Renee and I have worked together for many years—me in Casting, both overseas and here in Sydney, and Renee as an Agent as well as managing an acting college. We loved our careers and cared deeply about our industry, but we often talked about the barriers that were stopping our industry from creating its best work.

Casting is a complicated endeavor, to put it mildly! But what we found from working at the coalface was that no one was having a great experience. For artists, in an age that values authenticity, there hasn’t been a platform that truly lets them showcase their craft in the best possible light.

Although the rise of self-taping has created more opportunities, there’s very little transparency throughout the audition and casting process for artists and their agents. That’s simply because the admin has become unsustainable for Casting, and there hasn’t been a seamless way to provide updates and feedback.

Everything felt fragmented, and creative standards weren’t being met. Where’s the longevity in all of this for our industry? We couldn’t accept that this was how things had to be. Our industry deserves better. We believe creatives should have superior tools that deliver and inspire definitive work.

So we decided to start Altai, driven by one simple but powerful idea: Creatives first. Always.

Altai is designed from the ground up with modern workflows in mind, to get rid of all the admin headaches and let people focus on what they’re passionate about—creating great work. That’s what inspires and drives us to do our best work—not just Renee and me, but our whole team. We want this to be your platform as much as ours… so we can all focus on doing what we love.