2026 年 11 月 2 日，被美国权威媒体《综艺》（Variety）评价为"全球最大独立 AI 原生影视公司"的 Utopai Studios 宣布前迪士尼 AI 高管 Hans Ku 正式加盟，出任首席产品官，向联合创始人兼首席执行官 Cecilia Shen 汇报。他将统筹产品、工程、研究及业务拓展，推动技术能力规模化应用，将其在娱乐科技与产品创新领域的丰富经验，与 Utopai Studios 的自研技术和影视制作体系相结合，带领团队与电影人共同打磨长篇影视叙事引擎 PAI ，加速 PAI 在原创影视项目与行业合作中的规模化应用。
一位深耕娱乐科技逾二十年的高管，为什么选择一家成立仅四年的 AI 原生影视公司？源自 Utopai Studios 不断壮大的创作阵容、加速推进的原创片单与扎根制作现场的技术实力所展现出的强大吸引力。从奥斯卡提名演员安东尼奥·班德拉斯主演的《科尔特斯》，到多位好莱坞动画创作者共同打造的《最严肃的屁》，Utopai Studios 正将顶尖创作资源与自研技术凝聚为持续推进的影视作品。Hans Ku 的加入，将与 Utopai Studios 现有的创作与技术力量形成合力，赋予创作者们新的可能——借助 AI 加速迭代、探索更多创意表达，并以更强的掌控力将复杂的创意呈现于银幕。
从迪士尼到 Utopai Studios，他带来的不只是履历
Hans Ku 的职业轨迹，始终与创作方式的演进紧密相连。Hans Ku 此前担任华特迪士尼公司技术赋能办公室 AI 与工程副总裁，带领团队从 AI 辅助工程和生产力工具，拓展至生成式内容与模型战略，以及 AI 原生制作流程研究。同时，他在迪士尼与 OpenAI 围绕 Sora 开展的重要合作中发挥关键作用，衔接 OpenAI 的研究、产品团队与迪士尼各业务部门，推动生成式视频技术适配专业内容创作与商业落地需求。这段任职经历，让他在前沿 AI 技术和大型娱乐公司的创作体系之间，积累了宝贵的跨方协作经验。
Hans Ku 与 OpenAI 相关的产品实践，还可追溯至他担任 Tubi 产品高级副总裁期间。他曾带领团队落地流媒体平台较早一批和 OpenAI 的合作项目；Tubi 在 2023 年上线基于 GPT-4 的 Rabbit AI 内容发现功能，支持用户用自然语言检索影视内容。从赋能观众内容发现，到探索生成式视频服务影视创作，Hans Ku 持续推动 AI 转化为可落地的产品体验。他还联合创立 AI 原生影视初创公司 Scenely，探索从故事构思到影像成片的一体化路径。
将技术突破转化为艺术家手中的创作能力，是 Hans Ku 过往建树的一条鲜明主线。早在华特迪士尼长篇动画工作室，Hans Ku 就参与了无纸化绘画与动画系统 Creation Station 的开发，帮助传统动画艺术家转向数字化创作。在梦工厂动画期间，他与惠普合作推出专业色彩显示器 DreamColor，该产品获得美国电影艺术与科学学院颁发的科学与工程奖。从绘画工具、色彩标准，到 AI 驱动的制片流程，他的技术与产品落地始终围绕创作者的真实需求。
在视频平台与数字消费产品领域，Hans Ku 也拥有深厚的产品管理经验。他曾在 Instagram 负责 Instagram 官网、设计系统、移动端体验及新兴交互界面相关团队；担任 Flipagram 首席产品官时，在该平台被字节跳动收购后，参与推动其向 TikTok 迭代；他联合创立的移动视频创作公司 Ptch 被雅虎收购后，他负责 Yahoo Video 业务，并主导推出 Yahoo Live。横跨专业创作工具、短视频平台与 C 端用户体验的经历，让他能够同时站在创作者和观众两端思考产品价值。Hans Ku 拥有加州大学洛杉矶分校化学工程与生物工程理学学士学位、南加州大学马歇尔商学院 MBA，也是多项专利的署名发明人。
此番加入 Utopai Studios，在娱乐、科技和内容创作领域拥有超过 20 年经验的 Hans Ku 将把这些经验带入电影制作现场。他领导的产品、工程、研究及业务拓展团队，将直接与电影人、影视公司和制作公司并肩工作，在正在推进的项目中共同开发、打磨 PAI，并将其融入专业制作流程。Hans Ku 表示：“Utopai Studios 的独特机会，在于影视制作与技术研发能够同步成长。我们可以把真实制作中的经验直接转化为更好的产品和工作流程，再将这些能力带给世界各地的电影人和影视公司。我将与电影人共同打造 PAI，让他们拥有更好的工具去探索创意、打磨作品，将创作愿景搬上银幕，同时始终把创作决定权留在电影人手中。”
这也凸显了 Utopai Studios 在电影制作上的核心优势与重点布局：将原创项目、专业电影人和技术研发汇聚于同一体系，让产品开发始终围绕真实创作需求展开。随着影视片单与全球合作持续扩展，Hans Ku 将统筹 PAI 在 AI 模型、智能体系统、制作流程和协作工具上的发展，并推进企业级部署及影视公司合作，把制作现场沉淀的经验转化为可在更多项目中应用的能力，赋能影视制作规模化发展。
“我们正在为新时代的娱乐产业打造一家全球化影视公司，Hans 将在推动相关技术和基础设施规模化发展方面发挥核心作用。”Cecilia Shen 在此次任命中表示。
为什么这些创作者，开始出现在同一张片单上？
Hans Ku 的到来，延续了 Utopai Studios 在人才与内容两端的布局。技术团队中，首席科学官 Zijian He 此前领导 Meta 超级智能实验室的媒体生成基础模型团队，并参与领导 Meta Movie Gen 等生成式 AI 项目；影视业务方面，Utopai Studios APAC 总裁 Hyun Park 拥有 CJ ENM 旗下 Studio Dragon、华纳兄弟韩国及 DramaFever 等机构的管理经验。研究、产品、制作与全球业务，由不同背景的专业人士共同推进。
与此同时，Utopai Studios 也通过具体项目，与演员、编剧、导演及艺术家建立合作。历史史诗《科尔特斯》（Cortés）由奥斯卡提名演员安东尼奥·班德拉斯主演，剧本由奥斯卡提名编剧 Nicholas Kazan 执笔；《半月》（Half Moon）由柏林银熊奖导演 Hyo-joo Yang 执导，将跨文化家庭的情感故事带入片单。技术所支持的内容，既有宏大的历史题材，也有细腻的人物关系。
其中，最能看出 Utopai Studios 内容野心的作品之一，是计划于 2027 年上映的家庭动画长片《最严肃的屁》（The Most Serious Fart）。一个听起来像玩笑的名字，背后却是一支认真对待故事、角色和表演的创作团队。
影片改编自 Mike Bender 与 Chuck Dillon 的畅销儿童书，Mike Bender 担任编剧、导演及制片人；《怪物史莱克》编剧 Joe Stillman 担任联合执行制片人；团队还汇聚了制片人 Russell Hollander、分镜艺术家 Andy Brooks、艺术指导 John Lee 等创作者。参与《辛普森一家》《飞出个未来》等作品的选角导演 Scott Muller，则负责影片的配音选角。原著创意、动画叙事、视觉设计与声音表演，在同一项目中汇合。
为什么要用这样的阵容，认真拍一个关于“屁”的故事？影片主角 Siegfried 拎着公文包，一心想改变同类的名声，却在旅途中逐渐学会接纳自己、建立友谊，也学会不必事事过于严肃。孩子可以看到一场荒诞而有趣的冒险，成年人也能从中读到熟悉的困惑：我们为什么害怕不完美？又要如何与真实的自己相处？
这正体现了 Utopai Studios 选择内容的标准：鲜明的角色、能够跨越文化的情感，以及值得继续讲下去的世界。《最严肃的屁》既是一部正在制作的动画长片，也承载着 Utopai Studios 培育长期原创 IP 的计划。艺术家主导原画与创意，AI 在他们的指导下支持制作迭代，最终决定一部电影是否打动观众的，依然是故事与人的表达。
榜单第一之后，让电影制作能力继续领跑
人才与片单之外，Utopai Studios 还有一套围绕电影需求构建的技术体系：自研制片智能系统 PAI，以及基于 MiniMax H3 定制的视频生成模型 Utopai X。
10 月底，Utopai X 在独立评测机构 Artificial Analysis 的无音频图生视频排行榜中击败多个风头正劲的大模型、登顶全球第一，并且以 1155(±19) Elo 评分大幅度领跑榜单；此前，该模型已在该机构 9 月底发布的全球文生视频排行榜中首次亮相即位列全球第二。两个榜单均采用盲评方式，通过观众对生成结果的偏好评价进行排名，成绩对应当时的评测快照，并随模型更新和投票变化。这也是该榜单采用盲评机制以来，首次有影视公司定制的模型取得这一成绩。
院线长片对技术的要求，贯穿每一个镜头与每一次创作调整：角色跨越数百个镜头的一致性、摄像机运动中的空间连贯性，以及导演修改意图的精准落地，共同构成专业影视制作的高标准。Utopai Studios 正以这些标准牵引技术研发，将视频生成能力深入推进到长篇影视制作的核心环节。
围绕这一目标，Utopai Studios 构建了 Utopai X 与 PAI 协同运作的技术体系。Utopai X 聚焦光线与反射、空间理解、画面一致性等关键能力，为电影级视觉表达提供有力支撑；PAI 则将剧本拆解为场景与镜头，持续关联角色、场景、道具等项目信息，借助智能体辅助镜头规划与多版本生成，并衔接 Premiere、DaVinci Resolve 等专业后期工具。从画面生成到镜头组织，再到创作迭代与后期协作，Utopai Studios 将技术能力融入完整制作流程，让电影人以更强的掌控力实现创作构想。这种紧扣电影需求、贯穿制作环节的研发路径，正是 Utopai Studios 技术实力与差异化竞争力的重要体现。
更重要的是，这套体系就在真实项目中成长，作品制作过程中的需求，会直接反馈给产品与研发团队；工具改进后，再回到艺术家的工作台，角色设计、环境构建、镜头衔接和创意修改中的具体难题，成为下一轮技术优化的依据。Hans Ku 的加入，将进一步推动这种紧贴制作现场的产品开发，让技术成果服务于更大规模的影视业务。
全球合作版图不断延伸
2026 年 10 月，Cecilia Shen 在戛纳电视节 MIPCOM 开幕日发表主题演讲，与 CJ ENM Studios 内容 CEO Ken Oh 同台讨论 AI 与影视制作。在这一全球内容交易舞台上，Utopai Studios 展示的方向，是如何让新技术进入专业制作，并让更多故事获得被拍出来的机会。
Utopai Studios 与 CJ ENM Studios 正围绕 AI 工作流及韩国内容制作推进合作，将 PAI 引入剧集制作管线。在日本，Utopai Studios 与 DeNA 合作，将 PAI 融入 AI 辅助动画的实验性制作流程。在中国，Utopai Studios 与华策影视共同开发动画剧集《西游记：消失的 500 年》，围绕中国经典故事探索面向全球观众的动画内容。
不同市场的合作，带来了不同的制作要求：韩国剧集、日本动画、中国神话 IP，各自拥有鲜明的审美、叙事传统与产业流程。Utopai Studios 正在通过这些项目拓展技术的应用范围，也积累与不同创作团队共同工作的经验。
与此同时，Utopai Studios 的合作版图还延伸至体育娱乐，获得了 NBA 名人堂成员卡梅隆·安东尼通过旗下 Creative 7 投资并成为其战略合作伙伴，共同探索运动员故事与原创娱乐 IP；还与詹姆斯·哈登合作动画短片。
十亿美元之后，下一份答卷在银幕上
Utopai Studios 在人才、作品、技术与产业合作上的持续积累，正赢得资本市场的关注与支持。据 The Information 于 2026 年 10 月报道，Utopai Studios 完成 6000 万美元融资，估值达到 10 亿美元，跻身独角兽行列。成立仅四年，Utopai Studios 已将对 AI 原生影视的构想，推进为汇聚专业人才、原创内容与自研技术的全球影视事业，展现出强劲的发展势头。
今年 5 月，Utopai Studios 联合创始人兼首席执行官 Cecilia Shen 登上《福布斯》数字封面，其将 AI 技术带入长篇影视制作、打造十亿美元影视公司的雄心受到关注。从创始人的愿景，到日益壮大的团队与持续丰富的片单，Utopai Studios 正以一项项具体进展，让新一代影视公司的轮廓愈发鲜明。
顶尖人才持续汇聚，原创片单加速推进，自研技术深入制作，全球合作版图不断延伸——Utopai Studios 正将这些优势凝聚为面向未来的影视竞争力。站上十亿美元估值的新起点，公司的雄心已从一部作品延伸至一代制作体系，从一个市场拓展至全球银幕。随着更多原创故事走向世界，Utopai Studios 将在新一代娱乐产业中打开更广阔的增长空间，书写属于 AI 原生影视公司的新篇章。
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On 2 November 2026, Utopai Studios, evaluated by the United States authoritative media Variety as "the world's largest independent AI original film and film company", announced the formal association of former Disney AI Executive Hans Ku as Chief Product Officer, reporting to the co-founder and CEO, Cecilia Shen. He will combine product, engineering, research and business expansion, promote the scaling-up of technological capabilities, integrate their vast experience in the field of entertainment technology and product innovation, and integrate with the Utopai Studios system of self-study technology and video production, lead teams and filmmakers to sharpen the PAI, a long film and narrative engine, and accelerate PAI ' s scale-up application in original projects and industry cooperation.
A top executive of deep-tilled entertainment technology for over 20 years, why did he choose to form an AI Native Film and Film Company for only four years? The strong attractions of the growing creative formations of Utopai Studios, the accelerated advance of original original film sheets and the technological power of the roots of the production sites. From Oscar's nomination of actor Antonio Bandras, Cortez, to Hollywood Animator's Most Serious Fart, Utopai Studios is bringing top creative resources and self-study techniques together into a continuous video. Hans Ku's addition will bring together Utopai Studios' existing creative and technological power, giving creators new possibilities - to accelerate it, to explore more creative expression through AI, and to put complex ideas on screen with greater control.
From Disney to Utopai Studios, he brought more than a résumé.
Hans Ku's career trajectory has always been closely linked to the evolution of creative ways. Hans Ku, formerly Vice-President of the Walter Disney Technology Enabling Office AI and Engineering, led the team from the AI Auxiliary Engineering and Productivity Tool to the Generating Content and Model Strategy and the AI Primary Production Process Study. At the same time, he played a key role in the important collaboration between Disney and Open AI around Sora, linking Open AI ' s research, product teams and Disney ' s business units to promote the adaptation of generated video technology to professional content creation and commercial landing needs. This experience has allowed him to accumulate valuable experience of cross-cutting collaboration between the creative systems of front-line AI technology and large entertainment companies.
Hans Ku ' s product practices related to Open AI can also be traced back to his tenure as Senior Vice President of Tubi Products. He led the team to a group of earlier collaborative projects with Open AI; Tubi found on line in 2023 a content-based Rabit AI based on GPT-4, supporting users to retrieve video content in natural languages. From enabling audience content to exploring the creation of creative video services, Hans Ku continues to drive AI into a ready-to-land product experience. He also co-founded the AI Original Film and Film Corporation, Scenely, to explore an integrated path from story design to image.
Turning technological breakthroughs into creative abilities in the hands of artists is a clear thread that Hans Ku has built in the past. Back in Walter Disney's long animated studio, Hans Ku was involved in the development of a paperless painting and animation system, and helped traditional animators move towards digital creation. He worked with Hewlett-Packard to launch a professional colour monitor, DreamColor, which received a science and engineering award from the American Academy of Film Arts and Science during its animation. From painting tools, colour standards, to the AI-driven production process, his technology and product have been set around the real needs of creators.
Hans Ku also has deep experience in product management in the area of video platforms and digital consumer products. He was involved in advancing the platform to TikTok after it was purchased by byte, while Instagram was responsible for Instagram’s network of officials, design systems, mobile end-end experience and the related team for the emerging interface; he was responsible for Yahoo Video business and led the launch of Yahoo Live, after his co-founded mobile video creation company, Ptch. The experience of cross-professional creative tools, the short video platform and the C-end user allowed him to think about the value of the product at both the creator and audience levels. Hans Ku, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at the University of California in Los Angeles and the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, is also the author of several patents.
In addition to Utopai Studios, Hans Ku, who has more than 20 years of experience in entertainment, technology and content creation, will bring these experiences to film production sites. His product, engineering, research and business outreach team will work directly with filmmakers, video and production companies to develop, sharpen and integrate PAI into the professional production process in the ongoing project. Hans Ku says, "The unique opportunity for Utopai Studios is to develop in tandem with technology development. We can translate the experience in real production directly into better products and workflow courses, and then bring these capabilities to filmmakers and video companies around the world. I will work with filmmakers to build PAI to equip them with better tools to explore ideas, sharpen their work, bring creative visions to the screen, and always leave creative decisions to filmmakers.”
It also highlights the core strengths and priorities of Utopai Studios in film production: bringing together original projects, professional filmmakers and technological development in the same system, so that product development always revolves around real creative needs. As the film sheet continues to expand in partnership with the global community, Hans Ku will integrate the development of PAI on the AI model, the AI agent system, production processes and collaborative tools, and will promote enterprise-level deployment and collaboration with video companies to translate the experience of producing on-site sedimentation into capabilities that can be applied in more projects, enabling the scaling up of video production.
“We are creating a global video company for the entertainment industry of the new era, and Hans will play a central role in promoting the scaling up of relevant technologies and infrastructure.” Cecelia Shen said in this appointment.
Why are these creators starting to appear on the same list?
Hans Ku's arrival continues the layout of Utopai Studios at both the talent and content ends. Among the technical teams, Chief Scientific Officer Zijian He has previously led the Media Generation Basic Modeling Team at Meta SuperIntelligence Laboratories and has been involved in leading the Meta Movie Gen Generation AI project; with respect to video operations, Utopai Studios AAPAC President Hyun Park has management experience in CJ ENM institutions such as Stadio Dragon, Warner Brothers Korea and DramaFever. Research, products, production and global operations are promoted by professionals from different backgrounds.
At the same time, Utopai Studios has established cooperation with actors, writers, directors and artists through specific projects. The epic of history, Cortés, is performed by Oscar-nominated actor Antonio Bandras, written by Oscar-nominated author Nicholas Kazan; and Half Month, Half Moon, directed by the Berlin Silver Bear Award Director, Hyo-joo Yang, brings emotional stories of cross-cultural families to the table. Technically supported content includes both ambitious historical issues and delicate personality relationships.
One of the most visible works of Utopai Studios' content is an animated family picture, The Most Serious Fart, planned to be released in 2027. A name that sounds like a joke, followed by a creative team that takes stories, roles and performances seriously.
The film was adapted from Mike Bender and Chuck Dillon's best-selling children's book, and Mike Bender was the author, director and producer; Joe Stillman, writer of Monster Shrek, was the co-author; the team also brought together the producers Russell Hollander, the artist storyboard and Andy Brooks, the art director and John Lee. Mr. Scott Muller, a campaign director for the Simpson family, flew out of the future, etc., was in charge of the voiceover campaign. Original ideas, animated narratives, visual designs and sound performances are brought together in the same project.
Why do you want to be serious about a story about the farts? The film star Siegfried, who was carrying a briefcase and trying to change his reputation, learned to embrace himself, build friendships and learn not to take things too seriously. Children can see a ridiculous and interesting adventure, and adults can read from it to familiar confusion: why are we afraid of imperfections? How do you get along with yourself?
This reflects the Utopai Studios selection criteria: a clear role, an emotion that transcends culture, and a world that deserves to continue. "Most Serious Farts" is both an animated film that is being produced and a project by Utopai Studios to nurture long-term original IP. Artists dominate the original painting and creativity, and AI, under their guidance, supports the production of iteratives, and ultimately decides whether a film moves the audience remains a story and a human expression.
After first on the list, let the film maker continue to lead.
In addition to the talent and film sheets, Utopai Studios has a technology system built around film demand: the self-developed smart system PAI, and the video generation model Utopai X based on Mini Max H3.
At the end of October, Utopai X beat several aggressive LLMs to top the top of the LLM 13Z ranking of the independent evaluation body Artificial Analysis, and received a large run on the 1155(±19) Elo rating; the model had previously been ranked second on the agency ' s global text-to-video ranking at the end of September. Both lists are based on a blind rating, ranking the results through the viewer ' s preference evaluation, a snapshot of what is expected to be achieved and updated and changed with the model. This was also the first time that the list had been achieved by a model customized by a video company since the introduction of the blind rating mechanism.
The technical requirements of the long film run run through each of the shots and each of the creative adjustments: the consistency of roles across hundreds of shots, spatial consistency in the camera movement, and the precision of the director ' s modification of intent together constitute high standards of professional video production. Utopai Studios is developing these standard-trailing techniques to take video generation deep into the core of long video production.
With this goal in mind, Utopai Studios built the Utopai X system that works in partnership with PAI. The Utopai X focus light and key capabilities such as reflection, spatial understanding and image consistency provide strong support for film-level visual expression; the PAI decomposes the script into scenes and shot, continuously associated with project information such as roles, scenes, props, etc., supported by shot planning and multi-versions with the help of AI agent and linked to specialized post-production tools such as Premiere, Davinci Research. From the generation of images to the shot organization, to the collaboration of post-production, Utopai Studios integrates technical skills into the complete production process and allows filmmakers to achieve creative ideas with greater control. This research and development path, which is tied to the demand for films and cuts across the production chain, is an important manifestation of Utopai Studios ' technological strength and differential competitiveness.
More importantly, the system grows in real projects, and the needs of the production process feed directly to the product and the R & D team; when the tools are improved, they go back to the artists' workstations, where specific challenges in role design, environmental construction, shot interface and creative modifications form the basis for the next round of technological optimization. The addition of Hans Ku will further facilitate the development of such products in close proximity to the production site, so that technological results can serve larger video operations.
Global cooperation landscape continues to expand
In October 2026, Cecelia Shen gave a keynote address on the opening day of the Cannes TV festival MIPCOM and discussed AI and video production with CJ ENM Studios. In this global content trading arena, Utopai Studios shows how to get new technologies into professional production and more stories to be filmed.
Utopai Studios and CJ ENM Studios are working on AI workflow and Korean content production to introduce PAI into the production pipeline. In Japan, Utopai Studios worked with DeNA to integrate PAI into the AI-assisted animation experimental production process. In China, Utopai Studios, together with China, filmed and developed animated animated series " The West Traveler: 500 Years Missing ", which explores animated content for global audiences around Chinese classics.
Cooperation in different markets brings with it different production requirements: Korean dramas, Japanese animations, Chinese mythology IPs, each with distinct aesthetics, narrative traditions and industrial processes. Through these projects, Utopai Studios is expanding the application of technology and building experience in working with different creative teams.
At the same time, the Utopai Studios cooperation map was extended to sports entertainment, where Cameron Anthony, a prominent member of the NBA House of Eminent Persons, invested and became a strategic partner in exploring athletes' stories and original entertainment, IP; and animated short films in collaboration with James Harden.
After a billion dollars, the next response is on screen.
The continued accumulation of Utopai Studios in talent, works, technology and industry cooperation is gaining the attention and support of capital markets. The Information reported in October 2026 that Utopai Studios had completed $60 million in financing, valued at $1 billion, to join the unicorn. Only four years after its establishment, Utopai Studios has advanced the idea of an AI raw video to a global film industry that brings together professionals, original content and self-study technologies to show strong momentum.
In May this year, the co-founder and CEO of Utopai Studios, Cecilia Shen, on the digital cover of Forbes, drew attention to the ambition of bringing AI technology into a long video production and building a billion-dollar video company. From the vision of the founders to the growing team and the ever-expanding list, Utopai Studios is making a concrete move to sharpen the profile of a new generation of video companies.
The top talent is gathering, the original film singles are accelerating, self-study technologies are being developed, and the global cooperation map is being extended — Utopai Studios is bringing these advantages together as future-oriented visual competitiveness. On the new starting point for a billion-dollar valuation, the ambition of the company has been extended from a work to a generation production system, from a market to a global screen. As more original stories move to the world, Utopai Studios will open up a wider growth space in the new generation of entertainment industry, writing a new chapter for AI Native Video.
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