Cinelytic

Cinelytic

Cinelytic was co-founded in New York by CEO Tobias Queisser and CTO Dev Sen. Queisser came from investment banking and later ran an independent film production company, Arctic Pictures, while Sen spent 15 years at NASA managing teams that built risk-assessment software for next-generation spacecraft. Their blended background — structured finance meeting probabilistic engineering — defines the firm's approach to entertainment decision-making. The platform combines predictive AI, financial modelling, and distribution analytics into a single self-service environment for studios, financiers, distributors, and production companies. Asset classes covered include film, television, and streaming media, with stage coverage spanning development, greenlight, acquisition, and release planning. Its forecasting engine draws on a database of 122,343 films and 651,824 above-the-line talent profiles. Confirmed capabilities include real-time box office forecasting with stated accuracy above 85%, audience intelligence for TV and streaming that maps global content demand down to US demographic segments, and integrated waterfall models for project finance. The firm's geographic footprint supports clients across North America and Asia-Pacific, with offices in New York and Bangkok. The company operates a lean structure led by a handful of named senior executives, including COO Christian Monti, a former Warner Brothers and Paramount studio executive, and SVP of Engineering Thomas Zäschke. An advisory board draws on media private equity through Hyperion Media founder Michael Mailis and former Legendary Analytics VP Joe DiMento. No adjacent investment vehicles or philanthropic foundations are disclosed. Cinelytic is structured not as an investment firm but as a pure SaaS analytics provider — a differentiator in a space where most decision-support tools are consultant-driven or embedded inside large agencies. By combining actuarial-grade risk-modelling talent from NASA with film-finance operating experience, the firm sidesteps the subjectivity that typically colours packaging, sales estimates, and creative evaluation. The executive team's operating-company background means the product roadmap is shaped by studio-distribution veterans, not outside financial sponsors.