Archive · 1 Sep 2025
AI Company Creates Mahabharat Episode, Replacing Film Crew
Imagine a company made a short movie episode of the Mahabharat using computers instead of hundreds of people!
Augmentables, led by a young founder, used special AI to make the episode.
Instead of a huge film crew, they only needed five experts to give the AI instructions.
The company has already made lots of videos and earned a lot of money.
This shows that AI can make videos cheaper and faster.
However, it raises questions about whether people will like AI movies and what happens to the jobs of people who usually work on these movies.
Augmentables produced a Mahabharat episode entirely with AI, using five prompt engineers.
The company was founded in 2023 by 21-year-old Vyan Gandhi.
Augmentables' initial focus was on AR/VR before shifting to AI content production.
The AI-generated approach reduces costs compared to traditional filmmaking.
The company generates 200-300 minutes of AI animation monthly, serving US and European clients.
- Who
- Augmentables, founded by Vyan Gandhi
- What
- Created a 15-minute Mahabharat episode using AI, replacing a traditional film crew.
- When
- Production completed recently, founded in 2023.
- Where
- Mumbai, India.
- Why
- To leverage AI for cost-effective video content production.
- Company
- Augmentables
- Founder
- Vyan Gandhi
- Episode Length
- 15 minutes
- Revenue (7 months)
- 1.5 crore rupees
- AI Staff
- 5 prompt engineers