The System New Business Pitch · Generated 11 Apr 2026
Credentials

Why Cultural Capital Labs

This is the brief we've been building towards for two years.

The Work That's Directly Relevant
The Pattern

Daily AI cultural briefing. 150+ feeds, automated pipeline, runs every day. Cultural signal extraction at scale. This is the infrastructure version of what Spotify's editorial team needs to make systematic.

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Trove

Cultural intelligence system for senior strategists. Brief-driven, editorial-led, AI-organised. The human layer on top of data — which is precisely what sits between Spotify's editorial team and its algorithm.

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Cultural Terminal

151 feeds, 154 brands, AI-powered cultural signal extraction. The infrastructure version of what Spotify needs editorially — a system that turns cultural observation into structured, readable signal.

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The Visible Shelf

295 books curated with consistent editorial voice, AI-assisted. Taste as a systematic, scalable practice. Demonstrates that editorial coherence can be maintained at volume without flattening the judgement that makes it valuable.

thevisibleshelf.com

"These aren't analogies. They're the capability, built for a different context."

The Client Context

We've worked with brands that take culture seriously:

Netflix Sony EA TikTok Nike Adidas Google Meta Gucci P&G

Netflix and Sony are on this list. We understand entertainment and culture as business.

Recognition & Publishing
BIMA 100 Tech Pioneer
Published author: BCS (2024) — on AI and cultural intelligence
Former: Contagious (the cultural intelligence agency), MediaMonks, R/GA, Poke
The Approach

We start with the cultural question, not the AI question. What does cultural relevance mean in this context? What signals precede it? How do you encode human editorial instinct without flattening it into data? Those are the questions we've been building answers to. The technology follows the answer.

Get in Touch
Mike Litman — Cultural Capital Labs