B-Side Corp
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ManifestoAbout

B-Side Corp is an independent lab exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping the screen economy. We build tools and document what's changing.

We don't take on client work. If something we're building is relevant to what you're working on, contact us.

Projects
Behavioural Density Index
In development

New titles on streaming platforms are invisible to recommendation algorithms until viewing behaviour accumulates. By then the discoverability window has closed. The Behavioural Density Index gives platforms a signal to work with from day one.

AI Creative Brief
Deployed at enterprise

Recommends the right platform for your photo or video brief. Builds a starting prompt in the correct syntax, estimates the cost before you start, and diagnoses what went wrong when the result comes back. A private enterprise edition — with brand profiles, rights guardrails, and a campaign asset tracker — is now live with a media enterprise.

Kinetic Lens
In development

Every effective AI generation prompt represents creative and commercial value. Most organisations treat them as disposable. KineticLens treats them as assets.

The Analyst's Lens
Coming soon

Every industry document makes claims. The Lens compares what is written against what the operational reality actually supports. The output is not a summary. It is a verdict.

Metadata Intelligence
In development

The point where a content owner delivers their catalogue to a streaming platform is where discoverability is won or lost. Most mid-market content owners lose it before the algorithm ever sees them.

The submission layer — the precondition for the BDI signal.

The True Cost of AI in Media
Research paper

Entertainment companies report AI adoption as a strategic achievement. The tool cost is the smallest number on the invoice. The real costs — skill debt, governance gaps, and infrastructure that wasn't ready — accumulate invisibly. This paper documents what organisations actually pay when they deploy AI before the foundation is in place.

What we are currently thinking about

Robot training data

FAST cold-start economics

Generative AI governance

Current project status
Behavioural Density IndexBuild
ConceptResearchBuildBetaLive
AI Creative BriefBeta + Enterprise
ConceptResearchBuildBetaLive
Kinetic LensBuild
ConceptResearchBuildBetaLive
The Analyst's LensPre-launch
ConceptResearchBuildBetaLive
Metadata IntelligenceResearch
ConceptResearchBuildBetaLive
B-SIDE CORP/PROJECT LOG
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[2026-09-02 21:40] ✓ B-Side Corp
Milestone: Internal AI governance framework v2 adopted across all tools
Status: Live
[2026-08-30 19:25] ✓ Metadata Intelligence
Fixed: Genre taxonomy mismatch between IMF packages and platform ingest
Status: Concept
[2026-08-23 06:10] ✓ The Analyst's Lens
Updated: Evidence weighting rebalanced — financial claims now require 3 independent sources
Status: Research
[2026-08-22 22:30] ✓ Kinetic Lens
Updated: Asset vault search now supports semantic natural-language queries
Status: Build → Testing
[2026-08-16 20:45] ✓ BDI
Updated: Density threshold recalibrated against Q2 platform recommendation shifts
Status: Build
[2026-08-09 07:15] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Reference image library supports batch upload for campaign moodboards
Status: Beta
[2026-08-02 18:50] ✓ Metadata Intelligence
New: Submission layer now auto-validates against EBU R103 compliance before delivery
Status: Concept
[2026-07-26 23:30] ✓ The Analyst's Lens
New: Verdict engine now cross-references operational KPIs against document claims
Status: Research
[2026-07-19 21:05] ✓ Kinetic Lens
New: Prompt asset tagging now auto-classifies by campaign and usage rights
Status: Build → Testing
[2026-07-12 08:20] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Fixed: Cost estimator rounding error on Kling AI pro-mode credits
Status: Beta
[2026-07-05 19:40] ✓ BDI
New: Cold-start signal now ingests real-time viewing spikes within 6 hours of release
Status: Build
[2026-06-28 22:15] ✓ AI Creative Brief
New: Brand guardrail panel now blocks non-compliant platforms before prompt generation
Status: Beta
[2026-06-25 14:00] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Kling AI platform version bumped to 3.0 — stronger photorealism, native audio, up to 15s duration, 4K output, Turbo mode with audio at lower cost
Status: Beta
[2026-06-25 13:45] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Runway platform version bumped to Gen-4.5 — current flagship model, improved character consistency and prompt adherence over Gen-4
Status: Beta
[2026-06-25 13:30] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Midjourney platform version bumped to v8.1 — current default, faster, better prompt adherence, native 2K HD output, stronger text rendering
Status: Beta
[2026-06-25 10:15] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: SDK dependency upgraded to v0.8.34 for improved entity query stability and connector reliability
Status: Beta
[2026-06-25 09:45] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Status badges standardized across all session screens — consistent "Beta" and "Enterprise" labelling
Status: Enterprise
[2026-06-25 09:30] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Fixed: PLATFORM SETUP section now renders as its own labelled block in output card and PDF — was being silently absorbed into the Platform section
Status: Beta
[2026-06-25 09:15] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Fixed: API errors now display inline in session chat instead of vanishing silently
Status: Enterprise
[2026-06-25 09:00] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Fixed: Brainstorm mode now opens on the Brainstorm tab when selected from the brand selector
Status: Enterprise
[2026-06-20 09:00] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Adobe Firefly AI Assistant noted in Optimisation Note for users already inside Adobe Creative Cloud — Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign
Status: Beta
[2026-06-19 11:30] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Fixed: PDF header colour corrected — blue (#2D5BE3) header and footer with white text, replacing old black and yellow design pass
Status: Beta
[2026-06-19 09:45] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Adobe Firefly prompt guidance revised — 175-word cap, concise design-oriented framing, indemnification rules reinforced for paid advertising
Status: Beta
[2026-06-18 09:00] ✓ AI Creative Brief
New: Session export added — PDF download, copy transcript, copy all prompts
Status: Beta
[2026-06-17 18:00] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Fixed: FAQ category tab scroll-jump bug resolved — tabs now switch sections in place without page movement
Status: Beta
[2026-06-15 19:34] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Midjourney prompt guidance revised — no artificial length shortening, essential flags always included
Status: Beta
[2026-06-11 18:47] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Text-in-image routing clarified — GPT Image-1 and Ideogram primary, DALL-E 3 flagged as working option, Midjourney guidance scoped
Status: Beta
[2026-06-10 14:30] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Navigation context-awareness — logged-in users stay in tool context across FAQ, legal, and history screens; invite code visible throughout
Status: Beta
[2026-06-10 13:55] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Footer and TopChrome now route back to tool when logged in, suppressing "Already a beta tester?" prompt for active sessions
Status: Beta
[2026-06-10 07:14] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Separated DALL-E 3 and GPT Image-1 into distinct platform entries with independent prompt engineering guidance
Status: Beta
[2026-06-10 06:48] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Extended video platform prompt structure — Runway, Sora, Kling AI, Pika, Hailuo now include full camera and motion spec blocks
Status: Beta
[2026-06-10 06:22] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Ideogram added to platform coverage with text-in-image prompt structure and Magic Prompt toggle guidance
Status: Beta
[2026-06-09 23:51] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Platform quality guide revised — GPT Image-1 replaces DALL-E 3 as primary recommendation for human subjects behind Nano Banana Pro
Status: Beta
[2026-06-09 23:18] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Firefly, Flux Pro, Google Imagen prompt structure formalised — explicit ordering of subject, environment, lighting, style parameters
Status: Beta
[2026-06-09 22:40] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Hailuo / MiniMax and Canva added to platform toggle on session setup screen
Status: Beta
[2026-06-08 21:30] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Research: Evaluated Gemini 3 Flash image output quality against Flux Pro baseline
Status: Beta
[2026-06-07 21:05] ✓ AI Creative Brief
New: Brainstorm mode added — free-form creative exploration tab with no structured output
Status: Beta
[2026-06-07 06:15] ✓ BDI
Audit: Reviewed OpenAI Realtime API latency specs for broadcast integration viability
Status: Build
[2026-06-06 22:44] ✓ Metadata Intelligence
Research: Analysed Apple Intelligence on-device tagging capabilities in iOS 18.5
Status: Concept
[2026-06-05 05:50] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Added Nano Banana Pro (Google DeepMind) to platform coverage
Status: Beta
[2026-06-04 23:10] ✓ The Analyst's Lens
Research: GPT-5 structured output benchmarks reviewed for media analytics use case
Status: Research
[2026-06-04 06:05] ✓ BDI
Research: Claude Opus 4 tool-use reliability tested on live broadcast data pipeline
Status: Build
[2026-06-03 21:55] ✓ Kinetic Lens
Research: VideoLLaMA 3 evaluated for shot-type classification accuracy
Status: Build → Testing
[2026-06-02 22:14] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Updated: Markdown rendering fixed in session export
Status: Beta
[2026-06-02 06:33] ✓ BDI
Research: Broadcast signal latency analysis complete
Status: Build
[2026-05-31 21:47] ✓ Metadata Intelligence
Updated: Submission layer architecture reviewed against EBU R103 compliance requirements
Status: Concept
[2026-05-30 05:20] ✓ The Analyst's Lens
Research: Perplexity Sonar Pro tested as real-time data layer for audience insight queries
Status: Research
[2026-05-29 22:58] ✓ AI Creative Brief
Research: Runway Gen-4 vs Kling AI motion consistency benchmarked on 30 test clips
Status: Beta
[2026-05-29 06:45] ✓ BDI
Audit: Python codebase reviewed
Status: Build
[2026-05-28 21:12] ✓ Kinetic Lens
Research: AWS Rekognition label confidence thresholds tested against internal tagging standard
Status: Build → Testing
[2026-05-27 23:45] ✓ Kinetic Lens
Added: Asset tagging system
Status: Build → Testing
[2026-05-27 21:10] ✓ BDI
Fixed: Algorithm performance boost
Status: Build
[2026-05-27 07:55] ✓ AI Creative Brief
New: Cost estimator v2 released
Status: Beta
[2026-05-27 06:33] ✓ The Analyst's Lens
Research: Validation framework complete
Status: Research
[2026-05-27 05:48] ✓ Metadata Intelligence
Started: Submission layer design
Status: Concept
[2026-05-27 05:12] ✓ BDI
Milestone: Signal integration tested
Status: Build
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B-Side Corp is not taking on client work. If you're working on similar problems — AI infrastructure in media, metadata quality, generative tool governance — and want to compare notes, this is the right place.

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Conrad Buck · Montréal & London, UK
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