Brahma, an AI and content technology company created by VFX outfit DNEG Group, has announced the acquisition of AI content creation technology developer Metaphysic. The move aims to accelerate the development of Brahma’s AI products for content creators, IP rights holders and enterprise.
Brahma will develop foundational AI, data and content workflow & management technologies as part of a comprehensive suite of AI-native products designed to create user-customized content across video, image and audio.
Post transaction, Brahma’s global team will include more than 800 engineers and creative technologists, bringing together DNEG Group’s award-winning creative technology portfolio, including Ziva’s technology for the creation of digital human and character simulations (2025 SciTech Award winner), with Metaphysic’s AI technology (2025 VES Award for Emerging Technology for Here). This is combined with CLEAR’s purpose-built AI platform and global client base, built over eight years of research and development in content discovery, content creation and content management.
Brahma’s executive management team is headed by Executive Chairman Prabhu Narasimhan; Founder and CEO of the DNEG Group Namit Malhotra, who continues as interim CEO of Brahma; and Metaphysic CEO Thomas Graham, who also serves as President of Brahma. Upon integration of Metaphysic with Brahma’s technology and team, Thomas Graham will transition to become CEO of Brahma.
Other members of the Brahma executive leadership team include: Prime Focus Technologies CEO & Co-founder Ramki Sankaranarayanan, who will also serve as the President of CLEAR; DNEG Group CTO Paul Salvini, who will also serve as CTO of Brahma; and Ziva Director of Character Tools and Workflows Crawford Doran, who becomes Vice President of Ziva.
[Source: DNEG]
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