Seranie asks the question everyone's asking: what exactly is Savrli Network?

Kai explains it as a streaming platform dedicated to food and the people behind it. Think YouTube, but built only for food. Chefs, food creators, independent filmmakers, restaurants and storytellers from around the worl...

Where did Savrli Network come from?

Kai goes back to more than 20 years in hospitality: building restaurants, cooking, operating and traveling to eat around the world. Savrli started as a discovery app for restaurants and experiences, then grew into storytelling. People have been watching food o...

You shouldn't have to be famous before you can build a business around your content.

Kai walks through how creators can earn on Savrli Network: advertising, sponsorships and branded content, presenting sponsors for their shows, licensing content they've already filmed, and commissioned original ...

How much does a creator make from 1,000 views?

On some platforms, about 40 cents. Meanwhile advertisers and sponsors can pay $7, $10, even $15 per thousand views, and platforms can bring in far more. Kai breaks down the gap between what the platform makes and what the people who come up with the...

Everybody talks about the creator economy. But is it actually working for most creators?

Kai says it's working, just not for everybody. Some creators make incredible money, while thousands of talented people make almost nothing. We told everyone they could become a creator, but never built enoug...

Are creators too dependent on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and their algorithms?

Kai says there's nothing wrong with those platforms. They've created huge opportunities and real brand awareness. The problem comes when your entire business depends on one of them. One stream of revenue on one platfo...

What's missing from food entertainment today?

Kai says most of it is produced. You're shown what someone else wants you to see. As a chef, he used to watch food TV nonstop, until he couldn't anymore. On Savrli Network you search, explore and find your own thing, from real people cooking real foo...

What can you actually find on Savrli Network?

Everything food. Home chefs, restaurant kitchens, private chefs, chefs who cook for athletes and for health and nutrition. Recipes, food experiences, travel, late-night spots and fine dining. Even ASMR. Kai explains why the goal is food from every wa...

What does creator-first really mean?

Savrli Network isn't just polished productions. It's the kid down the block who makes snack videos (with his parents' approval). It's Miss Anna, 65, who makes soft snacks because she can't chew anything hard. Everyone gets a platform. Kai explains why creator...

What does Savrli Network mean for creators, and for the people watching?

For creators: a place to tell their story and build a business, with advertisers and sponsors matched to their work. For viewers: the restaurant in Peru you can't get to yet. The food, the silverware, the napkins, the servi...

How different is television today compared with 10 or 20 years ago?

Twenty years ago you needed a network to approve your idea, pay for the production and decide if it deserved an audience. Today someone can pick up a camera, make a show, build an audience and reach the world without stepping in...

Can AI replace human creators?

Kai doesn't think so. AI is already changing content, but it can't share a real feeling. People want to see the smile when you bite into that lasagna, the happy dance, the moment they relate to. Kai shares a childhood memory of sneaking ice cream at one in the morn...

Brooklyn or LA?

Kai takes you back to Brooklyn: walking into the Chinese spot for fried chicken and pork fried rice, loading up on hot sauce and ketchup, grabbing a 50-cent water from the corner store and eating it all on the stoop. He doesn't see kids in LA doing that. Maybe you can't relate, b...