University of Colorado Boulder alumnus Isaiah Chavous has earned a spot on the 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for his work developing and founding an AI-powered sound design platform.
Chavous made the list under Forbes’ Hollywood and Entertainment section, alongside other company founders in the industry and movie and TV stars, including actors from the movie “Wicked” and the Amazon TV show “The Summer I Turned Pretty.”
“(I’m feeling) a lot of excitement, and it represents more than just a small moment,” Chavous said. “It’s a culmination of a lot of things, both related to what I’m building at Noctal today and what I’ve been building for years, going all the way back to CU.”
Chavous is the CEO and founder of Noctal, a startup that uses artificial intelligence, or AI, to ethically automate the sound design process for content creators and filmmakers. Noctal aims to make the sound editing process easier, more efficient and more advanced while preserving the human element of the process…