Sherif Higazy

Founder & CEO

Sherif Higazy

About

Sherif Higazy is a 13-year veteran of the visual effects and film industry. He led the award-winning visual effects studio Thermonuclear, delivering work for world-leading studios, brands, and organizations such as Netflix, Apple, AMC, Universal, Sony, and Fortune 500s including Microsoft, LinkedIn, Spotify, and many others. He has overseen end-to-end productions across commercials, film, and emerging technology, and now focuses on bringing cinematic-quality craft to AI-native creative workflows—building blockbuster video tools, infrastructure, and evaluation systems for the AI era.

Articles by Sherif Higazy

Supreme Court Lets Stand Human Authorship Standard for Copyright
TechnologyMar 4, 2026

Supreme Court Lets Stand Human Authorship Standard for Copyright

The justices declined to hear Stephen Thaler's appeal for his Creativity Machine, cementing that only humans can hold copyrights, for now.

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The $2.5 Trillion AI Video Economy
TechnologyFeb 23, 2026

The $2.5 Trillion AI Video Economy

The industry enters its enterprise utility phase as models gain director-level control, audio becomes standard, and copyright settlements reshape the market.

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Google's Project Genie: The Promise of Interactive Worlds to Explore
TechnologyFeb 2, 2026

Google's Project Genie: The Promise of Interactive Worlds to Explore

The experimental AI prototype generates playable 3D environments from text prompts, triggering a 15% gaming stock selloff.

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Rise of the Moltbots
TechnologyFeb 2, 2026

Rise of the Moltbots

A brief glimpse into an internet dominated by synthetic AI beings.

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Indian "Fake Video" Deadline Hits Platforms
RegulationFeb 23, 2026

Indian "Fake Video" Deadline Hits Platforms

Major social media platforms face an impossible mandate to detect and label all AI-generated content starting today, with experts warning the technology simply doesn't exist.

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SAG-AFTRA Opens Contract Talks as AI Video Tools Threaten to Replace Actors
HollywoodFeb 12, 2026

SAG-AFTRA Opens Contract Talks as AI Video Tools Threaten to Replace Actors

The union begins negotiations with studios amid warnings about synthetic performers

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EU Launches AI Gigafactories to Break American Monopoly on Large-Scale Model Training
BusinessJan 24, 2026

EU Launches AI Gigafactories to Break American Monopoly on Large-Scale Model Training

A €7 billion escalation from Europe's previous AI investments marks a shift from research to production-scale infrastructure

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Google Forces AI Narration on Silent Ads Unless You Act by March 20
TechnologyMar 16, 2026

Google Forces AI Narration on Silent Ads Unless You Act by March 20

Advertisers have one week to disable automatic voice-overs before Google starts modifying Performance Max video assets

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Microsoft's GRP-Obliteration Attack Strips AI Safety With One Prompt
TechnologyFeb 23, 2026

Microsoft's GRP-Obliteration Attack Strips AI Safety With One Prompt

A single training example can reverse months of safety work across text, image, and video AI models, exposing the fragility of current alignment methods.

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Anthropic Bets Models Are Smart Enough To Reason Towards Alignment And Safety
TechnologyJan 30, 2026

Anthropic Bets Models Are Smart Enough To Reason Towards Alignment And Safety

The AI company released a vastly expanded constitution for its language model, shifting from rigid constraints to philosophical reasoning about ethics and safety.

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Hundreds of Creatives Launch "Stealing Isn't Innovation" Against AI Training
TechnologyJan 23, 2026

Hundreds of Creatives Launch "Stealing Isn't Innovation" Against AI Training

Cate Blanchett, Scarlett Johansson, and R.E.M. join approximately 800 artists demanding licensing rights.

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