Since the infamous Hollywood strikes of summer 2023, which halted productions the world over with grave economic repercussions, the media and entertainment industry has seen an influx of start-ups offering intelligent new ways for creatives to embrace artificial intelligence, digital replicas, and protection of intellectual property. But the brutal nature of start-ups is that more than 50% don’t survive beyond 5 years, and roughly 20% fail in the first year. During our deep dive into the Interactive Media Agreement, Faultline discovered that Replica Studios, an AI voice company which reached an agreement with SAG-AFTRA to license digital replicas for gaming in 2024, had closed its doors a month earlier, we wondered who might be next. A start-up name heard in…