Storyby

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Storyby is an AI-native entertainment technology company that operates a three-product IP flywheel (StorybyWriter, AlphaNovel, DramaShorts) for mobile-first consumers and global authors, using predictive AI and distributed production to convert serialized fiction into cinematic vertical dramas.

Company typePrivate
Founded2022
HeadquartersLimassol, Cyprus
Headcount11–50
GTM typeB2C
OfferingDigital Commerce or Content

What Storyby does

Storyby is an AI-native entertainment technology company founded in 2022 and headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus (operating legal entity Brailion Ventures Limited), with operational offices in Warsaw, Kyiv, and the United States and a team of approximately 60 creators, designers, and engineers. The company operates a three-product, full-cycle IP flywheel: StorybyWriter, a free publishing platform with 60K+ authors and 22K+ IP rights that sources original stories; AlphaNovel, a freemium serialized fiction and audiobook platform with 50M+ downloads and a 60% 60-day retention rate that validates IP through reader engagement; and DramaShorts, a vertical streaming platform with 20+ original titles, IMDb ratings of 8.7-9.8, and 12M+ viewers that adapts validated IP into cinematic series. The business monetizes through a mix of freemium in-app purchases and premium subscriptions on AlphaNovel, SVOD and ad revenue on DramaShorts, and IP rights retention across the pipeline.

The company's underlying technology combines a proprietary AI Story Prediction system that analyzes 1M+ data points to forecast viral potential pre-production with generative AI tooling (built on Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini) that assists writers on plot, character, and editing, alongside an ElevenLabs partnership for AI voice and dubbing and automated localization for global rollouts. Production is distributed across 11 vertically integrated production partners in 5 countries (US, Ukraine, UK, Spain, Turkey) with hubs in 7 countries, and the company reports production cycles of 5-8 weeks versus the 12-24 month industry standard. Distribution runs through Apple App Store, Google Play, web platforms, and IMDb listings globally, with simultaneous release on TikTok/Shorts and SVOD feeds enabled by dual-format capture (8K cameras, both vertical and horizontal framing). Co-founders Artem Kutukov (ex-SKELAR, ex-GenesisTech) and Leo Ovdiienko (ex-Uber, ex-DiDi) serve as co-CEOs alongside a CTO and functional leads in analytics, design, mobile engineering, UA, and creative marketing.

Storyby firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Storyby
Legal name: Brailion Ventures Limited
Website: https://storyby.tech
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2022
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 11–50 employees
Short description: Storyby is an AI-native entertainment technology company that operates a three-product IP flywheel (StorybyWriter, AlphaNovel, DramaShorts) for mobile-first consumers and global authors, using predictive AI and distributed production to convert serialized fiction into cinematic vertical dramas.
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Storyby industry classification

Industry

Product category: Vertical Streaming / Mobile Entertainment
NAICS: Book Publishers (51313), Periodical Publishers (513120), Software Publishers (5132)
SIC: Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Services-Allied To Motion Picture Distribution (7829)
akta.pro industry: PRIMARYMPAJAJAM
Reader Community, Serialization & Monetization Platforms (Web fiction, Subscriptions)
Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Self-Publishing Platforms & Author Services
SECONDARYMPAJAJAF
Manuscript Development Services (Coaching, Developmental Editing)
Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Self-Publishing Platforms & Author Services
SECONDARYMPAJAJAJ
Audiobook Self-Publishing & Production Services (Narration, Studio, ACX-style)
Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Self-Publishing Platforms & Author Services
SECONDARYMPAJAJAE
Author Website, Storefront & Direct-to-Reader Commerce (D2C Sales)
Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Self-Publishing Platforms & Author Services

Keywords

Vertical streaming platform
Serialized fiction platform
AI content production
Mobile entertainment apps
Short drama streaming

Where Storyby is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Limassol
HQ country: Cyprus
HQ region: Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

Storyby business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Digital Commerce or Content
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

DramaShorts Streaming Revenue: Vertical streaming platform generating revenue through original vertical series and exclusive titles. Dual monetization through ad revenue from social feeds and subscription revenue from SVOD.
AlphaNovel Reading Platform: Serialized novels and immersive audiobooks with built-in rewards and gamification driving user retention. Revenue from in-app purchases and premium subscriptions.
StorybyWriter Publishing: All-in-one publishing platform enabling writers to create, publish, and monetize stories as novels and movie scripts. Authors receive feedback and audience while Storyby retains IP rights for adaptation.

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Storyby product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Storyby operates an AI-native entertainment ecosystem of three integrated products that form a closed-loop IP flywheel: StorybyWriter enables authors to create and publish original stories, AlphaNovel distributes serialized novels and audiobooks to validate IP with millions of readers, and DramaShorts adapts validated stories into cinematic vertical streaming films. The company produces 20+ original dramas in 5-8 weeks using AI-powered hit prediction and dual-format production technology.

Product overview

Storyby is an entertainment tech company operating an AI-native ecosystem of three integrated products: StorybyWriter (creator platform for writing and publishing), AlphaNovel (serialized fiction and audiobook platform for validation), and DramaShorts (vertical streaming platform for film adaptation). The company operates a full-cycle content flywheel where writers create original IP on StorybyWriter, stories validate and scale on AlphaNovel, top-performing titles are adapted into vertical films on DramaShorts, and successful IP expands across formats and markets globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

DramaShorts: Vertical streaming platform for cinematic vertical films and series, featuring original content produced in 5-8 weeks
AlphaNovel
StorybyWriter

Products and services

DramaShorts Vertical streaming platform delivering original vertical series and exclusive titles as cinematic viewing experiences for mobile-first audiences; features growing library of multi-genre films with dual monetization through ad revenue and SVOD subscriptions.
AlphaNovel Platform for original serialized fiction and immersive audiobooks from rising and established authors worldwide, featuring 50K+ titles with built-in gamification, rewards, and 60% 60-day retention driving reader engagement.
StorybyWriter All-in-one publishing platform empowering 60K+ authors to create, publish, and monetize their stories as novels and movie scripts; the entry point for emerging talents to become published authors and serves as the source of original IP for the Storyby ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

60-day retention rate on AlphaNovel
+3 more outcomes

Companies that use Storyby

Customer profile

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Storyby technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Storyby partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

ElevenLabscoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with ElevenLabs for realistic voiceovers and AI-powered audio production. ElevenLabs provides voice synthesis technology for dubbing and voiceover capabilities across Storyby's content library.
Production Studios (US)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTop-tier production studios in the United States contributing to Storyby's cinematic content production. Professional sets and crews enable studio-quality original films.
Production Studios (Ukraine)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction studios in Ukraine as part of 11 vertically integrated production partners across 5 countries.
Production Studios (United Kingdom)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction studios in the United Kingdom contributing to Storyby's global content creation.
Production Studios (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction studios in Spain as part of distributed production model across 7 countries.
Production Studios (Turkey)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduction studios in Turkey contributing to Storyby's production capacity across 11 vertically integrated partners.
Nick RitaccoflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecurring actor on Homeland and Law & Order: SVU, NYU Tisch-trained. Featured talent bringing industry credibility and star-powered originals to Storyby's productions.
Alissa FiloramoflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead in 14 films, award-winning actress featured in Netflix's BEEF. Star-powered talent bringing cinematic quality to Storyby originals.
Daniel SalemflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead in The Mafia Boss, Netflix's Blind Vacation, and other major TV shows. Featured in Storyby's star-powered originals.
Tetiana MalkovaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead in The Age Gap, Netflix's Blind Vacation, and other major TV projects. Featured talent in Storyby's productions.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Storyby competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

DramaBox (Storymatrix): DramaBox is a global vertical-drama streaming app with a similar library-driven, mobile-first SVOD/freemium model and aggressive paid user acquisition. It competes head-on with DramaShorts in the same app-store channels and audience segments.
ReelShort (Crazy Maple Studio): ReelShort is the category-leading vertical short-drama streaming app, producing hundreds of originals with a comparable mobile-first, episode-based monetization model. It is the most direct competitive benchmark to Storyby's DramaShorts and shapes industry pricing, retention, and content-cost expectations.
ShortMax: ShortMax is a short-form vertical drama platform competing in the same app-store categories with comparable content formats and IAP monetization. It is a like-for-like competitor to DramaShorts in mobile vertical streaming.
GoodNovel: GoodNovel is a serialized web-novel and audiobook reading platform with comparable freemium/IAP monetization, gamified retention, and a global mobile-first reader audience that overlaps directly with AlphaNovel.
GoodShort (by Dotemu / partner studios): GoodShort is a vertical drama app with similar production cadence and SVOD monetization, operating in overlapping geographies with DramaShorts. Its library, pricing tiers, and retention metrics are directly comparable.
FlexTV: FlexTV is a vertical/short-drama streaming service targeting international markets with serialized video content, representing the same mobile-first SVOD/IAP business model that DramaShorts operates in.

Broad incumbents

Wattpad: Wattpad is an incumbent serialized fiction and author community platform, historically a key source of adapted screen IP. Comparable to the AlphaNovel/StorybyWriter pipeline for user-generated serialized content and IP validation.
Webnovel (Yuewen / China Literature): Webnovel is the largest web-novel and audiobook platform globally, combining self-publishing, serialized reading, and IP-to-screen adaptation. It overlaps with AlphaNovel and StorybyWriter's pipeline logic but operates at much larger scale.

Emerging players

Tapas Media: Tapas is a serialized web-comic and novel platform with a creator community and IP-into-screen ambitions. It overlaps with the AlphaNovel reader/author community model, though its primary format is comics rather than prose.

Others

ElevenLabs: ElevenLabs is Storyby's named AI voice and dubbing partner powering localization across the DramaShorts/AlphaNovel libraries. As the underlying technology provider for Storyby's audio IP, it shapes both capability and unit economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Storyby financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Storyby leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Storyby subsidiaries and ownership

Company hierarchy

Subsidiaries3 records

Storyby funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Storyby M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Storyby

What does Storyby do?

Is Storyby a public or private company?

Storyby is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Storyby founded?

Storyby was founded in 2022. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Storyby based?

Storyby is headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus, in the Europe region.

How does Storyby make money?

Three revenue lines are on record. DramaShorts Streaming Revenue is the primary driver. The others are alphaNovel Reading Platform and storybyWriter Publishing.

Who are Storyby's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are DramaBox (Storymatrix), ReelShort (Crazy Maple Studio), ShortMax, GoodNovel, GoodShort (by Dotemu / partner studios) and FlexTV. Broad incumbents are Wattpad and Webnovel (Yuewen / China Literature). Tapas Media is listed as an emerging player. ElevenLabs is listed as an others.

Does Storyby have an API?

No public API is recorded for Storyby.

What industry is Storyby in?

Storyby's product category is Vertical Streaming / Mobile Entertainment. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAJAJAM, Reader Community, Serialization & Monetization Platforms (Web fiction, Subscriptions), with a secondary code of MPAJAJAF, Manuscript Development Services (Coaching, Developmental Editing). Its NAICS code is 51313 and its SIC code is 7812.