LeonVera

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AI should make knowledge more trustworthy, not less. This is how we do it.

The studio in a few paragraphs, the facts, and what you may use.

About Leon & Vera

Leon & Vera is an AI-native studio for knowledge shows. The team spent a year working with the newest AI systems before a single video met the studio's standard. Two things stood in the way: the research was not yet good enough to check every fact, and the pictures could not yet show how complex things fit together. Every new development had to be learned the hard way. In July 2026, the systems had become good enough.

Good pictures were only half the work. Leon & Vera built a research library of more than 1,300 findings on how people learn from video, from cognitive load to the misconceptions viewers bring with them, and built its shows on it.

Leon & Vera makes six shows, each hosted by its own character, each about what has never been filmed: a cell at work, the surface of Titan, a street in ancient Rome. Every claim is checked against a source, every scene shows how sure it is, and our editorial team, with AI at every step, approves every story and every episode before it goes out.

Leon means lion: the courage to go deeper. Vera means true. Leon & Vera: Going deeper. Staying true.

The facts

CompanyLeon & Vera OÜ, Tallinn, Estonia
FounderJörg Olbing
WhatAn AI-native studio for knowledge shows, AI-native from day one
ShowsSix, each hosted by its own character: Tycho Takes Off, Otto Takes It Apart, Kleio Was There, Zoe Looks Closer, Mateo Reads the Rocks, Harper Finds Out
LanguageEnglish
One sentenceLeon & Vera is an AI-native studio for knowledge shows, where an editorial team of specialists, with AI at every step, checks every claim and approves every episode.

Where we stand on AI

We say it openly, on our own surfaces: our characters are generated, every episode carries the AI label, and our editorial team, with AI at every step, approves every story and every episode. Inside the shows the characters stay in their roles. The eight rules we hold every episode to stand under Standards.

Material

The wordmark, as files, to be used unchanged: on white and on black, the wordmark alone on white and on black, and the icon. In text, the name is always written Leon & Vera, with the ampersand. Pictures of the six characters are on the hosts page; each show's channel has the latest.

Contact

Questions, interviews, facts to check: one address, read by people.

The address is in the imprint.