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Collage Launches to Connect AI Studios With Hollywood
Dante DeSario and Michael Lambert have launched Collage, a management firm for emerging AI studios.
DeSario, a former talent agent, began building relationships with AI filmmakers after seeking early access to OpenAI’s Sora video tool.
Collage aims to connect AI studios with traditional Hollywood companies, at a time when studios are embracing AI but many creative workers oppose it.
Its clients include Asteria, DEFECT, Matriarch and Secret Level.
The firm will help match studios with suitable technology and advise on whether to use AI, a mix of methods or more traditional production for each scene.
Collage has closed a seed funding round and plans to offer business, technical and operational support, as well as access to investors.
It also plans to selectively invest in companies in its network, while helping their creative teams focus on their work.
Collage, a management firm for emerging AI studios, launched this week.
The firm was founded by former UTA agent Dante DeSario and veteran media investor Michael Lambert.
It aims to connect AI studios with traditional Hollywood companies and provide business, technical and operational support.
Its clients include Asteria, DEFECT, Matriarch and Secret Level.
Collage has closed a seed funding round and plans to selectively invest in companies in its network.
- Who
- Collage, founded by Dante DeSario and Michael Lambert.
- What
- A management firm connecting emerging AI studios with Hollywood and supporting their growth.
- When
- It launched this week; the article was published on October 22, 2026.
- Where
- Hollywood; no specific launch location is stated.
- Why
- Traditional studios need a way to connect with trusted AI companies, while AI studios need help with business development, operations, technology relationships and capital.
Hollywood studios
Creative community opposed to AI
Use of AI
Hollywood studios
Studios are more publicly embracing AI, according to the article.
Creative community opposed to AI
A large contingent of the creative community stands opposed to the technology.
OpenAI launched its Sora video model, and DeSario sought access to it.
DeSario spoke with traditional Hollywood players about AI and its uses.
DeSario and Michael Lambert launched Collage.
- Founders
- Dante DeSario and Michael Lambert
- Client studios
- Asteria, DEFECT, Matriarch and Secret Level
- Funding
- Seed funding round closed
- Sora launch
- Early 2024
- Article publication
- October 22, 2026
What people are saying
My hope is to be truly the bridge between Hollywood legacy media as it exists and these new types of artists and companies
We want to continue to have these artists focus on what they do best, while letting Collage help alleviate the non-creative burden of running and growing a business
the savior of our business
Fundamentally, it’s a creative amplifier