Here at Spellbrush, we're passionate about making a good anime game. We also happen to be the world's leading generative AI studio — we're the team behind niji・journey.
Spellbrush is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2018 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Making Anime Real. The founders listed are Cory Li (Founder), Ruwen Liu (Founder), Haitao Mao (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, December 2, 2022).
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Here at Spellbrush, we're passionate about making a good anime game.
We also happen to be the world's leading generative AI studio — we're the team behind niji・journey.
We are currently investigating how AI can be used to help human artists perform masterpieces in the most complex medium of our times: video games.
Our games are characterized by a no-compromise approach to well-balanced gameplay married to a truthful love of visual arts.
Cory Li
Founder
Ruwen Liu
Founder
Haitao Mao
Founder
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