---
type: entity
entity_type: company
name: Claynosaurz
domain: entertainment
status: active
founded: ~2022
founders: ["Nicholas Cabana", "Dan Cabral", "Daniel Jervis"]
key_metrics:
  views: "450M+"
  impressions: "200M+"
  community_subscribers: "530K+"
tracked_by: clay
created: 2026-03-11
---

# Claynosaurz

Community-originated animated IP founded by former VFX artists from Sony Pictures, Animal Logic, and Framestore. Claynosaurz combines digital collectibles with animated content, building a community-owned entertainment brand that has achieved 450M+ views and 530K+ subscribers before traditional media production.

## Timeline
- **2025-06-02** — Announced co-production partnership with Mediawan Kids & Family for 39-episode CG-animated series (7 minutes each, ages 6-12). Series features community co-creation through storyboard sharing, script collaboration, and integration of community-owned collectibles as characters. Distribution strategy: YouTube premiere followed by traditional TV licensing.

## Relationship to KB
- [[community-co-creation-in-animation-production-includes-storyboard-sharing-script-collaboration-and-collectible-integration-as-specific-mechanisms]] — operational implementation
- [[youtube-first-distribution-for-major-studio-coproductions-signals-platform-primacy-over-traditional-broadcast-windowing]] — distribution strategy
- [[fanchise management is a stack of increasing fan engagement from content extensions through co-creation and co-ownership]] — climbing the engagement stack
- [[progressive validation through community building reduces development risk by proving audience demand before production investment]] — 450M+ views validated demand before Mediawan partnership