Culture and benefits at Storytime

Our team combines expertise in machine learning, software engineering, and product design. The environment balances the sciences and the arts within a creativity-focused culture. We aim to share cultural values with the legendary teams that created Disney, Pixar, and Valve. We have carefully selected four core values for our work: 1) Soul Properly designed technology makes us more human, not less. We value technological progress for its capacity to facilitate human expression and well-being, not for its own sake. We always ask why we should invent something, rather than doing it just because we can. 2) Accessibility Mastering modern creative tools can take years, discouraging most from becoming storytellers. While the human aspect of creating art will never be easy, technology shouldn’t limit anyone from participating. In an ideal world, creative spaces are accessible to all personalities and skill levels. 3) Pragmatism Left unchecked, artistic projects gravitate towards the idealistic. To succeed, we must continually reinforce pragmatism as a core value. That means avoiding wishful thinking and balancing perfectionism with practicality. Real artists ship! 4) The Avant-Garde Storytime always pursues the frontier. When our team sees an opportunity to do original research, we run towards it. We encourage creators to take bold risks, like inventing new genres. And when our community sees something new or different, we help them celebrate and nurture it.