Traditional studios separate what we unite. A story born in development leaves to be produced, leaves again to find distribution, and leaves a third time to be monetized.
Every handoff loses time, money, and meaning. We built a single system where nothing leaves.
IP, production, commerce, distribution — operating as one continuous surface. That's the compounding advantage. That's the bet.
Built by operators, not theorists.
Chris Surrey
Founder of PaintBox Labs — the Orlando-based creative production company continuing as Dream Builders through statutory conversion. Two decades producing Fortune 500 campaigns for Universal, Sony, Toyota, and the NFL. Executive Producer on These Final Hours (NAACP nominated). Recognized by Clio, Addy, Telly, Brand Film, and ANA In-House Excellence Awards. Also operates ThinkDiffusion Studios, the AI-native production workflow platform.
Andre Forde
Four-time founder with three prior exits, including ImageCafe (acquired by Network Solutions 1999, $23M). Founder of Drop.tv — the multicultural distribution platform published across 500M+ connected devices on Roku, Fire TV, Samsung TV+, LG Channels, Google TV, and Apple TV. Also founded Dula.ai, the Berkshire-backed AI preventive healthcare platform partnered with Aflac. Earlier career at IBM across marketing, multimedia development, and hardware deployments at classified government sites.
Avani Patel
Former COO at Essence Communications. Deep operational leadership across media, commerce, and multicultural audience development — bringing the scaled operations expertise that turns vision into functioning company.
Four operating assets. One company.
Each pillar operates commercially today — and compounds when paired with the others.
Drop.tv
The multicultural entertainment distribution platform published across 500M+ connected devices — Roku, Fire TV, Samsung TV+, LG Channels, Google TV, Apple TV. Live since December 2025 with 250K monthly views and a growing Latin audience. Founded by Andre Forde; Dream Builders operates under a commercial distribution relationship.
BLCK.LIVE
AI-powered live commerce platform trusted by 300+ Fortune 500 and DTC brands. Converts content into conversation and conversation into conversion — QVC-style programming for a post-linear audience. Co-founded by Andre Forde; Dream Builders operates under a commercial partnership with BLCK.LIVE.
PaintBox Labs / ThinkDiffusion Studios
Two decades of Fortune 500 creative and AI-native production work — Universal, Sony, Toyota, NFL. PaintBox Labs is the operating production company continuing as Dream Builders through statutory conversion. ThinkDiffusion Studios operates under Project Dream, an AI production fellowship backed by ElevenLabs, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind.
Orlando Production Campus
Dream Builders operates from a 9,952 square foot production campus on 2.39 acres in Ocoee, FL — LED volume stage, sound stages, editorial post, and live commerce broadcast infrastructure under one roof. The facility is held separately from the operating company and leased to Dream Builders at arm's-length terms — a standard production-company structure that keeps the operating entity lean while giving it full access to production-grade infrastructure.
Most companies in this space are either technology companies pretending to be studios, or studios pretending to understand technology. Dream Builders is the rare team that actually operates both.
The infrastructure is real.
A purpose-built production campus outside Orlando. Not rented space. Not shared facilities. A working plant where content is created, edited, published, and commerced — under one roof.
Production, post, commerce, editorial — all under one roof.
Ocoee, Florida. Detached working campus — not a rented suite.
Create · Distribute · Commerce · Edit. One facility, four compounding capabilities.
Infrastructure is live today — production, post, and live commerce are all active.
Create
Sound stages, LED volume capture, and virtual production — where IP becomes performance. Dual-format ready: vertical and horizontal captured simultaneously.
Edit
Editorial suites, color, sound mixing, and AI-accelerated post workflows. The same pipeline that produced HHN 30 and two decades of Fortune 500 campaigns.
Commerce
Live commerce broadcast infrastructure integrated into production — enabling shoppable content at the moment of creation, not bolted on afterward.
Distribute
Direct publishing workflow into 500M+ connected devices. Finished content moves from edit bay to distribution network without leaving the building.
The Orlando campus is held separately from the operating company and leased to Dream Builders at arm's-length terms — a standard production-company structure that keeps the operating entity lean while giving it full access to production-grade infrastructure.