ARIEL EMANUEL

Ari Emanuel operates at the center of global media power — where talent, technology, and infrastructure converge. As CEO of Endeavor Group Holdings and Executive Chairman of WME Group, he has helped reshape the modern entertainment landscape across film, television, sports, and live experiences, steering one of the most influential ecosystems in media.

At the inaugural Render Network Conference, Emanuel joined Jules Urbach, CEO of OTOY and Founder of the Render Network, for a wide-ranging conversation spanning their 21-year friendship and collaboration — and the accelerating convergence of media, art, and technology.

Together, they explored:

• The evolution of GPU rendering and cloud infrastructure

• How actors can scan and own their likeness in an AI-driven era

• The growing relevance of decentralized GPU networks for generative AI

• Neural rendering, text-to-3D pipelines, and rebuilding entire worlds digitally

• The ethics of AI as it intersects with entertainment and identity

• Use cases spanning Star Trek, Severance, The Sphere, and beyond

The discussion moved fluidly from Hollywood production pipelines to spatial computing, photorealism, and the long-term implications of AI for creative ownership — offering rare insight into how top studio leadership views the technological foundations of the future.

At RenderCon 2026, Emanuel returns to continue that dialogue — reflecting on what has changed in the past year, and what it means when studios don’t just use the tools, but begin building them.

Watch last year’s RenderCon conversation featuring Jules and Ari Emanuel: