Original Research
Every series starts as an investigation: the subject, the audience, the evidence, the people and places that make it real. Sources are cited and claims are checked before a single line is written.
auto_stories AutoNateAI · Research & Educational Media
Complex ideas. Extraordinary stories.
We're an independent research and educational media company. We investigate hard subjects, then turn them into original animated series that people actually finish, for our own channels and for the organizations we work with.
4 series24 episodes18 proofs in one season
hub What We Do
Research is the advantage. Animation is how it lands.
Anyone can make a cartoon. We make the investigation first, then build the story around what's true.
Animated Productions
Original characters, story arcs with real stakes, voice, music and 3Blue1Brown-style teaching visuals, produced end to end and delivered for YouTube, social and the classroom.
Custom Series
Commissioned storytelling for schools, nonprofits, programs and startups: your mission, your audience and your subject turned into a series people actually finish.
Learning Materials
One investigation, many assets: workbooks with homework and answer keys, instructor guides, course pages, reels and share cards come with the series.
video_library Our Work
All series arrow_forwardSeries you can watch right now.
Originals we publish through Bot That Lyfe, and series commissioned by organizations.
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Original · Bot That Lyfe
The Curve
Discrete mathematics & proofs (EECS 203)
Most of the class is failing discrete math. Five strangers have to learn logic, proofs, infinity, induction, counting and graphs together, and find out the curve was never the real test.
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Commissioned · STEM Innovation Network
The Next Step
A STEM expo, financial literacy, AI and community health
Two seasons built around the STEMNet Blue Zone Innovation Expo at Virginia State University: a mentor's stroke, an AI voice-clone scam on a grandmother's rent money, and the kids who show up for each other.
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Original · Bot That Lyfe
The Context Window
Prompt engineering, context, hallucinations, SQL & graphs
A sitcom about a startup team learning to work with AI: why bad prompts get bad answers, why more context can make it worse, fake packages, the JOIN that lies, and graph memory.
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Original · Bot That Lyfe
Search Party
Faith, identity, AI and graph search
Three college students in an Agentic AI class search for God three different ways (wide, deep and not at all) while their class teaches graph search. A comedy with scripture read in context.
route How a Series Gets Made
From a question to a season.
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Research
We investigate the subject and your audience: curriculum, field research, sources, interviews, the real names and places your people know.
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Story
We build the spine: a human story where the concept is the way out, a diverse cast with backstories, an arc that pays off across episodes.
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Production
Script, voice, music and animation. Lessons become full-screen visual explanations; drama and comedy carry the viewer between them.
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Review
You watch every cut on a private review link and sign off before anything goes public. Edits re-render scene by scene.
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Deliver
Published to your channel or ours: playlists, SEO descriptions with chapters, thumbnails, reels, PDFs, a landing page.
inventory_2 One Investigation, Many Assets
A series is more than episodes.
The research behind a season becomes everything your audience, your instructors and your marketing need, from the same source of truth.
See Packages arrow_forwardmovieEpisodes3–8 minute character drama episodes with a real arc
smartphoneReelsVertical can-you-solve-it clips for social
menu_bookWorkbooksHomework, worked solutions, answer keys
co_presentInstructor guidesRun it as a class or discussion section
webLanding pagesA course page with the playlist and downloads
imageThumbnails + cardsShare-ready art for every episode
groups Who We Work With
For organizations arrow_forwardOrganizations with something worth explaining.
Education & EdTech
Animated lessons, curriculum-aligned series, STEM explainers and student-engagement content, with workbooks and instructor guides.
play_circle The Curve: a six-episode discrete math course with homework and answer keys.
Nonprofits & Community Programs
Turn your mission, research and public information into stories your community recognizes itself in, and shares.
play_circle The Next Step: two seasons for a STEM expo and its partners.
Funded Startups
Explain a technical product, educate customers and show the problem your innovation solves, with research behind every claim.
play_circle A research-backed three-episode product education series.
AutoNateAI
Research & commercial
Independent investigations, commissioned series, organizational partnerships and client services.
autonateai.comsync_altOne research & production engineresearch → evidence → scripts → characters → animation
Bot That Lyfe
Original CS series
Free animated courses on proofs, algorithms, AI and data, with workbooks. Our proof of what the studio makes.
botthatlyfe.com arrow_outwardhelp FAQ
Questions people ask.
What does AutoNateAI actually make?expand_more
Animated series built on real research. We investigate a subject, build a story and a cast around it, and produce finished episodes with the teaching visuals, reels and learning materials that go with them.
How is AutoNateAI related to Bot That Lyfe?expand_more
Bot That Lyfe (botthatlyfe.com) is where we publish our original computer-science series and free courses. AutoNateAI is the research and commercial side: independent investigations, commissioned series and partnerships. Bot That Lyfe is the proof of what the studio makes.
Do you use AI?expand_more
Yes, behind the scenes: research tooling, voice, and a production engine we built ourselves. The stories, the research checks and the final cut are human decisions, and every series is reviewed before it's published.
How long does a series take?expand_more
A single explainer can turn around in days. A six-episode series typically takes a few weeks from research to final delivery, with review links along the way.
movie Commission a Series
Have a subject people keep getting lost in?
Tell us about your audience and what they need to understand. We'll come back with a research plan, a story idea and a scope.