Episode 159: Steven Puri / The Sukha Company: Creativity In The Age Of AI

Episode 159: Steven Puri / The Sukha Company: Creativity In The Age Of AI

Author: 100 % Quality Artists, Music & Interviews July 27, 2026 Duration: 0:00
0:00 Welcome 1:00 Guest Story 3:00 Topic Framing Creativity in the World of AI 6:00 Backstory Why He Left Decisive Podcast Series | Premieres July 19, 18:00 CET Real conversations about creative decisions. Steven Puri built visual effects for 14 films the Independence Day VFX team won an Academy Award. He sold his effects company, Centropolis, at 28. Then ran the studio side: VP at 20th Century Fox (Die Hard, Wolverine), EVP at DreamWorks K/O (Star Trek, Transformers). Then he left it. Built Sukha instead a focus app built on real research, for people who live with distraction instead of pretending it isn't there. His belief: it's not a focus problem. It's a purpose problem. In this episode: what a Hollywood VFX and studio career actually teaches you about building a company, why he walked away from the industry that made him, and his answer to the question every creative is quietly asking what does AI leave for us to do. Steven Puri / The Sukha Company: thesukha.co Twitter/X: x.com/StevenPuri Instagram: instagram.com/the_sukha_co Decisive Podcast Series: All links: linktr.ee/Decisiveseries Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/decisive_podcast_series/ Guest requests & collaborations: roberto@decisiveseries.de Bookings: contact@robertoingram.com The work never lies. #DecisivePodcastSeries #CreativityInTheAgeOfAI #StevenPuri #Sukha #PodcastTrailer

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