Jonathan Starck is CTO at Esynthesia, a startup founded in 2017 and now a generative AI unicorn. Esynthesia is the world’s largest AI video generation platform that allows users to create professional videos directly in the browser, removing the physical constraints of conventional production. Prior to Esynthesia, Jonathan was a researcher on digital humans at the University of Surrey and then head of research at Foundry, introducing 3D computer tools to accelerate artist workflows in the Nuke Compositing system for Film VFX. At Esynthesia he leads the research and production teams, and is responsible for the creation and deployment of Esynthesia's AI avatars.