Ex-Tesla Engineers Raise $18M to Turn the Real World into AI-Generated Cinematic Universes

This brings their total funding to $27 million—a milestone that will allow them to scale their operations in California and beyond.
Every visionary creation begins with a bold question. For Odyssey, a startup spearheaded by self-driving car veterans Oliver Cameron and Jeff Hawke, the question was this: What if creators could bring Hollywood-grade cinematic worlds to life with the power of generative AI? The answer lay not just in artificial intelligence but in a unique synthesis of groundbreaking technology, human exploration, and a new way of thinking about data. A Journey from Self-Driving Cars to World-Building AI Cameron and Hawke, armed with years of experience from companies like Cruise, Tesla, and Waymo, had spent their careers perfecting systems that navigated the chaos of city streets with superhuman precision. These systems relied on vast amounts of real-world data—collected by high-fidelity, multi-se
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Anshika Mathews
Anshika is the Senior Content Strategist for AIM Research. She holds a keen interest in technology and related policy-making and its impact on society. She can be reached at anshika.mathews@aimresearch.co
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