Lucihub, a Las Vegas-based artificial intelligence-powered video production platform and mobile app, was founded with one goal in mind: It's about delivering high-quality, professionally edited video within hours to consumers who typically pay tens of thousands of dollars. In the case of video production, where production often takes so long that the content becomes meaningless.
The 18-month-old company now has just over 20 employees worldwide and was recently accepted into nonprofit business incubator StartUpNV's accelerator program, giving Lucihub a wealth of resources to advance its products. and access to funds.
“We are just getting started,” says Lucihub CEO Amer Tadayon. “What I want is for our platform to become the de facto standard for filming and distributing professional phone content. That's where I want to go with this piece, so I'd like to think there are no limits.” It is.”
Tadayon said Lucihub is all about rapid video production. Customers will be able to shoot content, perhaps even on their smartphones, and send it to Lucihub for a professionally edited final product within up to 24 hours, sometimes even faster.
Tadayon said that while social media has created a huge market for video content, its shelf life is also decreasing. That is, time-consuming and expensive commercials, which previously existed for almost a year, now lose their relevance in a matter of days.
“We said: Is there a way to democratize professional video production so that any brand team can do it themselves?” he said. “And that's exactly the idea behind Lucihub.”
Tadayon said the company, which started in the wedding video industry and has since expanded into corporate communications and other companies, is a global business, with many of its employees working remotely outside of Nevada as well as outside of North America. He is said to be working at
What's more, Lucihub has AI “in its DNA,” Tadayon says. The platform's AI-powered assistant, Creative Director Butterfly, helps consumers create scripts, storyboards, press releases, blog posts, and more.
Butterfly is an assistant, and while this tool requires human input and intelligence to reach the final stage, it means it can help users complete tasks more efficiently and accelerate their overall business. he emphasized.
Lucihub's core value is “AI for Good,” which has so far proven to consistently take the company from “nothing” to “something” quickly, Tadayon said. Told.
Lucihub will now grow with the support of StartUpNV's pre-seed venture capital fund, FundNV, and a capital match from the Nevada Small Business Credit Initiative, which provides investment matches of up to $500,000 to startups, according to a news release. It's planned.
Jeff Sailing, co-founder and executive director of StartUpNV, said the organization is committed to supporting Nevada-based companies like Lucihub that are solving important market problems. Ta.
“We thought this was a very interesting, scalable idea and a very large market with founders who were passionate about it and had a vision,” Sailing said.
Local support is “essential” to building a startup ecosystem in Las Vegas, Sailing said. And like many startup hubs across the country, Las Vegas has an atmosphere of creativity that fosters an entrepreneurial spirit.
“If you think about entrepreneurs who are building a business, it's just like any other artist, they're creating something out of nothing,” he said. “You have an idea and you create something, whether it's a painting, a sculpture, music, a startup. So this is a very consistent type of behavior. And That’s very possible here in Las Vegas.”
Tadayon said in the past, he would have had to look outside of Nevada for resources and capital to build LuciHub. But with opportunities like the one offered by StartUpNV, that doesn't have to be the case.
Sailing added that the city also has an attractive lifestyle for entrepreneurs, pointing to easy commuting, affordable living and a growing venture capital community. This is an attractive option compared to other perhaps more established technology hubs, such as California's Silicon Valley or Austin, Texas.
“We are at the beginning of something great,” Sailing said. “We have everything we need. It's not as mature here as other places. It's not the same and we don't want it to be. We want it to be our version. …There's no need to copy what others have done.”
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This story was published in Las Vegas Weekly.
