Video as Code — San Francisco | October 16, 2026

An introduction to video as code, presented by Sina Atalay in San Francisco on October 16, 2026. We've been thinking about video as code for two years. Websites, apps, and games are made by writing code, and videos can be made the same way. Now that AI writes code, video as code is one of the two main ways AI will make videos. At Academa, we're building an AI tutor for math and science. Good teachers explain by drawing on a blackboard, so an AI tutor needs a blackboard too. Video as code is how we're building it. This talk introduces video as code from the basics. Sina gave it in San Francisco on October 16, 2026, followed by a Q&A. Academa: https://academa.ai ManimGX, a free, open-source tool we built for making math and 3D animations with code: https://manimgx.academa.ai Instagram:   / academaai   X: https://x.com/AcademaAI Sina on X: https://x.com/sinaatalay 00:00 What is video as code? 01:15 Why: a personal teacher for every student 02:54 AI teachers need a blackboard 04:24 What is media? 05:33 Two ways to make videos with AI 06:55 When to use which: drawing a graph 08:33 The limits of each 09:16 Building blocks for video as code 11:00 How far good building blocks can go 12:13 Example: a circle inside a triangle 14:56 Interactive visuals 16:24 How to make videos with code today 18:09 Q&A: Who is it for? 18:47 Beyond videos: an AI calculus course 19:50 What about 3D and simulations? 21:37 Games and simulations written by AI 23:56 Tools for interactive visuals?