The best person at Topaz Labs to identify and negotiate a strategic partnership in audio enhancement would be Ross Shain, given his official responsibility as Strategic Partnerships & Product Leadership and deep experience bridging technology and business development in media and VFX. This proposal…

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Why should Topaz not be the one to do this internally, and rather seek a strategic partner to expand the appeal and competitive advantage of the video feature of the upcoming Topaz Studio? Topaz has a core competency in video and still image process.

In any potential strategic alliance one must ask: What is in it for each party? Are the benefits comparable? Would the partnership adversely affect existing alliances or not? Video enhancement + audio enhancement are complimentary technologies.

In addition to the business case for a strategic alliance is the technology review of the two potential partners. Can the two technologies be made to appear seamless to the user?

To summarize, a tire that may be worth kicking: Revoize Perhaps look to the thriving YouTube for innovation: UniConverter AVCLabs Video Enhancer AI others

Who could negotiate a tech partner to provide audio enhancement for Topaz video?

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