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Innovation showcase · H2 2026

H2Innovation

Turning production pressure into creative opportunity.

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Opening thought

Innovation only mattersif it solves a real problem.

The opportunity is not simply to “use more AI”. It is to identify where new tools, workflows and production models can make Meta’s global content operation materially better.

For H2, the pressures are clear
01Cost and time efficiency
02Quality
03Scalability
04Creative possibility
05Authenticity
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Agenda
Six acts · 60 minutes

How the session is structured.

01The H2 challenge
02What we have learnt together
03The five H2 objectives
04Why Freedman
05How we want to work in H2
06What we want from the room
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Act 1 Start with their world
Five tensions, held at once

The H2 challenge

01Do morewithout simply adding more production cost
02Move fasterwithout sacrificing quality
03Scale globallywithout losing local relevance
04Explore new creative possibilitieswithout introducing unnecessary risk
05Maintain human authenticitywithout defaulting to big-shoot economics every time
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Act 1 Our innovation principle

Innovation should remove friction,not add another layer of complexity.

Which means a simple loop
Solve a real problem Test it safely Measure the impact Build the learning into the next campaign

Pragmatic rather than dazzled by technology.

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Act 2 What we have already learnt together
We are not starting from zero
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01Nina · India Select a creative to open it

H1 moved AI from theory into live production.

What we ran together
01AI dubbing in live workflows
02Figma & Weave experimentation
03AI lip-syncing
04Production automation
05Claude-powered interrogation
06Phase 2 creative localisation pilot
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Act 2 What those pilots taught us
Technology is only one part of the answer

What those pilots taught us.

01Brand strategy has to lead.
02Creative direction matters more than prompting.
03Localisation needs to move upstream.
04Human craft remains critical.
05Repeatable systems create the real scale.
06AI should support the operating model, not sit outside it.
Act 3 The H2 innovation objectives
One demo each

Five H2 objectives

Not tools. Not initiatives. Objectives, because each one solves a business problem.

01Build once. Scale intelligently.Cost + Time + Scalability
02Keep the human. Reduce the shoot footprint.Authenticity + Creativity + Efficiency
03Generate movement, not poses.Quality + Creative possibility
04One performance. Many markets.Speed + Quality + Scale
05Scale quality control alongside production.Quality + Scalability + Risk reduction
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Act 3 Objective 01
Business priority  -  Cost + Time + Scalability
ComfyUI · the reusable generation chain, in build
01

Build once.
Scale intelligently.

Production logic gets rebuilt from scratch every campaign. Build it once, and every market after that is a rules change.

What this means for Meta

The build carries over, so a new market starts from work already done rather than from scratch. Rollout moves closer to a configuration than a new production.

The reusable chain
Brand guardrailsMarket inputPrompt architectureGenerationProduct integrationRetouchQAOutputs
The tools doing the work
cape.ioIntelligent campaign automation - plan, create, validate and activate. Publishes straight to Meta, YouTube, DV360, TikTok, Amazon and DOOH. Used by Unilever, Ubisoft, Paramount, KLM and Philips.Walkthrough to come
ComfyUIA fully reusable GenAI workflow that swaps faces, clothing and background while holding the composition of the image.In build
Objective 01 Demo
One master. Every placement, every market.
Live reframeUS master  ·  1 : 1 · Feed
Market
9 assets from one master
3 placements × 3 markets

These are the real Citrine masters and their India and Mexico localisations, reframed for each social placement. Nine finished assets from one build.

CapeIO walkthroughPlatform demo
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Act 3 Objective 02
Authenticity + Creativity + Efficiency
02

Keep the human.
Reduce the shoot footprint.

Shoot real talent once, in a controlled studio. Then build every scene, market and format from that single capture.

What this means for Meta

Real-talent credibility in every market, without paying for a location shoot in every market.

The approach
One studio captureGreen screenGenerative environmentsMarket backgroundsHuman validation
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Objective 02 Demo
One capture, many markets
Green screen stage
LED screen, left · green screen, right

Shoot once. Build the rest around it.

The capture is real and the creative direction is human. What changes per market is everything around the performance, not the performance itself. There are two ways to put a world behind that performance, and only one of them keeps it editable.

Two ways to capture it
Green screenTalent is shot against chroma and the world is built afterwards. Nothing exists on set, which is precisely why a new market stays a background swap rather than a reshoot.Right for localisation
LED screenA photoreal environment is rendered live on a large LED screen and caught in camera, so the light and the reflections on skin, glass and paintwork are genuine. The background is then fixed in the plate.Baked at capture
What this means for Meta

The background stays a variable rather than a decision made on shoot day. The shoot happens once, and every market after it is an assembly we build and run.

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Act 3 Objective 03
Business priority  -  Quality + Creative possibility
03

Generate movement,
not poses.

Phase 2 showed that natural human behaviour is difficult to manufacture through static prompting alone. So we stop prompting for a pose and direct a performance instead - then take the frame we want out of the motion.

Approved Citrine still Image-to-video pass Pull the in-between frame Upscale & finish
What this means for Meta

Social creative that reads photographed rather than generated - from creative you have already approved.

The tool doing the work
GenAI videoImage-to-video over an approved still, so the motion starts from signed-off creative.Meta have seen it
Movement, not a pose
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Objective 03 Demo
An animated Citrine creative
Source - approved Citrine creativeIndia · Taxi
Animated version5 directions tested

Because it starts from creative Meta has already approved, there is no new brief and no new risk - only the difference between a still that reads posed and a frame that reads photographed. This is promise 02 from Phase 2, in production.

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Speed + Quality + Scale
Act 3 Objective 04
04

One performance.
Many markets.

Move the conversation beyond “AI dubbing”. Start with a strong human performance, keep what makes it good, and scale it intelligently across markets.

Original performance Transcreation Dubbing Lip sync Market QA Final formats
The tools doing the work
BeebleAIKeeps the original performance and adapts the character for the market - same performance, different person. Runs entirely on local hardware; source files are never uploaded to the cloud.Tested
Sync LabsThe voice side: dubbing and lip-sync that carries one performance into every language.Demo video to come
ElevenLabsAutomatic dubbing, already embedded in our process. The baseline we are building past.In our process
What this means for Meta

One casting and one performance serve every market. Localisation stops being a reshoot.

Hero human-led · creator and social AI-supported · high-volume automation-first.

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Objective 04 Demo
One performance, recast and revoiced
Relighting a captured performance
BeebleAI Freedman internal test · not client work

The performance stays. The person can change.

One captured performance can carry into a market that needs a different face, without recasting, rebooking or reshooting. The timing, the delivery and the intent are all preserved - only the talent changes.

The voice works the same way. Sync Labs re-records the line in the target language and re-times the mouth to match it, so a dubbed market still reads as performance rather than as dubbing.

What this means for Meta

A market that needs a different face or a different language no longer needs a different shoot. Casting and voice stop being production costs and become settings.

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Act 3 Objective 05
Business priority  -  Quality + Scalability + Risk reduction
Claude plugin · internal test output
05

Scale quality control
alongside production.

If production volume grows, quality assurance has to grow with it. An automated pre-check takes the repetitive pass, so human Brand Guardians spend their time on judgement.

The tools doing the work
Claude pluginOur own internal test automating transcreation, brand guardianship and quality control in one pass. Built in-house; not yet run on a live campaign.Internal test
AdclearClearance, before legal ever sees it. Adclear reads the brand guidelines and the market rules, then checks every asset against them - advertising restrictions differ market by market, alcohol being the obvious one. It pre-approves at volume and flags only what needs a human decision.In pilot with Meta
Neurons AIEye-tracking heatmaps in seconds, plus one score covering attention, cognitive demand, memorability and focus - and the specific fix. Built on eye-tracking and brain-scanning data from 300,000 participants over 20 years. Already used by Mars, Chanel, L’Oréal, TikTok and Meta.To licence
What this means for Meta

Volume can grow without the QA team growing with it - and without brand risk growing either.

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Objective 05 Demo
The pre-flight check
Ready
Product accuracy - pass Headline 43 / 40 characters Logo clear space - pass Transcreation - term not approved Format 4:5 - compliant
5 rules · awaiting run

Machines take the repetitive pass. People take the judgement.

Every asset is checked against the brand and language rules before a human opens it. The Brand Guardian then reviews only what was flagged, rather than everything that was made.

- compliance score
on this asset
And the second question - will it work?

Neurons AI predicts where the eye lands before anything launches, scores the creative, and names what is costing you attention - weak hierarchy, poor logo contrast, reduced readability. It is A/B testing that happens before the spend, rather than after it.

Where this honestly stands

The compliance pass is our own internal Claude plugin test, not yet run on a live campaign. The attention map shown here is an illustration of what Neurons AI returns, applied to our own master so you can read it against work you know. We would like to pilot both properly with you.

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Act 3 One to scope
Creativity + Scalability
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Ask the hologram.

A live holographic avatar with a brand personality, a voice and a product knowledge base. Someone walks up and asks it a question, in their own language, and it answers from copy that has already been signed off.

Picks a language Answers, lip synced Locked to approved copy

Partner found. Costed. The right time to scope.

What this means for Meta

Ray-Ban Meta is a product you talk to. This puts that same conversation in the room, so someone understands the glasses by having the interaction rather than reading about it.

The ask: one activation, one site, two languages.

Retail avatarEN

“These are Ray-Ban Meta. Ask me anything about the frames, the fit or the features.”

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Act 5 How we want to work with Meta in H2
A repeatable model, not a one-off event

From innovation day to innovation pipeline.

01
Identify

Which real programme problems create the most friction?

02
Prioritise

Which are worth solving through technology or workflow?

03
Pilot

Run small, clearly bounded tests.

04
Measure

Cost. Time. Quality. Approval. Scale. Creative outcome.

05
Operationalise

If it works, integrate it into live programme delivery.

06
Share

Pass the learning back to the wider Meta team.

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Act 5 What we commit to
Seven commitments

What we commit to.

01
No innovation theatre

Only ideas we believe solve a meaningful production or creative challenge.

02
Small, measurable pilots

Problem, hypothesis and success measures defined before we begin.

03
Transparent learning

If something does not work, we will tell you. The learning still has value.

04
Tool-agnostic thinking

Best technology for the problem, not everything anchored to one platform.

05
Human judgement stays in

Creative, brand and cultural expertise remain central.

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Learnings feed the programme

Successful pilots become improved workflows, not isolated demos.

07
We bring ideas proactively

Programme managers should not have to spot every opportunity themselves.

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Act 6 What we want from the room
A working session

Where should we place the next bet?

Which of these pressures is most acute for you in H2?

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Which upcoming brief gives us the best opportunity to test something differently?

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Where are you currently seeing production friction that we may not see?

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Better technology is not the ambition.Better global creative production is.

More efficient More scalable More creative More locally relevant Still human where it matters

Our role is to help you test what is possible, and turn what works into everyday advantage.

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Act 4 Why Freedman
Fast enough to test. Trusted enough to deploy.

Why us?

Because innovation at global scale needs more than a tool.

01We already understand the systemYour workflows, approvals, market realities and operational pressure
02We bring localisation into innovationWe know what happens when work has to survive 12 markets and 20 languages
03We combine disciplinesCreative, AI, production, cultural intelligence, brand guardianship, PM, client lead
04We are independentFree to test the best tools for the problem, not one proprietary stack
05We can experiment and operationaliseAgile enough to test, experienced enough to embed it in live delivery
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What we want from the room
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Questions?

Which brief, and which pressure, do we start with?

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Thank you

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