#WeAreTheBadBatch

Bad Batch Studio is founded by experienced leaders in entertainment, digital strategy, and AI production, with backgrounds spanning Disney, Moonbug, Epic Games, commercial, and independent production.

Meet the Team

  • MIKKO MARTIKAINEN

    CO-founder / Creative Technologist 

    Mikko is a creative technologist with 20+ years at the intersection of real-time 3D, VFX, generative systems, and emerging media.

    He builds tools, workflows, and visual platforms that expand how people tell stories and create together, combining hands-on prototyping and coding with leadership across multidisciplinary teams.

    His career includes key roles at Epic Games and The Mill, alongside work delivered for partners such as Meta, PlayStation, Coca-Cola, Samsung, Magic Leap, and 20th Century Fox.

  • ELIA BOUTHORS

    Co-founder / Studio Leader / IP Architect

    Elia is a Media exec with 15+ experience building digital businesses and architecting IPs.

    With his experience at Disney, Wildbrain and as an independent creative, Elia brings the franchise logic of big studios, the distribution playbook of digital first IP development and the creative flair of independent filmmaking.

    Elia holds a Msc. in Management from ESSEC business school in Paris and an MA in Film & TV from the National Film & TV in London.

  • RICHY HAFNER

    Co-Founder / Head of Content

    Richy is a creative producer and director creating fiction, documentaries, and new forms of AI-assisted cinema.

    At Bad Batch Studio, he oversees content direction and builds generative storytelling pipelines for emerging narrative worlds.

    His background spans feature-film environments, creative leadership roles, and multidisciplinary team coordination across Europe and New Zealand, including collaborations with Red Bull, Coca-Cola, and Universal Studios.

About Bad Batch Studio

Bad Batch Studio is a new entertainment and technology company creating story-driven franchises for the digital generation. We operate at the intersection of creativity, generative AI, and digital-first distribution.

Bad Batch Studio is headquartered in London, with operations in Zürich, Helsinki and Wellington.

We believe that emerging audiences deserve premium storytelling built for how they watch today — short-form, serialized, interactive, community-driven, and platform-native.

We design, finance, and produce original IPs using our proprietary AI-enhanced production stack, which includes:

  • AI-assisted key frame composition

  • Motion control tools

  • Distribution and localisation automation

  • Narrative development tools for franchise-building

  • Audience data feedback loop

Our approach allows small creative teams to produce studio-quality content faster and with greater flexibility. Our content focus areas include:

  • Sci-fi and dystopian worlds

  • Horror and supernatural storytelling

  • Stylized action, comedy, and genre-mashups

  • Digital-native story formats (YouTube series, TikTok storytelling, episodic short-form), with ability to conform to traditional TV and streaming platform