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type: entity
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entity_type: company
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name: Claynosaurz
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domain: entertainment
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status: active
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founded: ~2022
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founders: ["Nicholas Cabana", "Dan Cabral", "Daniel Jervis"]
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key_metrics:
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views: "450M+"
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impressions: "200M+"
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community_subscribers: "530K+"
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tracked_by: clay
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created: 2026-03-11
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# Claynosaurz
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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.
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## Timeline
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- **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.
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## Relationship to KB
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- [[community-co-creation-in-animation-production-includes-storyboard-sharing-script-collaboration-and-collectible-integration-as-specific-mechanisms]] — operational implementation
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- [[youtube-first-distribution-for-major-studio-coproductions-signals-platform-primacy-over-traditional-broadcast-windowing]] — distribution strategy
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- [[fanchise management is a stack of increasing fan engagement from content extensions through co-creation and co-ownership]] — climbing the engagement stack
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- [[progressive validation through community building reduces development risk by proving audience demand before production investment]] — 450M+ views validated demand before Mediawan partnership |