Abhinav Sanyal
Filmmaker. Engineer. Auteur.
For a decade, I engineered complex systems. Deep in the trenches of software engineering, most recently as CTO of Narrative (YC S23), I built AI agents that automated web UI testing 100%. I know how to push machines to their computational bounds.
But systems don't feel. Stories do.
My heart repeatedly called me toward narrative, toward the visceral impact of cinema. Hinton Studios is the culmination of that calling. By blending my engineering precision with a deep reverence for traditional filmmaking, I founded a production house in Bengaluru where the art of storytelling is supercharged by generative AI.
"We are not waiting for the future of cinema. We are computing it."
Why human-led direction matters in the age of generative AI.
Generative AI is a profound execution engine, but it lacks soul, intuition, and lived experience. Everyone now has access to the tools, but few possess the architectural vision to build films that resonate. At Hinton Studios, we lead with profound human intellect—crafting the script, the emotion, the pacing—while unleashing AI to execute the impossible. It’s an auteur’s vision realized at algorithmic speed.