About Tokgan
Tokgan Pty Ltd builds machine-learning tooling for visual storytelling.
Owners
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Sam Hodge
Co-Founder — Algorithm & Engineering
Sam has been working on the pixel-mask-to-spline problem longer than any other active researcher or team. He founded Kognat in 2017 and built the first commercial AI rotoscoping plugin for Nuke. His background spans computer science (Grad Dip, Applied Design), Hollywood VFX pipelines and machine learning.
- Kognat / Rotobot — 7 years of AI roto, first commercial ML rotoscoping plugin for Nuke
- Rising Sun Pictures pipeline background (15+ years)
- Hands-on with SAM3, CUDA optimisation, and DCC export formats
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Cameron Gordon
Co-Founder — Strategy & Business Development
Cameron leads commercial strategy, partnership negotiation, and go-to-market execution at Tokgan. He manages commercial dialogue with VFX studios and the independent artist feedback programme, drawing on a decade of public-sector and industry business development.
- Machine Learning (PhD) and Economics background
- 10 years across Queensland Treasury, Apple, and the Australian Institute of Machine Learning
Business model
Tokgan sells access to its rotoscoping pipeline as a token-based software-as-a-service. Customers pre-purchase credits and consume them per job, with cost scaled to the complexity of the computation — linking what we charge directly to the value delivered.
For studios bound by confidentiality agreements that prevent video leaving their network, an on-premise C++ plugin is planned alongside the SaaS.
We target the rotoscoping and VFX-specific software market — roughly a $639M segment in 2024 inside a broader $1.97B specialised VFX software market projected for 2025 — and focus on Adobe After Effects, Blackmagic Fusion, Foundry Nuke, and BorisFX Silhouette users who need precise, human-editable splines rather than redrawn AI masks.