From creative brief to production-ready shot list in one unified workspace
LOS ANGELES — April 2026 — UpendNow has launched the first hybrid AI Production Orchestration System that unifies fragmented tools used in film, advertising, and video production. The new platform enables creators to move from an initial brief to a production-ready shot list within a single AI-powered workspace—a workflow that has not previously existed in one system.
The initial rollout has been designed and built for filmmakers, production companies, agencies, and creator teams in the short content space—commercials, short films, branded content, and vertical micro series— with plans already underway to pipeline long-form content. The platform currently supports content from 15-second performance ads to 20-minute branded films. UpendNow connects every stage of the visual storytelling process — from development through AI-generated content to real-world production planning.
“Creative teams today are forced to stitch together multiple tools just to get from an idea to something that can be produced,” said Archita Mandal, Founder and CEO of UpendNow. “UpendNow replaces that entire process. You start with a brief and end with a production package ready for a crew — with creative continuity preserved at every step,” she said.
From Idea to Set: A Unified Production Pipeline
UpendNow replaces the traditional fragmented workflow with a connected, five-stage pipeline:
- Creative Brief — AI-assisted brief generation and analysis
- Script — Structured, editable AI scripts generated from the brief OR upload original script, which will be treated as source, so no AI re-writing.
- Storyboard — Visual story beats with character and style consistency
- Multi-Engine AI Videos — Intelligent routing across multiple AI video models
- Production Bridge — Structured, live-action-ready shot lists, scheduling, and production-ready documentation
While most AI tools stop at generating digital assets, UpendNow extends into real-world production. Its Production Bridge translates AI-generated content into structured outputs that crews can execute — including camera setups, scheduling, and location planning.
“Every competitor solves a piece of the puzzle,” Mandal says. “But nobody has built the operating system that connects the pieces. A storyboard that doesn’t become a shot list is just a pretty picture. An AI video that doesn’t connect to a production schedule is just a demo. UpendNow makes all of it actionable — from the first idea to the first day on set.”
Powered by Solt™️
At the core of the platform is Solt™️ UpendNow’s AI Production Orchestration System — the intelligence layer that connects every stage of the workflow. Solt OS carries creative intent from the initial brief through scriptwriting, storyboarding, video generation, and production planning, ensuring that context is never lost between steps. Its Golden Source Benchmarking system maintains visual continuity across scenes, addressing one of the most persistent challenges in AI-generated content: inconsistency. By unifying these stages, Solt OS transforms what would otherwise be a collection of tools into a single, continuous production environment.
“We’ve been using UpendNow to streamline storyboarding for our upcoming animated film, and it’s dramatically accelerated how quickly we can visualize complex sequences,” says Founder and Producer of Infamous Coconuts, Abi Varghese (Metro Park, Brown Nation). “The workflow is intuitive, and it allows us to iterate on creative ideas with a level of speed and precision that’s hard to achieve in traditional pre-production.”
A New Category of AI Production
Traditional AI video tools are single-engine, single-task point solutions — you generate a clip, then manually carry it to the next tool in your workflow. Solt OS is the first system that orchestrates the complete pipeline from brief to set-ready shot list in one context-aware workspace, with built-in production scheduling and creative continuity preserved at every stage.
Tested in Real Production Workflows
Unlike tools designed primarily for experimentation, UpendNow has been used in real production environments before launch. Early deployments have demonstrated measurable gains in efficiency across pre-production and content development workflows.
Award-winning commercial and narrative director Stev Elam, who has helmed commercials for brands such as Snickers and Nike, says, “The system makes the video creation process feel faster and more streamlined without replacing the need for thoughtful creative decisions. I particularly liked how it reduces repetitive production steps, allowing more time to focus on storytelling and strategy.”
“UpendNow is a really versatile tool. I can see how it was able to streamline the process of AI video production. The prompts it gave for generating videos were great,” says director, producer and content creator, Mragendra Singh, a vertical micro drama expert with hits such as ReelShort’s Reborn to Love Mr Right.
Market Opportunity and Backing
The global video content market is projected to reach $914 billion by 2030. As demand for video content accelerates across streaming, advertising, and digital platforms, production teams are under increasing pressure to deliver faster without compromising quality. UpendNow addresses this shift by combining AI-driven creative tools with production-ready outputs, enabling teams to scale workflows while maintaining professional filmmaking standards.
UpendNow is backed by NVIDIA Inception and NEC X, with advisors spanning film, technology, and startup ecosystems. The founding team brings credentials to the table, including Stanford GSB, NEC X (Entrepreneur-in-Residence), UC Berkeley, and Webby Award-winning producers.
About UpendNow: UpendNow is the first AI Production Orchestration System for visual storytelling. Powered by its underlying engine, Solt OS, the platform integrates creative development, AI-generated content, and production planning into a single workflow. By connecting the stages of the creative pipeline — brief, script, storyboard, AI video, and production shot lists, scheduling — UpendNow enables filmmakers, agencies, and production teams to move from concept to execution with greater speed, consistency, and control.