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The Interface

Summer 2025 · Active

The foundations for AI-native media

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Location: New York, US

Founded: 2025

Team size: 2

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About

The Interface enables anyone to create, interact, and share on the fly — from TV shows to games to movies. Drawing on deep expertise in realtime compute and simulation, we combine multimodal AI with the best of 3D simulation and modelling techniques, to deliver real-time experiences that are alive, interactive, and emergent.

Founders

  • Max RavenFounder

    Co-Founder & CEO @ The Interface — building the foundations of AI-native media. TheInterface.com Prior to The Interface, I led global AI transformation at McKinsey, overseeing strategy, hiring, and implementation. Before that I worked as a strategy consultant focused on advanced analytics and digital initiatives. I studied Mechanical Engineering at MIT with a expertise in simulation—modelling everything from large-scale city dynamics in Singapore to complex manufacturing flows in Mexico.

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  • Peyton ShieldsFounder

    Co-Founder & CTO @ The Interface. Building the foundations for AI-native media. Prior to The Interface I worked as a Quant Dev at Citadel building real time risk infra and analytics. From low-latency ETL to market simulations, I primarily focused on building the risk engine for Commodities and Fixed Income. Before Citadel I studied Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at MIT where I did both my undergrad and masters with a concentration in distributed and embedded system development.

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