Titan AI
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Titan AI is a Berkeley, California mobile game studio founded in 2023 by Fabien-Pierre Nicolas, former VP of US marketing at SmartNews, and Victor Ceitelis, co-founder of the generative-AI startup Scenario. The studio uses generative AI — image generators like Stable Diffusion and DALL-E fused with its own 3D technology, plus AI-designed game levels — to cut the cost of building mobile games. Its debut title, Aztec Spirit Run, deliberately casts underrepresented cultures as heroes, reflecting the founders' mission of more inclusive gaming.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Fabien-Pierre Nicolas and Victor Ceitelis found Titan AI in Berkeley in 2023 to build mobile RPGs with AI companions using generative AI.
- Pre-seed funding
Titan AI raises over $500,000 in pre-seed funding led by Berkeley SkyDeck, with a team of about eight people.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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