spanning romance, mystery, and other genres.

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Yabiladi is a news and information portal focused on Morocco and the Moroccan community, publishing articles on topics such as national news and weather. It serves Moroccan readers and the Moroccan diaspora.

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Yalla Abu Dhabi is an online city guide and lifestyle publication covering events, dining, news, and things to do in Abu Dhabi, UAE. It serves residents and visitors looking for local entertainment and activity recommendations.

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