CompanyEST Media

EST is a media, technology and entertainment studio based in Hollywood, California. Launched in 2020 by leading US/Asia executives from the publishing, music and social media industries - Jaeson Ma (founder/partner of 88Rising and Stampede Ventures) and Eric Tu (former leading executive at VICE Media and Anonymous Content) and Minh Do (Vietcetera, Tech in Asia). EST’s mission is “Uncovering the Greatest Stories Never Told”. More specifically, EST and it’s fastly growing team of 20+, are building an entertainment bridge between Eastern and Western youth cultures. EST will be the first definitive global media company from Asia to the World. CEO Eric Tu, “Building upon the breakout success of Korean films like Parasite (winning the Oscar for Best Picture) and mobile apps taking over youth culture everywhere on the planet, there is an incredible opportunity for EST to be the first definitive global Asian media company that can unify the voices of Asian youth. EST was born to build this bridge from East to the World”. As a venture capital funded studio financed by leaders in the technology industry, EST will also be launching a series of mobile app products to build new types of interactive social communities around its entertainment driven voice. - About 1+ year since incorporation. - Fully funded, at least 18 months run-way. - Blockchain-focus in the long term. - Token to be released in 2022-2023. - Entertainment & Film industry. ** Team Management - Founder & cofounders are based in Hollywood, California, US. - CTO is based in HCM, VN. Building full tech team in VN. - Product team spread across VN & US. - Design team is in Beijing, China and NY, US. ** Tech Stack - React Native app for iOS, with some custom native iOS bridge module. - Android Development will start after September. - Backend running on Firebase and NodeJS. - Deep integration with several SaaS services: [GetStream.io](http://getstream.io), [Mux.com](http://mux.com) - Google Cloud Platform. ** State of Development - MVP has been under development since Jan 2021. - iOS TestFlight is available. - Target **private beta launch** in September 2021. Current development is about 50% of main features. - Currently development is outsourced to a team in VN. - Design is ahead of time and design assets are ready for development.