E² Phase Two: Real-World AI Integration in Creative Sectors
Pre-Proposal
Requested Budget: 28,000 LPT
Prepared by: ORIGIN STØRIES Team
Contact: .originstory / hello@originstories.live
Overview
This six-month extension of the E² – Education & Experience Focused SPE builds on the foundations laid out in the pilot. The goals remain the same, to combine education and experience with the focus of driving innovation and accelerating Livepeer adoption in the creative industries. This phase will specifically focus on high-impact, real-world pilots. By executing AI video workflows in film dubbing, real-time AI visual experiences, broadcast/streaming, and partner workshops, the SPE will expand education, showcase decentralized infrastructure in action, and support long-term ecosystem engagement. You can view our reports from the pilot here.
Motivation
Creative industries are eager to adopt AI tools but lack accessible, context-relevant workflows. Open-source infrastructure like Livepeer can help SMB and creative brands to bridge the gap between potential and practice. This proposal delivers hands-on pilots and educational resources to drive adoption and innovation. There are multiple use cases at different stages of production, providing different levels of value.
Rationale
By partnering with SMB teams and brands in Media and Entertainment, this SPE builds bridges between infrastructure and usage. It allows creative practitioners to test, adapt, and grow their own AI workflows — all while using Livepeer as the backbone for real-time and batch processing. Funds will be distributed on a project basis by the core operations team.
SPE Governance Structure
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Core Team (ORIGIN STØRIES): Responsible for project leadership and implementation, funding distribution, and reporting. Led by Sean Bradford, Sneha Gupta (Full-Stack), and Joseph Wan (UI/UX), plus specialists for AI/ML, Distribution, and regional business environments.
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Key Partners: Leading and contributing to the execution of specific use cases
- Triangle Drama and Untitled Pictures- Lipsync Dubbing for film (in pre-production, shooting starts 9 June.
- XIXI Productions - Production company leading Broadcast implementation, initial demo for Miss South Africa, entry point to live production and broadcasts in South Africa, and for global broadcast infrastructure - August
- Joe Hay, City of Adelaide - Leading presentation and pilot for UNESCO Creative Cities of Music Network.
- Jenny Bjork Leading strategic educational workshop in Stockholm alongside Nordic Music Tech
- Thijs Verhulst - Angle of Impact, supporting the ADE Experience.
- TSG Music - Leading livestreams pre-ADE and partnerships with music collectives such as The District
- Further Experimentation in the food sector with The Food Office , Olivia Secher, and others
Key Use Cases
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Lipsync-dubbing and translation (hybrid workflow) Doctor Glas (Feature Film, Sweden - Triangle Drama and Untitled Pictures
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Real-time AI, visual and LLM workflows for Broadcast - XIXI Productions - demo target is Miss South Africa (1.17 M Viewers)
*Hands-on experimentation of AI use cases using Livepeer - Workshops with Nordic Music Tech, City of Adelaide, and Partners
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Realtime Interactive Animations in Physical Venues (e.g., restaurants, events) Amsterdam Dance Event + Development with Food Office and Olivia Secher
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Projection-Based Animation via Text Prompts (music experiences) - Livestream series with TSG Music (197K Subscribers)
We will use Comfystream and existing pipelines, while also aiming to work closely with the Cloud SPE and AI SPE to ensure additional pipelines are warm and loaded for each use case.
Timeline & Deliverables
| Month | Activities & Milestones |
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| May/June | - Dubbing pipelines added, pre-production setup for feature in Sweden - Demo creation and pitching for Miss South Africa and SABC Broadcasts - Workshop with City of Adelaide + presentation for UNESCO conference - ADE Planning |
| July | - Bi-weekly livestreams with TSG Music leading up to ADE begin |
| August | - Public real-time visual testing during two summer events - Focus on customization and easy user interface - AI Reader testing with users in target markets, using Livepeer pipelines |
| September | - Workshop in partnership with Nordic Music Tech |
| October | - ADE Experience – extending creativity to audiences via co-creation and real-time AI Visuals - Integration into www.vpm.studio |
| November | - Reporting, interviews, future strategy planning |
Estimated Budget Breakdown (28,000 LPT)
| Category | Purpose | Amount (LPT) |
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| Dubbing Workflow (Film) | Voice + lip-sync test with feature film and production partners. Outcome is a template workflow for other projects. | 5,000 |
| ADE Experience | Real-time visuals, venue support, documentation. | 5,500 |
| Broadcast Pilot (SA) | Demos, TV network testing, Livepeer integration. | 2,000 |
| Edu Workshop and Experience - Stockholm | Strategic event introducing Livepeer and Open-Source plus applications and capabilities. | 2,000 |
| Real-time AI visuals | Two documented public tests during summer season focused on user experience and engagement. | 2,000 |
| Reader Prototype | Further development and pilot testing of tool to relevant users. | 1,500 |
| UNESCO Presentation & Adelaide Pilot Preparation | Presentation in June for UNESCO Creative Cities, plus further planning for pilot activation with the city of Adelaide (currently looking at Adelaide) Fringe in 2026. | 1,500 |
| Operations & Admin | Team, strategy, legal, compliance, logistics | 8,500 |
| Total | 28,000 |
Outcomes
- 6 Livestreams with generative visuals and real-time workflows in partnership with TSG Music and other partners in formation.
- 1 Lip-sync dubbing pilot with feature film partner, Triangle Drama and Untitled Pictures
- 1 Interactive visual experience tied in conjunction with Amsterdam Dance Event
- 1 demo for Miss South Africa broadcast presented with the intention of using in a pilot. This demo will be used to further pitch Broadcast experiences in the South African Broadcast Corporation network as well as abroad (looking next at SVT - Sweden.
- 1 presentation UNESCO creative cities network with the intention of creating a larger-scale pilot activation, in partnership with the city of Adelaide
- 1 strategic education workshop, highlighting Livepeer technology and ecosystem, presented in partnership with Nordic Music Tech
- 2 documented public tests around real-time AI visuals in summer.
- Expanded workshop and development in the food sector around real-time and other valuable use cases, in collaboration with domain-specific design partners.
Community Collaboration & Livepeer Marketing Support
At the end of this phase we would like to have a framework for tracking AI usage, which can also be use to onboard partners. This can help us as we test pilots and work with specific projects to gauge and monitor demand and growth on the network
Over the course of the next six months we would like to collaborate with AI SPE as well as the Cloud SPE in terms of required pipelines and to further explore collaborations around agentic workflows with the Agent SPE. We also think there is opportunity for some collaboration on specific activations with with some of the creative and media focused SPE’s.
In terms of Livepeer, it would be great to collaborate with marketing efforts around specific activations and announcements to further amplify awareness, and showcase the potential and keyplayers in the network.
Transparency & Accountability
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We will create a public discord channel to post updates and communicate with the Livepeer ecosystem.
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We will post monthly updates and issue quarterly reports outlining progress and challenges.
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KPIs: Our main KPIs are focused on pilot completion and demo delivery across each use case. We will also be tracking usage for planned experiences such as the livestreams leading up to ADE, and the experience during ADE in October.
- Pilot Deliverables Completed
Target: 6 successful use case demos delivered (one per core pilot) - Workshop & Event Reach
Target: 1,000+ total attendees and participants across workshops, livestreams, and live activations - New SMBs or Partners Onboarded to Livepeer
Target: 10+ SMBs or organizations introduced to and actively testing Livepeer tools - AI Video Use and Pipeline Interactions
Target: 2,000+ minutes of AI video processing and 10,000 LLM/AI pipeline interactions
- Pilot Deliverables Completed
Conclusion
This proposal leverages Livepeer’s infrastructure and network to deliver practical, high-visibility pilots in dubbing, immersive events, broadcast, and education to drive real-world. By showcasing applied pipelines for each use case, we aim to foster innovation, drive adoption and bring traditional media and entertainment players into the Livepeer network.