Press kit
Facts, approved descriptions and art for writers. Everything here is true as of October 7, 2026.
About us in 25, 50 and 100 words
25 words
The Graphite Mind is a YouTube channel of animated explainers on history, science, psychology and health, drawn by code for curious viewers in the US.
50 words
The Graphite Mind is a bootstrapped studio making animated explainers on history, science, psychology and health for US viewers on YouTube. We started in September 2026 with one founder and no outside funding. Every frame is drawn by Python code that Claude Code writes. A person picks the topics and reviews each video.
100 words
The Graphite Mind is a YouTube channel of animated explainers on history, science, psychology and health. It is made for curious viewers in the United States. The studio is independent and bootstrapped, with no outside funding yet, and it has one founder. It started in September 2026. As of October 7, 2026, it has published 8 long videos, from 6 to 27 minutes, and 7 Shorts. Every frame is drawn by Python code written with Claude Code, Anthropic’s coding tool. Claude also helps with research, fact-checking, scripts, subtitle translation and thumbnails. A person picks the topics, reviews each video and publishes it.
Fact sheet
- Name
- The Graphite Mind
- Type
- Independent, bootstrapped studio. No outside funding yet.
- Started
- September 2026
- Team
- One founder
- What we make
- Animated explainers on history, science, psychology and health
- Audience
- US viewers and other curious people
- Platform
- youtube.com/@TheGraphiteMind
- The Graphite Mind on Facebook
- Published
- 8 long videos (6 to 27 minutes) and 7 Shorts, as of October 7, 2026
- Subtitles
- English plus 8 languages: Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Hindi, Arabic, Russian
- Dubbing
- Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi audio tracks are in progress for the first videos
- Tools
- Python drawing engine written with Claude Code
- Voices
- AI voices made with ElevenLabs
- Contact
- henry@thegraphitemind.com
Logos and art
You are free to use these files when writing about the channel. Please do not alter the characters.
- Wordmark: ink on light backgrounds (SVG)
- Wordmark for dark backgrounds (SVG)
- Channel avatar (WebP)
- Square icon, 512 px (PNG)
- Social card (JPG)
- Zee, the main character (WebP)
- Cast lineup (WebP)
Credits to mention
Claude Code, a tool from Anthropic, writes the code that draws and edits each video. The voices are AI voices made with ElevenLabs. The world maps use Natural Earth public-domain data. The Graphite Mind is an independent channel and is not sponsored or endorsed by Anthropic.