Meet Matt Omernick: Entrepreneur, Games Industry Leader, & (now) Layer Advisor

We’re excited to announce that games industry leader Matt Omernick (MattO) has officially joined Layer AI as an advisor.

Matt has been an early investor and supporter of the Layer platform, and we’re thrilled to have him join our team in a more hands-on capacity. As a lifetime Artist and Director in games and interactive entertainment, Matt’s perspective will be invaluable as we create tools that uplift and empower the next generation of creators.

Matt brings a wealth of experience to the table, with over 25 years in the tech industry. Throughout his career, Matt has held leadership positions at Microsoft, LucasArts, Electronic Arts, Dreamworks, and more — working on some of the biggest games IPs and projects in the industry. Before shifting focus to advising premier tech startups he also co-founded Akili Interactive, a game studio bringing together interactive entertainment and cutting-edge neuroscience, creating the World’s first FDA Approved, Prescription video game in history.

With his deep background in art production and successful history across the games industry, Matt was the perfect choice as a strategic advisor to the Layer team.

“I could not be more excited to be working with Layer to help vanquish uncertainty around AI as a tool to be safely embraced by artists. Layer’s laser-focus from Day One on creating the definitive AI toolset specifically for professional game art production, combined with their unwavering, genuine commitment to the ethical protection of artists content and rights, makes them the obvious partner of choice for any game studio that is ready to bring AI into their workflow.” — Matt Omernick

As Layer continues its growth in the generative-AI space, strategic input from leaders who have built and scaled services for millions of players and developers is key for success. While we are leaders ourselves, we’ve always understood the importance of new perspectives that help us grow and evolve as a team. We firmly believe that Matt will bring that new perspective, and work to position Layer as the industry standard for professional games asset creation.

Specifically, Matt brings experience managing complex workflows across 2D and 3D art pipelines for companies like LucasArts, Dreamworks, and Electronic Arts. As we continue to grow the Layer platform and add more products, Matt’s perspective will allow us to scale the right way with tools designed specifically for the next generation of artists.

”I firmly believe that leveraging AI (done right), is not to be feared, but fully embraced as a tool that simply turbo-charges Artists and Developers creativity, productivity, and quality. It does not have to be seen as a threat, it will not replace artists, but instead empower them in the same way that other new tools (e.g. Photoshop, Unity etc.) have in years past, but to a quantitatively, and qualitatively greater degree.” — Matt Omernick

Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Matt — we can’t wait to see the impact on the Layer team and our mission to empower game artists.