Tarun Rai

CEO & Founder -Enrai Animation Studio |

Mesa School of Buisness UG Founding Cohort |

NMIMS- 2025-29 |

Amazon Certified Writer- 2023

[Tarun Rai @hellotarun_]

Why do people work?

I never had the opportunity to build something of my own before Enrai(https://t.co/O6OzREc6oG) .

I asked myself why people work

And maybe the whole reason people work is not just for the monetary benefits it comes with , but rather also , people work to get to know the answers of questions that are underlying under all this uncertainty.

This was the raw thoughts of mine on why people work , would love to hear from you in the comments below 👇

[Tarun Rai @hellotarun_]

What is your favorite thing to do on a random weekday?😃

[Tarun Rai @hellotarun_]

Today I received my first international wire transfer from a client in Belgium paying for AI animation.

I'm 19. I started a company 3 months ago.
So yes, entrepreneurship is Gen Z's main character moment. But not for the reasons people think.
It's not because we're fearless. It's because we have no choice.
My generation watched the traditional career path collapse in real time layoffs, AI replacing roles, degrees losing value. The question stopped being "how do I get a job" and became "how do I build something that can't be taken from me."
The biggest opportunity for Gen Z founders right now: AI has eliminated the gap between a 2-person team and a 20-person studio. We can build at a quality and speed that was impossible 3 years ago.
The biggest challenge: we are building in isolation. No mentors who've done what we're doing. No playbook for AI-native companies. No ecosystem that was designed for us.
We're writing the rules as we go.
That is terrifying. It is also the most alive I have ever felt.
#GenZSpeaks

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@higgsfield_ai Personally a regular user of Seedance 2.0 at @higgsfield_ai , would love to see how Seedance 2.5 unfolds things

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@CharaspowerAI Lovely to see this. Will for sure recreate something similar myself

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@CharaspowerAI The cinematic grade production shows consistency beyond imaginable.
Making a small content piece myself using higsfield as of now- will update it on my own profile regarding that

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@fofrAI @runwaymlstudios
This format just unlocked something. Working on a Indian mythology version - The Odyssey, Scylla, hyperrealistic. Dropping it this week. The AI epic era is just starting.

[Tarun Rai @hellotarun_]

The Odyssey, if made in 2026 by AI.

Inspired by @EHuanglu - made with @higgsfield_ai

[Tarun Rai @hellotarun_]

@EHuanglu Made a similar shot taking inspiration from you.
Absolutely loved your creative idea .

[Tarun Rai @hellotarun_]

Today?
Reapplied to Mesa Startup Lab.
New team. New pipeline. New vision.

Enrai Animation Studio — building India's first AI-native animation studio.

The next 13-year-old kid from Varanasi watching Naruto shouldn't have to leave India to build this.
We're doing it from here. 🎌

[Tarun Rai @hellotarun_]

"Let's make the future!!"
I screamed this at 2am the night I decided to build Enrai.
Here's the full story — 2 brutal realizations, a pivot I didn't see coming, and why I reapplied to my school's startup program twice.
🧵

[Tarun Rai @hellotarun_]

What followed:
Team restructuring.

New hires.

Deep research into how the global animation industry actually works.

(Shoutout to The Soak on YouTube — genuinely learned a lot.)