Powering the future of stories and play

We work with IP owners and studios to bring new ideas and established worlds to life through animation, games and interactive experiences. Experienced creators lead every production, powered by our own AI production platform.

Commissioned by

  • Netflix
  • Hasbro

Fans want more of your world. Most of it never gets made.

The spin-off, the game, the music video, the special. Fans would watch all of it. Traditional production lets you afford one.

Mabel lets you make all of it.

How we work

Striking shots are easy. Finished productions are what we do.

Delivering a finished production with the quality and creative control your IP needs takes more than AI alone. Mabel combines experienced creators with our own AI production platform to make video and games faster and more cost-effectively.

What AI tools alone don’t give you

  • Finished output

    A striking shot isn’t an episode. We carry every shot through to a production-ready episode or game.

  • Creative taste

    Writers, directors and producers from Sesame Street, LEGO and Netflix make the calls: what’s on-brand, what’s working, what’s ready.

  • Creative control

    Your characters, style rules and approvals run through every step, and nothing ships without your sign-off.

What that makes possible

  • Try it before you bet on it

    Test a look, a tone or a whole story on screen in weeks, then decide with a finished scene in front of you instead of a deck.

  • Take your world somewhere new

    The series becomes a game. The game gets a music video. Same characters, same style, new places for fans to find them.

  • Greenlight the ones you shelved

    Ideas that used to lose on budget can finally go into production.

Results

Finished productions. Measurable gains.

Animation

One test led to a 42-episode Play-Doh commission.

Hasbro asked for a 90-second animation test. The test led to a 42-episode Play-Doh commission, replacing a traditional production that had already been greenlit.

  • 42episodes commissioned from one test
  • 67%saving in animation labour hours per finished minute

Animation labour only: this is not a reduction in total production time. Traditional figures are illustrative, scope-based estimates, not an industry average.

Games

Faster, more cost-effective production.

A small Mabel team built a playable beta for a leading streamer in 5 weeks, against a traditional timeline of approximately five months. The streamer has since asked for more games.

  • ~75%saving versus a traditional budget
  • 5weeks to beta
  • ~4×faster to beta

$50K project price versus a ~$200K estimated traditional budget, for comparable work through beta.

Based on a $50K project price versus a ~$200K estimated traditional budget for comparable work through beta. Excludes post-beta optimisation and additional scope.

One world. Every way to meet it.

  • Series and long-form

    Episodes, spin-offs and specials built around your characters, from first script to final frame.

  • Short-form and music

    Music videos, trailers and bite-size series for YouTube, streaming and social.

  • Games and interactive

    Games built from the same characters and sets as your episodes, so the world fans play in is the one they watch.

  • One world, every format

    Characters, style and story carry from episode to game, so fans meet the same world wherever they find it.

Hand us the whole thing, or pull up a chair.

Hand us the brief, or work alongside our team. Either way, your creative input and approval run throughout. Soon you can also build your own production capability on our platform.

Co-production

Create with us.

Our experienced creators use Mabel’s AI production platform to take your brief through to finished video or games. We can lead production or work alongside your team, with your creative input and approval throughout.

Platform

Request access

Build your own production capability.

We’re opening the same AI production platform our studio uses to customer and studio teams, with supported onboarding. Start by creating alongside us, then develop the skills to produce more independently.

Every project makes the next one easier.

Characters, assets and approvals from each production live on the Mabel platform, so the second season, the game and the special all start from what’s already built.

It starts with a production test.

  1. Step 1: Production test

    Tell us what you’d love to see. We make a short piece with your characters, in your style. You judge it like you’d judge anyone’s.

  2. Step 2: First project

    You set the vision and we produce: one format or a mix, from short-form and series to games.

  3. Step 3: Ongoing production

    We become the studio you call first, on a steady cadence, on our own or alongside your team.

  4. Step 4: Extra capacity

    In development

    A network of trusted partner studios working on the Mabel platform, with the same quality and the same care for your IP.

Studios and independent creators: partner with us.

Our production platform

Meet the Mabel platform.

The software our own studio runs on, and how our team keeps your characters on-model from first sketch to final delivery. Leading tools for images, animation, video and games sit in one workspace, with every shot tied to your characters, your style rules and your approvals. Request access and we’ll onboard your team with support.

How the Mabel platform works: leading AI tools for image, animation, video, game code plug into one workspace. Work moves from concept, to designs and assets, to storyboards, then intoanimation and video and game design and build, with an approval at every stage.Your characters, Style rules, Shared assets, Approvals are shared across every step.
  • Leading tools, one workspace

    Image, animation, video and game-building models side by side. When better models arrive, your workflow gets them without starting over.

  • Built to keep your characters on-model

    Characters, references and style rules travel with your tools and shots, from first sketch to final delivery.

  • Built for the whole team

    Writers, artists, animators, game designers and brand reviewers work in one place. One set of assets, one set of approvals, every discipline looking at the same thing.

  • Guided by agents, led by people

    Built-in agents help at every step, from brainstorm to delivery. Your creatives make the calls; the agents do the legwork.

Your IP stays yours.

We care about the characters and worlds audiences love, past, present and future.

  • Your IP stays yours

    Rights to the finished work are agreed before production.

  • Clear data handling

    We agree how your assets and references will be handled.

  • Human creative control

    Experienced creators lead the work, with your review and approval at agreed stages.

You’re in creative hands.

Mabel is led by Emmy Award-winning writers and producers who’ve created characters for Sesame Street, LEGO and Netflix, alongside the operators who built and scaled RedMart, acquired by Alibaba.

Founders

  • Roger Egan

    Co-founder and CEO

    Co-founded and led RedMart, acquired by Alibaba. Leads Mabel’s strategy and commercial work.

  • Julie & Scott Stewart

    Co-founders and Chief Creative Officers

    Emmy Award-winning writers and producers, and creators of beloved children’s IP.

  • Ritesh Angural

    Co-founder and Chief Product Officer

    Leads the Mabel platform roadmap, after building consumer products at RedMart and Carousell.

  • Sally Doherty

    Co-founder, People and Operations

    Builds high-performing teams and cultures at scale.

  • Danny Limanseta

    Co-founder, Design and Game Creation

    Designer and game creator with deep experience in children’s UX.

Operating team

  • Jane Lee

    Executive Producer

    Production experience at Netflix and Sesame Street.

  • Emmanuel Seynaeve

    VP Engineering

    Engineering leader for AI animation and games.

  • Musa Roshdy

    Head of Marketplace Operations

Advisors

  • Lance Priebe

    Advisor, Game Design

    Founder of Hyper Hippo, RocketSnail, Club Penguin and OOMM Board Games.

  • Dan Wang

    Advisor, Art Direction

    15+ years in animation and interactive, specializing in content and visual development. Oktobor Animation.

  • Stella Penso Lancaster

    Advisor, Pricing and Monetization

    Operator and advisor at NED. Previously Careem, Freenow and Skyscanner. Founder of Airvi.

  • Manuel Bronstein

    Advisor, Product

    Former Chief Product Officer at Roblox. Previously VP of Product at Google, leading Google Assistant, and at YouTube.

What IP owners ask us first

Is Mabel only for children’s content?

No. We work with IP owners and studios on stories and games for every audience. Our founders’ roots in family entertainment are a strength, not a limit.

What is the production test?

A short test with your characters, in your style, made by our team, so you can judge the quality before you commit to a full production.

Can you match our existing style?

Yes. That’s what the production test is for. We work from your style guides and references, and you judge the result before committing.

Can you work alongside our studio?

Yes. In co-production we can lead the production or work alongside your in-house team or production partner, with our producers and the Mabel platform. Your team keeps its creative input and approval throughout. If you don’t have a team, our studio can handle everything.

Does Mabel replace our creatives?

No. When we co-produce, your creatives lead and ours join them. Our software takes the repetitive work off everyone’s desk so the people who know your world can spend their time on it.

Who owns my IP and the finished work?

You retain ownership of your IP. Rights to the finished work are agreed with you before production.

Is our IP used to train AI models?

We agree how your assets and references will be handled, including any use with AI models, before production starts.

Can our team use the Mabel platform directly?

We’re preparing direct access for customer and studio teams, with supported onboarding. Request access; we can also discuss building your team’s capability through a co-production.

For studios and independent creators

Partner with us.

We’re inviting studios and independent creators to work with us on the Mabel platform, with the same quality and the same care for the characters we’re trusted with. Tell us about your work and we’ll be in touch.

Where will your characters go next?

Let’s make something.

Leave your details and we’ll get in touch about a production test.

Or:Request platform accessPartner with us