AI Creator Day: Creators and AI Experts Convene to Talk Creativity

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On Tuesday, dozens of top creators, executives and AI experts convened at TheWrap and What’s Trending’s first ever AI Creator Day in Los Angeles.

The one-day conference brought together professionals and creators who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI to discuss the tools behind their success and where the future is headed, all while underscoring why human creativity will never be replaced.

See the scene on site at the inaugural AI Creator Day below. You can check out a recap of the day’s biggest insights and conversations here.

Sharon Waxman, Founder & CEO, TheWrap
Shira Lazar, Founder, CEO & Host, What’s Trending at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day

Check in at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day at Macgowan Hall, UCLA, on September 29th, 2026 (Photo by Randy Shropshire for TheWrap)

On the scene at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day

On the Scene at TheWrap x What’s Trending’s First-Ever AI Creator Day

TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day attendee reads TheWrap Magazine

Shira Lazar, Founder, CEO & Host, What’s Trending inside the Greenroom

Shira Lazar, Founder, CEO & Host, What’s Trending and Prem Akkaraju, CEO, Stability AI at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “State of the Union: Where AI Takes the Creator Economy Next”

Audience at “State of the Union: Where AI Takes the Creator Economy Next” Panel at Macgowan Hall, UCLA, on September 29th, 2026

Darin Stewart, Director, “The Arc” Simone Ferretti, Executive Producer, “The Arc”at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “What It Actually Takes to Make an AI Series presented by Artlist” demo

Roger Cheng, Managing Editor, Business & PRO, TheWrap and Jon Flynn, Head of FoxNXT, Fox Entertainment at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day

TheWrap Founder and Editor-in-Chief Sharon Waxman, David Bianchi, Colin Petrie-Norris and Chris M. Williams at AI Creator Day

Shira Lazar

Shira Lazar, moderator, CEO & Host, What’s Trending; James Douglas, VP, Experience Center (Creator Economy and Gaming), IAB;
Karen Robinson, SVP & Deputy General Counsel, Adobe Inc.
Rebecca Grone, Head of Impact, 11:11 Media at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “Who Decides What’s Human?”

Shira Lazar, moderator, CEO & Host, What’s Trending; Karen Robinson, SVP & Deputy General Counsel, Adobe Inc; Rebecca Grone, Head of Impact, 11:11 Media at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “Who Decides What’s Human?” Panel

Roger Cheng, Managing Editor, Business & PRO, TheWrap and Jon Flynn, Head of FoxNXT, Fox Entertainment at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “ing the Studio Model: Upskilling Talent for an AI-Powered Future” Panel

Roger Cheng and Jon Flynn

Lunch Break: hosted by Tender Greens

Doppio Expresso

Verena Puhm, Founder & CEO, Matriarch at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “How I Made It: “Nobody Dies on Mars””

Nik Kleverov, Co-founder & CCO, Native Foreign at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “The Art (& Business) of Storytelling with AI presented by Native Foreign” Demo”

Shira Lazar, Founder, CEO & Host, What’s Trending ; Bernie Su, Head of Creative, Pickford DeStorm Power, Entrepreneur, Creator, Innovator; Jesse Wellens, Filmmaker, Creator & AI innovator; Taryn Southern, AI Strategist;

Caleb Ward, Co-Founder, Curious Refuge; speaks onstage at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “The Creative Possibilities of AI Tools for Creators”

Sharon Waxman, Founder & Editor-in-chief, TheWrap; David Bianchi, Actor, Producer & Director; Colin Petrie-Norris, Founder & CEO, Fairground, and Chris M. Williams, Founder & CEO, pocket.watch at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “From AI Tools to Audience Hits: Building What’s Next”

Sharon Waxman, David Bianchi, Colin Petrie-Norris, and Chris M. Williams

at Macgowan Hall, UCLA, on September 29th, 2026

Chris Capel, Filmmaker, speaks onstage at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “How I Made It: ‘Merman’ “

Ana Kley, Creators & Partnerships Operations Lead, CapCut at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “From Concept to Cut: An AI Filmmaker’s Workflow presented by CapCut”

Dorothy Pang, Creative Director & AI Filmmaker at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “From Concept to Cut: An AI Filmmaker’s Workflow presented by CapCut”

Don Allen III, Director, A.R.T (Asteria Research and Technology) speaks onstage at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “Beyond the Brief: Creators Get Real About Working With Brands in AI”

Maverick Maltin, Creator & Founder, MavGPT speaks onstage at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “Beyond the Brief: Creators Get Real About Working With Brands in AI”

Jenny Stojkovic, Co-host, “The AI Download” speaks onstage at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “Beyond the Brief: Creators Get Real About Working With Brands in AI”

Writer, Storyteller & AI Creator speaks onstage at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “How I Made It: “Cinema West””

Chris Detert , Co-Founder & CCO, Influential; Rebecca Zamolo, Creator, Entrepreneur, Author & Founder, MOLO Fertility, and Matt Slays, Creator, Musician, Producer, and Entrepreneur at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “Scaling the Creator Business With AI”

Katherine Rundell, Senior Director of Partnerships, Cantina speaks at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “Creativity, Extended: How AI Opens New Vistas for Creators and Their IP presented by Cantina”

Vincent Marcus, Content Creator, Comedian & Social Media Influencer at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “Creativity, Extended: How AI Opens New Vistas for Creators and Their IP presented by Cantina”

Shira Lazar, Founder, CEO & Host, What’s Trending; Katherine Rundell, Senior Director of Partnerships, Cantina, and Vincent Marcus, Content Creator, Comedian & Social Media Influencer at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “Creativity, Extended: How AI Opens New Vistas for Creators and Their IP presented by Cantina”

TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day

TheWrap senior reporter Kayla Cobb interviews UTA’s Oren Rosenbaum at AI Creator Day

Oren Rosenbaum, Partner & Co-Head, UTA Creators Kayla Cobb, Senior Reporter, TheWrap at TheGrill 2026: AI Creator Day during “The Agent’s Playbook: Building the Creator Business” Panel