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Chris Acosta - Gravitate Pictures - AI Product Strategy & Creative Technology

About

Chris Acosta builds AI that propels human ideas. From co-founding a video intelligence company acquired by Apple, to shipping Webby and Telly award-winning products and experiences at Verizon, to advising companies on generative pipelines and ML transformation—15+ years at the intersection of machine learning and storytelling.

Services & Expertise

  • AI Product Strategy: Zero-to-one product builds through scale and exit. VILYNX acquisition by Apple, Fortune 500 experience at Verizon and L'Oréal Paris.
  • Generative Media: Production-validated workflows for Runway, Kling, Pika, Sora, Midjourney. Custom models, narrative guardrails, IP-to-living-systems pipelines.
  • XR/AR/VR: Shipped spatial experiences from Angry Birds to Live Nation to Star Wars activation with ILMxLAB using live mocap over 5G.
  • Conversational AI: Enterprise assistants to creative CX across telecom, media, and healthcare. Hybrid solutions with humans in the loop.
  • Data & Analytics: Video intelligence, real-time social systems, sentiment analysis, attribution modeling, predictive analytics.
  • GTM & Partnerships: Enterprise deals across broadcast, studios, live entertainment. IP packaging and startup advisory.

Selected Work & Clients

Apple (VILYNX Acquisition)

Co-founded video intelligence company acquired by Apple in 2020. SVP Business Development and Strategic Partnerships. Pivoted from B2C to B2B ML solutions, securing enterprise partnerships with Comcast, RealNetworks, ABC, NBC, FOX, and CBS.

Verizon

AI/ML Product Manager. Led award-winning AI products (Telly, Webby) including Virtual Interactive Assistant that reduced resolution time by 37%. Live Nation 5G Concert and Angry Birds Sony XR activations.

NBCUniversal (SkyShowtime)

Product consultant for European streaming platform launch. Coordinated fulfillment pipeline and technology operations across multiple markets.

The Superposition

Advisor on multi-modal generative AI framework transforming IP into living worlds. Production-validated across microdramas, historical narratives, comic books, and animated series.

Marvel Comics

Writer for What If? Secret Invasion event series, later adapted into Disney+ anthology.

Yahoo Japan

VP Product Innovation at AI Foundation. Led 9-month feasibility study for Japanese Sign Language accessibility system for NHK news content.

Contact

Email: chris@gravitatepictures.com

Location: New York, NY

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chrisacosta01

Creative Technology

Logline

I build AI that propels human ideas. From co-founding a video intelligence company acquired by Apple, to shipping Webby and Telly award-winning products and experiences at Verizon, to advising companies on generative pipelines and ML transformation—I've spent 15+ years at the intersection of machine learning and storytelling. Gravitate Pictures is where that experience lives, helping creatives figure out how generative tech actually fits into production.

Unicorn Ninja Abilities

AI Product Strategy

Zero-to-one product builds through scale and exit. I've done it at startups (VILYNX → Apple) and inside Fortune 500s (Verizon, L'Oréal Paris). Strategy, roadmaps, GTM—the full stack.

Generative Media

Runway, Kling, Pika, Sora, Midjourney—I know the tools. But the real work is building pipelines that turn IP into living systems. Custom models, narrative guardrails, production-validated workflows for studios and creatives.

XR / AR / VR

From Angry Birds to Live Nation to a Star Wars activation with ILMxLAB using live mocap over 5G—I've shipped spatial experiences across gaming, entertainment, and live events.

Conversational AI

I built conversational systems when they were Frankenstein stacks. Now they're hybrid solutions with humans in the loop. Enterprise assistants to creative CX—telecom, media, healthcare.

Data & Analytics

Built video intelligence and early real-time social systems before they had names. Sentiment analysis, attribution modeling, predictive analytics—turning content data into decisions.

GTM & Partnerships

Closed enterprise deals across broadcast, studios, and live entertainment. IP packaging, content automation partnerships, and startup advisory for VC-backed portfolio companies.

Historiae Selectae

Apple

VILYNX Acquisition
(Co-Founder)
SVP Business Development and Strategic Partnerships for video intelligence company acquired by Apple. Pivoted from B2C to B2B ML solutions, conjured PMF from scratch, securing enterprise partnerships with Comcast, RealNetworks, ABC, NBC, FOX, and CBS.

The
Superposition

Living Worlds Technology
(Advisor)
Advising on multi-modal generative AI framework that transforms IP from static archives into living worlds. Production-validated across microdramas, historical narratives, comic books, and animated series.

Yahoo
Japan

Japanese Sign Language Accessibility
(VP, Product Innovation)
As AI Foundation senior exec, led 9-month feasibility study for JSL system complementing NHK news content. Delivered tech schematics, ROI presentation, and 3D asset proof of concept that secured funding.

Marvel
Comics

What If? Secret Invasion
(Writer)
Conceived and wrote a story for the event series What If? — the original was later adapted into a Disney+ event streaming mini-series. Royalty checks had Spider-Man on them before Disney acquired Marvel. Everest-level personal achievement, lowest paying.

Verizon

AI/ML Products & XR Initiatives
(Product Manager)
Led award-winning AI products (Telly, Webby) including the Virtual Interactive Assistant that reduced resolution time by 37%. Live Nation 5G Concert and Angry Birds Sony XR activations. Design Thinking credentialed and cited for collaboration across units.

NBCUniversal

SkyShowtime OTT Launch
(Product Consultant)
Product consultant within fulfillment pipeline and technology operations for the European streaming platform launch, coordinating cross-functional delivery across multiple markets.

Mindmeld

chris@gravitatepictures.com

4 East 27th Street, #20162, New York, NY

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