Shivam Chopra in glasses, with a beard and a man bun, wearing a dark blazer over a white T-shirt, drawn as the cover of a comic. Issue #1.

Issue #1

Cover price: one scroll.

BuiltItAnyway

Films directed by a person, made with AI.

The blazer says engineer. The bun says filmmaker.

Scroll to turn the page. Arrow keys work too.Panels cut instead of animating.

2009to2012film, TV and open source

Illustration of a cramped edit bay in 2009. A young man with a beard and aviators pushed up on his forehead cuts a video on a tower PC.
2009Drawn with AI. Directed by me.

A young fool, still sure he'll conquer the world.

Film and TV edits. Educational content. Open-source projects.

Shivam: I have very little idea how any of this is built.

SNIP

Early twenties

He built it anyway. macOS, on ordinary PCs.

Founding member, an OSx86 project.

BONGGG

Seen from above, twelve people sit around a single table with laptops. One of them is wearing yellow aviators.
Drawn with AI. Directed by me.

The whole tech team fits around one table. Twelve of them.

Miles Education. Founding member.

SCRAPE

2012Miles Education

2012to2026twelve to 110

Indiathe USthe Caribbean

Twelve became 110. India, the US, the Caribbean.

Each figure is one engineer.

WHUMP

  • 18+ products
  • ₹500 Cr+ (~$50M+) in revenue those products helped bring in
  • A national digital school for the Government of Guyana
Binge-watching,Binge-watching,except you come out a better CPA.except you come out a better CPA.
Somewhere in there

He built a cinema. A learning OTT, on his own streaming engine.

Miles Masterclass.

Shivam: Turns out I like cinemas.

WHIRRR

  • Sales efficiency +55%
  • 70% of manual work automatedAdmissions, finance, HR and learner support.

He hands the AI agents the jobs nobody wanted.

Scheduling. Payments. Follow-ups.

PING

2020to2026AI and automation

  • Salesforce Future First AI Visionary, 2025
  • Edvocate Leadership Award, 2022

NowSaaya.ai

A halftoned still from a Saaya film. The AI face looks back at the reader.

Saaya talks back. 20+ Indian languages, built solo.

Shivam: From leading 110 engineers to being all of them.

Shivam: They never ask for leave.

BLIP

Nowshowingillusionart Studios

People develop the story, direct the images, and shape the edit. The technology expands what can be made; human judgment gives it a point.

The ones with outside clients.

CLAP

Outside clientAISATS Ramp Safety & Aircraft Marshalling Training film
Outside clientAISATS Customer Service Demo
Outside clientShahrukhz by Danube A Private Yacht Dubai property reel

Human-directed. Made with AI.

Also now showing

74 seconds. An ad for the thing he built.

Shivam: Yes, it's an ad for my own product. Watch it anyway.

KA-CHUNK

My own productSaaya More Human Than You'd Expect Ad film
My own productSaaya AI In Every Hand Ad film
My own productSaaya One Agent. Three Channels. Platform trailer
My own productSaaya Say Hello to Saaya Reel
My own productSaaya Meet Your New Team: None of Them Are Real Reel
My own productSaaya Ask Saaya in Your Language Reel

A close shot of his glasses. One half is the inked comic, the other half is the photo of him. The two images overlap.

Scroll slowly.

Look closer.

Same hands.

The choice was the illusion.

Other door: EngineerThe other pill is still on the table.