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AI Animation Firm Cartwheel Emerges From Beta; Pixar Alums In Exec Ranks, Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo Among Backers
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Exclusive: AI firm Cartwheel has emerged from closed beta, promising to help make the 3D animation process smoother and accessible to a wider range of creative workers.

The company was co-founded by Jonathan Jarvis and Andrew Carr. Jarvis, who is CEO, spent nearly seven years at Google and also runs animation and gaming studio Universal Patterns. Carr, who is Chief Scientist, interned at Google and later worked at OpenAI.

Staffers at the company include Pixar alums Catherine Hicks and Neil Helm, along with veterans of Riot Games and Sony’s Spiderverse franchise.

Along with its emergence from beta, the company revealed $10 million in new funding led by David Sacks’ Vc firm Craft Ventures, bringing its total funding to $15.6 million. Participants in the latest funding round include existing investors like Katzenberg’s WndrCo, Ben Feder’s Tirta, Accel, Khosla Ventures, Human Ventures and established AI firm Runway.

Cartwheel focuses on 3D animation,...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 5/20/2025
  • by Dade Hayes
  • Deadline Film + TV

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