Cast - The world's first AI character casting agency

Hey Product Hunt 👋 I'm Andrew, founder of Cast. I built Cast to solve two problems that keep hitting AI video creators: ▎ 1. Getting the look you want is a gamble. You have a character in your head — a 40-year-old British detective in a rumpled blazer, a teenage girl with box braids and paint-stained overalls. But AI image generators make you roll the dice over and over, burning credits and time, hoping one generation matches your vision. And when you finally get something close, you can't recreate it from a different angle. ▎ 2. Likeness risk kills commercial projects. AI studios making ads, short films, and branded content face a real legal threat: what if your AI-generated character resembles a real person? Your project gets traction, someone sees their face in your ad, and you're dealing with a likeness lawsuit. Legal teams can't sign off on AI-generated faces when there's no way to prove they weren't based on a real person. This is already happening — and it's why some studios won't touch AI-generated faces at all. Cast solves both. Browse 100+ pre-built photoreal actors or describe exactly who you need and Cast generates them in ~90 seconds. Every actor is 100% AI-generated with no real-person training data — no likeness risk, no model releases needed. And every actor comes with a 4K 8-panel reference sheet (front, side, back, close-ups) so they stay visually consistent across Runway, Kling, Sora, and Veo. What makes Cast different: 🎬 Real casting agency model — 100+ actors spanning ages 8 to 70+, every major ethnicity, varied builds. Browse them like you'd browse a talent roster, not a prompt box. 🎨 Build-your-own — Describe your ideal actor and Cast generates their profile photo + full reference sheet. No prompt engineering, no LoRA training, no ComfyUI pipelines. ⚖️ Commercially clear — Every character is fully AI-generated. No real faces, no likeness claims, no model releases. License tiers from free (with attribution) to $1,000 exclusive ownership. Your legal team can actually say yes. Fun launch story: When I tested a Cast actor in ByteDance's Seedance video model, their content filter blocked it — the model thought our AI character was a real person and refused to generate. That's the level of realism we're going for — without any of the legal risk. Would love feedback from anyone making AI shorts, ads, storyboards, or product mockups. What's broken in your workflow? What would make Cast a no-brainer? Reach out anytime at admin@castability.ai. Andrew https://www.castability.ai/