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The Walt Disney Company hosted its 2025 Disney Accelerator Demo Day on November 5, showcasing innovation from four growth-stage companies. 2025 Disney Accelerator Demo Day The 2025 Disney Accelerator Demo Day highlighted Animaj, DramaBox, Haddy, and LIMINAL Space. Disney executives and the founders of these companies discussed strategic collaborations that use cutting edge technologies to enhance storytelling and experiences. This is the 11th year of the Disney Accelerator program and over 60 global companies have participated. “Walt Disney always embraced the latest technologies to propel new ways of storytelling, and the company thrived by regularly working hand-in-hand with others who shared a vision of creating a brighter tomorrow. The Disney Accelerator is a modern extension of that spirit, bringing together bold entrepreneurs and Disney teams to explore new ideas and emerging technologies and businesses as they shape the future of entertainment. Every year, we are inspired by the ingenuity and passion of our Accelerator participants as they work alongside Disney’s brilliant creatives. Together, they build on Disney’s legacy of innovation and collaboration to delight the young at heart across the globe,” said Bonnie Rosen, General Manager of Disney Accelerator. Animaj Animaj aims to develop digital-first global franchises for kids on multiple platforms. The media company “empowers artists to leverage AI to accelerate production workflows while ensuring creators drive the storytelling and quality,” Disney said in a press release. The two companies are working together to develop new shorts for multi-platform distribution. DramaBox DramaBox specializes in vertical, short-form entertainment. At the event, they shared how the microdrama format “opens up new content models and possibilities for episodic storytelling.” They are in discussions with Disney Publishing on adapting a series of young adult fantasy novels into original microdramas for Disney platforms. They are also exploring the dramatic adaptation of albums into vertical video shorts. Haddy Haddy is an AI-powered industrial 3D-printing factory. Their demonstration showcased “how technology can quickly transform spaces for attractions and resorts, or mutable backdrops for TV, film, and theater production.” Their approach and technology creates durable, custom pieces quickly, affordably, and at scale. Their products can be melted down and used to make new objects, reducing waste. Haddy and Walt Disney Imagineering Research and Development are collaborating on select props and set pieces for Disney Parks. LIMINAL Space Holographic 3D LED displays are the focus of LIMINAL Space. They performed a live demonstration of the modular “Ghost Tile” and “Spirit Tile” technologies, which can “transform any environment into a state-of-the-art immersive experience where guests can step into a story or world aided only by lightweight polarized glasses.” LIMINAL Space collaborated with Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) to bring Marvel’s Rocket Raccoon to life thanks to ILM’s markerless mocap technology and LIMINAL Space’s spatial LED displays. Rocket interacted live with guests on the Walt Disney Studios Lot during Demo Day. For more information, visit DisneyAccelerator.com. For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow WDW News Today on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
