FILMS



VIKPAT
BY
VIKRANT PATANKAR



FADE IN:

 Vikrant dreams to bring Hollywood to the tech scene of San Francisco.
He's also a Kothari and EV Fellow.

All work on this page is written, directed, shot, edited and colored by Vikrant unless noted otherwise.


UPCOMING WORK
MuseYardOld Dream (Q426)Untitled Debut Short


VALUES
1. Do things regardless.

FILMS
Composio
$25m Series A launch — Agents! Agents! Agents!
Brand / Musical / Comedy
Ship Agents in Tenderloin
Product Demo / Comedy
Rube Recipes launchProduct Demo / ComedyAgent Orchestrator launchProduct DemoTrust at ComposioBrandComposio SkillsProduct DemoDatabase for AI AgentsPodcast2025 AI Agent ReportEditorial ReportSF Tech WeekEventYC AgentMail HackathonEvent
Catalyx Space$5m Seed Round announcement — InterstellarBrand / ThesisRex 2.0 Capsule Drop TestHardware Demo
BonusO-1 announcementComedyMeeting FarzaVlogFirst Sunrise of 2026
Personal Film
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) in 70mmTravel


ESSAYS
To AI or not to AIFor the Love of Interstellarlet's stop fetishizing "understanding"fleeting crush


PRESS
Why tech startups are hiring in-house filmmakersThe Times of IndiaThe Story Behind a New Kind of Tech-Filmmaking CareerLA WeeklyWhy AI Won't Replace Filmmaking, According To Vikrant Patankar
INVERSEMumbai Chawl To The Global Stage: The Enigma Of A Filmmaker That Is Vikrant PatankarOutlook IndiaWhy AI Startups Are Hiring In-House FilmmakersTech TimesFellowships open a door for campus entrepreneursThe Economic Times




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BrandCATALYX SPACE / $5M SEED ROUND ANNOUNCEMENT — INTERSTELLAR        


A Film byVikrant PatankarWritten bySaqib HussainMusicHans Zimmer

Catalyx Space raised $5.4M to build the back-end infrastructure for space — upmass, downmass, orbital logistics. Two founders left India, landed at LAX, and built a space company in San Francisco in one year.
Watch it on X
Hardware DemoCATALYX SPACE / REX 2.0 CAPSULE DROP TEST        


A Film byVikrant PatankarMusicRyan Taubert

A live drop test of a re-entry capsule over the Nevada desert, near Area 51. No studio, no controlled set — just a spacecraft, a desert, and a camera.
Watch it on X
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