AI · Creative · Media & Entertainment
Amit Pate, AI founder and serial entrepreneur

Generative AI for the makers of culture.

Amit Pate — serial entrepreneur & AI architect, building generative AI for games, film & media. Three companies. Award-winning. London · San Francisco · Pune.

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About the founder

For over a decade I've built companies where artificial intelligence meets human imagination — across sport, film and interactive entertainment.

Generative AIText-to-3DAI Game Generation Virtual ProductionComputer Vision0→1 ProductVenture Building

I work at the intersection of technology and storytelling — pairing a background in engineering with training in film. That combination is the throughline of everything I build: using AI to erase the distance between an idea and a finished creative work.

With Snaptivity I put AI-driven robotic cameras into stadiums — work that won two Gold Lions at Cannes. With PentoPix I built an AI platform that turns scripts into cinematic 3D animation, earning SXSW Pitch's Best in Show and a place in TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield 200. Today I'm building Orio — generate playable 3D games from plain words — and Tw!st, a football prediction game reinventing how fans live the match.

I'm recognised among the entrepreneurs shaping generative AI for the creative, media and entertainment industries — and I'm only getting started.

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The ventures

/01Founder & CEO · Current
Orio
Build playable 3D games with words.

A web-native platform that turns imagination into playable 3D reality. Generate terrains, environments, objects and game logic in seconds from text — then invite friends to co-create in real time, no code required. The "YouTube for games."

Innovate UK FundedText-to-3DNo-Code GamesReal-time Multiplayer
orio.games →
Orio AI-generated 3D castle islands game world
Orio AI-generated 3D mountain racer game
Orio AI-generated fantasy platformer game
/02Founder · Current · Snapify Ltd
Tw!st
Football's what-if game.

A free-to-play prediction game where fans reframe real match moments as what-if questions, stake virtual coins and lock their call before The Drop — a nightly 7 PM settlement that resolves every prediction at once. Squads, leaderboards and streaks. Provably fair, no real money. Twist the moment. Call the ending.

Sports GamingPredictionSocial / SquadsiOS & Android
playtwst.com →
Tw!st — football's what-if prediction game by Snapify
/03Founder & CEO · 2021
PentoPix
Script → 3D world → cinematic video.

An AI platform that transforms scripts into editable 3D worlds and cinematic videos — cutting pre-production time and budget by up to 80%. It understands script context, builds scenes, animates characters, and exports to Unreal Engine, Blender & Maya via USD. Backed by Techstars.

SXSW Best in Show '23Battlefield 200Virtual ProductionTechstars
pentopix.com →
PentoPix — script to 3D scene to cinematic video workflow
/04Founder & CEO · Snapify Ltd
Snaptivity
AI cameras that capture fan emotion.

AI-activated robotic cameras and IoT sensors that capture supporters' most exciting moments at live sport — a content engine driving fan engagement and sponsorship revenue. Over 235,000 fan photos captured, 3× more likely to be shared. Deployed with Manchester City, Edgbaston and beyond. The most awarded work of my career — two Gold Lions at Cannes.

2× Cannes Gold '18Clio Sports SilverComputer VisionIoT
snaptivityapp.com →
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Recognition

From two Gold Lions at Cannes to SXSW Best in Show — international honours earned by the founder and the companies he's built, across AI, animation, entertainment, film and sports technology. One track record, shown together.

Career-defining honour

Both of the UK's Gold Lions.

That year the United Kingdom took home just two Gold Lions at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity — and both were mine, for the Snaptivity work (Real-time Response & Activation by Location). The most prestigious award in the creative industries, and the proudest moment of my career.

SXSW Pitch 2023
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200
British Indian Awards — Young Achiever of the Year
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
Innovate UK / UKRI
Creative England
Dubai Future Foundation
Clio Sports Silver
SSIFF Startup Challenge
Young Horizons
MTH Conference
SXSW Pitch 2023
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200
British Indian Awards — Young Achiever of the Year
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
Innovate UK / UKRI
Creative England
Dubai Future Foundation
Clio Sports Silver
SSIFF Startup Challenge
Young Horizons
MTH Conference
2018Snaptivity

Gold Lion — Real-time Response

Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity — the world's top creative honour.

2018Snaptivity

Gold Lion — Activation by Location

A second Cannes Gold Lion — two Gold Lions in a single festival year.

2023PentoPix
SXSW Pitch

Best in Show

Top prize across the entire SXSW Pitch competition — AI-assisted 3D animation.

2023PentoPix
SXSW Pitch

Best in Entertainment, Media & Content

SXSW Pitch category winner for generative AI filmmaking.

2024PentoPix
TechCrunch Disrupt

Startup Battlefield 200

Among the world's top 200 startups — TechCrunch Disrupt, San Francisco.

2018Snaptivity

The One Show — Golden Pencil

Honoured for UX / UI & cross-channel craft at The One Show.

2018Snaptivity

Clio Sports — Silver

Recognised for innovation in sports at the Clio Sports Awards.

2023PentoPix
Stuttgart ITFS

Best Innovative Business Model in Animation

Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS).

2015Amit Pate
British Indian Awards

Young Achiever of the Year

British Indian Awards — a personal honour for the founder, as CEO.

Orio
Innovate UK

Innovate UK — Funded Innovator

UKRI grant backing frontier generative-AI R&D.

Snaptivity
Creative England

Creative England — Tech in Sports

Backed for pioneering creative technology in sport.

Orio
Dubai Future Foundation

Dubai Future Foundation

Selected as a future-shaping innovator in generative technology.

2018Snaptivity

Best Use of Experimental Technology

Campaign Creative Tech Awards.

Orio
SSIFF

SSIFF — Startup Challenge

Recognised at the San Sebastián festival startup challenge.

Snaptivity

Nokia Open Innovation — Winner

Won Nokia's global open innovation challenge.

Snaptivity

Ideas Britain — InSport, 1st Place

First place in the InSport innovation competition.

Snaptivity

Facebook Start — Winner

Selected for Meta's global FbStart programme for standout startups.

2024PentoPix
Young Horizons

Young Horizons — Speaker

On human-centric AI in film & series at the global kids-media summit.

2017Snaptivity

MSDUK Innovation Challenge — Winner

Won the inaugural MSDUK innovation challenge.

Amit Pate

Top 5 SportsTech Startup

Ranked among the world's leading sports-tech startups — Sportel Monaco.

PentoPix

Techstars — Backed

Selected and backed by the global Techstars accelerator network.

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In the press

Writing · Substack
Essays on AI, creativity & building things →
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On stage

SXSW
Austin — Pitch winner & panel
TechCrunch Disrupt
San Francisco — Battlefield 200
Marché du Film
Cannes — exhibitor
Young Horizons
Human-centric AI in film
ITFS Stuttgart
AI in animation panel
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Speaking, mentoring, or building hands-on — choose what you need and send a short note. It lands straight in my inbox.

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Speaker / Podcast
Keynotes, panels and podcast guest spots on generative AI in games, film and media.
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Mentor
1:1 guidance for founders building in AI, creative tech and 0→1 products.
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