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Drew Brucker
The marketer turned AI creative who built The Grumbleverse for Meta AI's launch, trained Pinterest's originals team and co-hosts Fast Hours with Rory Flynn[11][12][8].
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01The short answer
Who is Drew Brucker?
Drew Brucker is an Atlanta-based AI creative consultant, the founder of the one-person studio Brainchild and, with Rory Flynn, the co-host of Fast Hours, a weekly podcast on creative AI[1][5][8]. A former B2B software marketing executive, he has made AI work for Pinterest, Meta and Marriott, including The Grumbleverse, a 30-episode AI series made as launch content for Meta's AI platform[1][2][11][12]. His Midjourney Mastery course has sold 963 copies on Gumroad with a 4.9 out of 5 rating, and he has about 69,000 followers on LinkedIn[4][3].
- Studio
- Brainchild, his AI creative consultancy, since September 2023[1]
- Course
- Midjourney Mastery, 963 sales on Gumroad, rated 4.9 out of 5[4]
- Education
- Missouri State University, entertainment management, 2008[6]
- Honour
- AMA Foundation 4 Under 40 Emerging Leader, 2023[5]
Page updated 31 October 2026 · 37 sources
02By the numbers
Drew in numbers
Audience, sales and client work, each from its source. Figures marked as his own account come from his site.
03Biography
The Drew Brucker story
From ticket sales to the boardroom
Drew Brucker came to Missouri State University from Illinois in 2004 and graduated from its College of Business in 2008, in entertainment management[6]. His first job was in sales for the St. Louis Cardinals, where, Missouri State says, he was recognised nationally for his results[6]. A year after graduating he moved to Atlanta and switched from sales to marketing[6].
In B2B technology he rose from an entry-level role to vice president in about six years, then led marketing at software start-ups from seed stage to Series D and beyond[6]. His site puts the revenue sourced by his marketing across that career at more than $170 million, by his own count[1].
LASSO, and a bulldog in a gold chain
His last full-time marketing job was at LASSO, a Series A software company for live-event production crews; his site calls the role VP of Marketing and Missouri State calls it VP of Growth[1][6]. His site credits him with taking annual recurring revenue from $1.9 million to $20 million in 24 months and launching four products in six months, and Missouri State describes the same run as 11 times ARR growth[1][6].
In November 2022, in Midjourney's V4 era, he made his first AI image: a bulldog in a gold chain[1]. He was looking for a way to stay close to photography[1]. On the first episode of Fast Hours he said Midjourney V5 let him rebuild a whole LASSO customer event with AI, from the landing page to the slides[9]. In February 2023 LASSO shipped a brand identity built with Midjourney imagery, which he calls the first publicly visible AI-integrated identity for a venture-backed company[1].
Taste is the deliverable.
Drew Brucker[1]
Midjourney Mastery
In June 2023 he launched Midjourney Mastery, a guide and course sold on Gumroad[1][4]. It now runs to five levels, a vault of more than 3,000 prompt tokens, 500+ style codes, four custom prompt GPTs, 25+ cheat sheets and 50+ podcast deep dives, with lifetime updates, for $120[4]. Gumroad shows 963 sales and a 4.9 out of 5 rating from 53 reviews; his own site says the course has passed $100,000 in sales, with buyers in more than 97 countries[4][1].
That September the American Marketing Association Foundation named him one of its four 2023 4 Under 40 Emerging Leaders, listed as a marketing executive and AI consultant in Atlanta[5]. Two months later Missouri State's College of Business profiled him under the headline From Missouri State to marketing maverick[6].
Brainchild
In September 2023 he went independent and opened Brainchild, his AI creative studio[1]. The first client was Buddy, whose own reel sells it as an app for trading scrap. He built it a library of more than 2,500 photoreal, on-brand images with Midjourney and ChatGPT, replacing stock photos and global shoots under one rule: if it looked AI, it didn't make the cut[13].
His site lists Marriott as his first Fortune 500 client, with original AI artwork for its hotels made through the art marketplace Indiewalls, and AI artwork for a Brooklyn Nets mural as his first pro sports job[1]. It also lists a winning piece at the Art for Life exhibition in Helsinki, AI art picked to run as ambient art on Amazon and Google TV screens, a feature in Midjourney Magazine Issue 22 and work in Lurzer's Archive's first AI report; this page has not found independent sources for those[1].
In 2025 podcast interviews he was introduced as Head of Brand and Content at Goldcast, a B2B video platform, alongside Brainchild, with more than 70 generative AI workshops behind him[19][20]. His site now lists Goldcast among its clients[2].
Fast Hours
On 2 July 2024 he and Rory Flynn launched Midjourney Fast Hours, with a first episode called We Accidentally Became Midjourney Experts[8][9]. Their first guest, on Episode 11 in September 2024, was AI LIVE co-host Chris Branch[10]. The show widened beyond Midjourney and was renamed Fast Hours in Episode 67, in April 2026; by late October 2026 it had 88 episodes and about 103,000 YouTube subscribers[8]. Its first brand sponsor, Figma Weave, backed Episode 79 in August 2026[1][23].
We still don't know wth we're doing. But here we are.
Drew Brucker, on Fast Hours passing 100,000 subscribers[30]
The Grumbleverse
In November 2025 Meta brought him in as a creative partner for the closed alpha of its AI platform, after Meta licensed Midjourney's image model[11]. He produced 120 AI videos that became launch showcase content, among them The Grumbleverse, a 30-episode series set in the Miserable Zoo, where the animals complain about everything and then escape[11].
It is told like a news channel, with anchors, reporters and interviews with the zookeeper[11]. Each video stacks four or five capabilities, from video generation and lip sync to audio and news graphics, so that it watches like a show rather than a demo[11].
Pinterest, and the machine
From September 2025 Pinterest's Programming & Originals department brought Brainchild in[12]. He trained the team, built a six-module AI content course for new hires and two internal AI agents, a Visual Identity Toolkit and an AI Image Prompter, and made more than 5,000 assets across seven-plus campaigns, including the Roku TV series Bring My Pinterest to Life, holiday flat-lays and Pinterest Predicts tarot boards[12].
Drew got us from zero to one on Gen AI content creation.
Nadine Zylstra, Global Head of Programming & Original Content, Pinterest[12]
In 2026 the work moved deeper into operations. At Limble he was AI partner to the CMO through a rebrand, writing a master brand context file and building eight marketing agents inside Limble's own Claude, across 26 deliverables and four brand films[15]. At Neighborly, whose in-house creative team serves 19 home-service brands including Mr. Handyman and Molly Maid, he spent four weeks embedded and documented eight AI workflows built on live tickets[16]. For Done+Dusted, the live-event producer behind the Oscars and the Super Bowl halftime show, he ran 18 sessions over two days in Santa Monica, surveyed 26 staff and delivered a 25-page AI roadmap on 2 September 2026, two days early[14].
Built with Claude
On Fast Hours he has shown how much of his own business now runs on Claude: 37 skills, among them a 21-layer profile of his writing voice, a diff skill that learns from every email he actually sends and one called adopt, which checks a new idea against what he already runs[22]. After each recording, Claude skills and MCP connections to Riverside, Magnific and Runway draft titles, chapters, social posts and clips, and a thumbnail system with locked characters cut thumbnail time from six hours to thirty minutes[21].
On Episode 87, in October 2026, he screen-shared Squabble, a backyard squirrel fight he built with Claude, with hawks, sprinklers, a dog, seasons synced to the calendar and a battle mode[21]. He stress-tests his builds by asking Claude to play a skeptic who hates his work, and rebuilt his own site as an interactive flat-lay of his desk without prompting a single image himself[21]. The same month he had Claude make a sub-one-minute product film for the brand-content platform Obello with no script, working only from the client's site, typeface and palette[31].
On AI LIVE
Fast Hours and AI LIVE have crossed paths since Chris Branch's guest spot in 2024[10]. On AI LIVE Ep. 132, on 29 September 2026, Chris played Rory's one-prompt Claude Opus 5.5 promo for Fast Hours, which opens by naming both hosts[34]. On Ep. 134 the hosts shouted out Fast Hours, Rory and Drew for the conversations they had been having about staying hands-on in AI workflows[35]. On Ep. 135 Drew was in the live chat; the hosts congratulated him on Fast Hours passing 100,000 subscribers and signed off planning a special episode with the Fast Hours hosts[36].
04Career timeline
From the Cardinals' sales floor to Meta's launch slate
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2008
Missouri State
Graduates in entertainment management, then sells for the St. Louis Cardinals.[6]
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c. 2009
Atlanta, and marketing
Moves to Atlanta and from sales into B2B tech marketing, reaching VP in about six years.[6]
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Nov 2022
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Feb 2023
LASSO's AI identity
A brand identity built with Midjourney imagery, for the company where he led marketing.[1]
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Jun 2023
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6 September 2023
4 Under 40
Named an AMA Foundation Emerging Leader.[5]
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Sep 2023
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Oct 2023
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Jan 2024
Marriott
His site's first Fortune 500 client: AI artwork for its hotels, via Indiewalls.[1]
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2 July 2024
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22 September 2024
First guest: Chris Branch
AI LIVE's co-host joins Fast Hours for Episode 11.[10]
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Sep 2025
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Nov 2025
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2 September 2026
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18 October 2026
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20 October 2026
05Body of work
Client work, series and products
His case studies, products and the shows he makes, newest first. View counts are left off: most of this work lives on clients' channels and inside Meta AI, not on a channel of his own.
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Brand film · October 2026Obello product film, made by Claude with no scriptBuilt only from the client's site, typeface and palette
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Game · 18 Oct 2026Squabble, a squirrel game built with ClaudeShown on Fast Hours Ep. 87
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Client: Done+Dusted · 2 Sept 2026Done+Dusted: AI operations and roadmap18 sessions, 26 staff surveyed, a 25-page roadmap
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Client: Neighborly · 2026Neighborly: creative team activationEight AI workflows for a team serving 19 brands
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Client: Limble · 2026Limble: marketing activation and agentsEight agents in Limble's own Claude, four brand films
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Series, Meta AI · November 2025The Grumbleverse30 episodes from the Miserable Zoo
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Client: Meta · November 2025Meta AI launch content120 AI videos for the closed alpha
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Client: Pinterest · September 2025Pinterest: creative infrastructure and TV5,000+ assets, a six-module course and two agents
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Podcast · 2 Jul 2024Fast Hours (co-host, with Rory Flynn)88 episodes by October 2026
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Art, per his site · July 2024Brooklyn Nets mural artworkHis first pro sports client
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Art, per his site · January 2024Marriott x Indiewalls AI artworkOriginal AI artwork for Marriott hotels
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Live stream · 14 Dec 2023Prompting Inside of Midjourney Alpha (Outside of Discord) + a v6 PreviewOn his own YouTube channel
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Live stream · 9 Nov 2023Pixels & Predictions: Midjourney's Next Chapter
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Client: Buddy · October 2023Buddy: AI visual asset library2,500+ photoreal images that pass for photography
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Course · June 2023Midjourney Mastery Guide & Course963 sales, 4.9 out of 5
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Brand identity · February 2023LASSO AI-integrated brand identityBuilt with Midjourney imagery
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Live AMAMastering Midjourney: Live AMA with Rory Flynn & Drew BruckerBefore Fast Hours, on his own channel
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Photography in AI · 2023Stills, a self-initiated archive247 stills in Midjourney and Nano Banana Pro
06How he does it
Drew Brucker, from one bulldog to a whole zoo
Six eras from his first AI image to agents built in Claude, then the work frame by frame: The Grumbleverse cast he made for Meta AI's launch, a news anchor who lip-syncs on cue, and his own reels for Meta, Pinterest and Buddy.
Scroll through the eras
From a bulldog in a gold chain to agents in Claude
Six stops, from his first AI image to the games he builds now. Each palette is sampled from the images of that era; tap a stop on the dial to jump.
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A VP of Marketing, after hours
The first imageNov 2022
Midjourney V4, a bulldog in a gold chain
His first AI image, made as a way to stay close to photography[1]. By V5 he was rebuilding whole customer events at work with it[9].
- Model
- Midjourney V4[1]
Sampled from the images
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LASSO, then a studio of one
Identity, course, studioFeb to Sep 2023
Concert light and a lime course cover
An AI-integrated identity for LASSO in February, Midjourney Mastery in June, and Brainchild in September[1]. The course has sold 963 copies on Gumroad[4].
- Course rating
- 4.9 out of 5[4]
Sampled from the images
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Hotel walls and a weekly show
Fast HoursJul 2024
Gallery portraits and autumn leaves
He and Rory Flynn launch Midjourney Fast Hours; Chris Branch is the first guest[8][10]. His site lists Marriott artwork, a Brooklyn Nets mural and an Art for Life winner the same year[1].
- First guest
- Chris Branch, Ep. 11[10]
Sampled from the images
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The Miserable Zoo
The GrumbleverseNov 2025
Grumpy, felted animals with lip sync
A 30-episode series inside 120 videos he made as launch content for Meta AI[11]. The animals complain about everything, then escape[11].
- Per video
- Four or five stacked capabilities[11]
Sampled from the images
Meet the cast↓
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Pinterest, Limble, Neighborly, Done+Dusted
The machineSep 2025 to 2026
Pinterest red, production cycles in days
He trained Pinterest's originals team and built it two agents and 5,000+ assets[12]. Then came agents in Limble's Claude and workflows for Neighborly[15][16].
- Weeks to days[12]
Sampled from the images
Play the Pinterest reel↓
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A backyard fence, in a browser
Built with ClaudeOct 2026
Autumn garden, squirrels with health bars
37 Claude skills run his business, and Squabble, a squirrel game, runs in a browser[22][21]. Fast Hours passes 100,000 subscribers the same month[30].
- Skills
- 37, by his count[22]
Sampled from the images
Watch the squirrels fight↓
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IThe Grumbleverse castTwelve residents of the Miserable Zoo. Flip them over.Reveal it↓
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IIThe news anchorForty-five seconds of lip-synced bad news, scrubbed.Reveal it↓
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IIIThe Meta reelA pigeon with a grudge opens his own case study.Reveal it↓
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IVPinterest: weeks to days5,000+ assets, then the machine that makes them.Reveal it↓
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VBuddy: meet the scrappiesPhotoreal workers that had to pass for photographs.Reveal it↓
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VISquabbleTwo squirrels, one fence, built with Claude.Reveal it↓
The Grumbleverse · Meta AI
Welcome to the Miserable Zoo
A 30-episode series where the animals complain about everything, then escape, told through news segments, reporters and zookeeper interviews[11]. Every card is a frame from one of the clips on his Meta case study; his site does not name the characters, so each is called by what it is. Tap or click a card to flip it.
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ResidentThe octopusFurious, on the sea floor
Resident
The octopus
A felted blue octopus glaring straight down the lens, arms curled on the sand. He opens the clip list on the case study page and is the face of the series[11].
Started asA Meta AI video clip, from the closed alpha[11].
Seen inGrumbleverse clip 1
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Specimen: pigeonThe pigeonI crapped on a BMW once
Specimen: pigeon
The pigeon
Perched on a ledge above a city skyline. In his Meta reel the pigeon gets the cold open, filed as Specimen: Pigeon with a complaint on file, and the first line of the reel[11].
Started asA Meta AI video clip; his reel quotes its line[11].
Seen inGrumbleverse clip 12; his Meta reel
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Resident, on strikeThe protest monkeyUnpeel the system
Resident, on strike
The protest monkey
Shouting at the front of a crowd of monkeys, holding a cardboard placard that reads Unpeel the Systm, one letter short[11].
Started asA Meta AI video clip[11].
The sign's spelling is as it appears in the frame.Seen inGrumbleverse clip 21
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HR departmentThe crocodileHead of People Ops
HR department
The crocodile
On the office phone behind a desk, all teeth. His Meta reel files the crocodile under HR, as head of people ops, with the line: if you hear bubbles, that's just me listening[11].
Started asA Meta AI video clip; the job title is from his reel[11].
Seen inGrumbleverse clip 26; his Meta reel
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News deskThe anchorBiblical collapse, better branding
News desk
The anchor
In a yellow suit at the news desk, a wall of screens behind her. Her clip is the one scrubbed frame by frame below, and his reel gives her the line about biblical collapse with better branding[11].
Started asA Meta AI video clip with lip sync[11].
Seen inGrumbleverse clip 23; his Meta reel
GNN · CLIP 230:13.00Lip sync000%
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Grumbleverse clip 23, 0:01 to 0:46
Bad news, lip-synced
Made byDrew Brucker, in Meta AI
Each Grumbleverse video stacks four or five of Meta AI's capabilities: the video itself, lip sync, audio and the news graphics around it[11]. These eight frames, about six seconds apart, follow one anchor through a single report: the delivery changes, the eyes roll, the mouth moves to the words[11].
Biblical collapse with better branding.
META REEL0:15.00Shot 5 of 7The title card
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His Meta case study reel, 0:01 to 0:22
Meta licensed. He made a zoo.
Cut byDrew Brucker, Brainchild
Meta licensed Midjourney's image model, opened its AI platform to a closed alpha, and brought him in as a creative partner[11]. He made 120 videos that became its launch showcase content, and cut this reel for his own case study: a pigeon cold open, the brief, a wall of characters, the title card, and a crocodile from HR[11].
If you hear bubbles, that's just me listening.
PINTEREST1:05.00Chapter 6 of 8Weeks to days
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His Pinterest reel, 0:03 to 1:32
Weeks to days
Made byDrew Brucker, for Pinterest Programming & Originals
Pinterest's originals team brought Brainchild in for 2025 and 2026[12]. He made more than 5,000 assets across seven-plus campaigns, from holiday flat-lays to the Roku series Bring My Pinterest to Life, then built the system behind them: prompt architectures by vertical, a documentation hub of playbooks and cheat sheets, a six-module course and two internal agents[12].
Drew got us from zero to one on Gen AI content creation.
BUDDY0:01.00Shot 1 of 6Meet the scrappies
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His Buddy reel, 0:01 to 0:27
If it looked AI, it didn't make the cut
Made byDrew Brucker, Brainchild's first client
Buddy wanted the people of the scrap trade without stock photos or global shoots[13]. He wrote its visual identity down as dos and don'ts, made the images in Midjourney and ChatGPT, and checked every one against that spec until the library passed 2,500 photoreal, on-brand images[13].
Drew provided us with a universe of new possibilities.
Four briefs
What brands hire him for
Four case studies from his site, side by side[11][12][13][15].
From his case studies for Buddy, Meta, Pinterest and Limble[11][12][13][15].
Beyond the pictures
AI for the whole team
In 2026 his engagements moved from making assets to changing how teams work: four weeks inside Neighborly's creative team and an AI operations review for Done+Dusted[16][14].
Four weeks inside
Embedded with a lean design team serving 19 home-service brands, building workflows on live tickets[16].
Briefs in under a minute
Raw request forms become design-ready briefs; his reel puts the time at 15 to 60 minutes before, under one after[16].
Better than March
One of the team's verdicts, quoted in his reel: already better results than what she delivered in March[16].
Emmys.
The live-event producer behind the Oscars and the Super Bowl halftime show[14].
15 of 26
Of 26 staff surveyed, his reel says 15 were already paying for their own AI[14].
Frames from the reels on his Neighborly and Done+Dusted case studies[16][14].
How he works
Write the taste down, then build the machine
The method that runs through his case studies, from Buddy to Limble.
- 01 Codify the brand Dos and don'ts written down first; every asset is checked against them[13]. Midjourney, ChatGPT
- 02 Pick with taste Twelve images that sound like the brand, out of a thousand[1]. His eye
- 03 Architect prompts Reusable prompt architectures by vertical, plus playbooks and cheat sheets[12]. Nano Banana, Figma
- 04 Stack modalities Four or five capabilities per video, so it watches like a show[11]. Meta AI
- 05 Keep/Change Say what to touch and what to leave, ask for four options[16]. ChatGPT, GPT Image 2.5
- 06 Hand over agents A master context file and agents inside the client's own Claude[15]. Claude
Frames from the Fast Hours Ep. 87 screen share, with Drew and Rory on webcam[21].
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Fast Hours Ep. 87, 35:20 to 38:10
Two squirrels, one fence
Built byDrew Brucker, with Claude
On Episode 87 he shared his screen with Rory Flynn and played Squabble, a backyard squirrel fight he built with Claude[21]. There are hawks, sprinklers and a dog, seasons that follow the calendar, Halloween pumpkins on the fence in October, health bars and a battle mode, and a character select that asks you to choose your trouble[21].
This is the creative expression that we have now.
Where his pictures went
On walls, screens and a magazine cover
These are milestones his own site lists, shown with the images it pairs them with. This page has not found independent sources for them, so each is labelled as his site's account[1].
Image from his About pageExhibitionArt for Life, Helsinki
As listed on His site
His site lists this anatomical portrait as a winner for the Art for Life exhibition in Helsinki, Finland, in 2024[1].
Image from his About pageAmbient artOn Amazon and Google TV
As listed on His site
His site says his AI art was picked to run as ambient art on Amazon and Google TV screens[1].
Photo of the issue, from his About pageMagazineMidjourney Magazine, Issue 22
As listed on His site
His site lists a feature in Issue 22 of Midjourney Magazine, around January 2025[1].
Stills · self-initiated
The photographer's eye, in AI
He came to AI to stay close to photography[1]. Stills is his own archive of 247 images made in Midjourney and Nano Banana Pro, across cinematic, street, editorial, abstract, travel and wildlife[17].
Back seat
A man in a hat behind a car window, lit like a film still[17].
The touch
Two hands meet in blue dark, one glowing red[17].
Rings
A close portrait framed by beetle rings and long nails[17].
The crocodile
Two people at rest on a crocodile, in pink and red[17].
Green hoods
Masked faces wrapped in green tweed[17].
Corner
Black and white, a man in a cap on a city corner[17].
Grid
A city's diagonal blocks, straight down from above[17].
Hills
Low sun over grass hills and a far mountain[17].
The flock
Black and white sheep pressing through together[17].
From his Stills archive[17]. Titles here are descriptive; his site files the images by genre.
On taste and tools
The better the source, the less you prompt
The better your source material, the less you prompt.
Be a skeptic who comes to my site. You're someone that hates me. You look for flaws anywhere.
I only took a few items on my desk and I prompted for none of these images.
Consistency at scale is the product. That's the thing that brands pay for.
Artificial intelligence is already changing the workplace at a lightning-fast pace.
I turn "we should use AI" into "we do".
07Toolkit
What Drew uses
- Midjourneycore
His first AI image, his course and the craft behind most of Fast Hours' early episodes: mood boards, personalisation codes, style references.[1][4][28][29]
- Claudecore
37 skills that run his business, agents for Limble, the Obello film and Squabble.[22][15][31][21]
- ChatGPTuses
The Buddy library, and one project per brand as the context layer at Neighborly.[13][16]
- Meta AIuses
Video, lip sync and audio for The Grumbleverse, in the closed alpha.[11]
- Nano Bananauses
Pinterest assets; Nano Banana Pro for his Stills archive.[12][17]
- GPT Image 2.5uses
Resizes, regional versions and seasonal edits at Neighborly.[16]
- Figmauses
In the Pinterest toolkit.[12]
- Riversideuses
Through MCP, in the Fast Hours post-production pipeline.[21]
- Magnificuses
Through MCP, in the thumbnail system.[21]
- Runwayuses
Through MCP, in the podcast pipeline.[21]
- Notionuses
Where the Neighborly workflows are written up.[16]
Core: central to his work now. Uses: named in his recent case studies or on Fast Hours.
08In their own words
Drew, on the record
Taste is the deliverable.
Each one of these workflows that you may build is equity.
You can't keep relying on taste being the moat. It's gonna dry up faster than people think.
You have to think about the writing, but you have to think about the thinking.
We still don't know wth we're doing. But here we are.
This is the creative expression that we have now.
09On AI LIVE
Drew on AI LIVE
Drew has not been a guest on AI LIVE yet, but Fast Hours keeps turning up: in a promo Rory made with Claude, in a shout-out, and in the live chat the week the show passed 100,000 subscribers[34][35][36]. These are the moments in the episodes this site archives; the hosts have said a joint episode with Fast Hours is planned[36].
Weekly episodes
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Ep. 135 · 20 Oct 2026 · In the live chatCongratulations on 100,000 subscribersDrew tuned in from the chat and voted in the live poll; the hosts toasted Fast Hours passing 100,000 subscribers and signed off planning a special episode with its hosts.
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Ep. 134 · 13 Oct 2026 · Shout-outShout-out to Fast Hours, Rory and DrewWith Fast Hours in the live chat, the hosts credited Rory and Drew's conversations on staying hands-on in AI workflows, before Ingi Erlingsson's collage short.
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Ep. 132 · 29 Sept 2026 · Named in the promoFast Hours podcast promo, one prompt to Claude Opus 5.5Chris Branch played Rory Flynn's one-prompt Claude promo for Fast Hours, which opens by naming Rory and Drew as the hosts.
10Press and awards
Drew in the press
- American Marketing Association Foundation · 6 Sept 2023AMA Foundation 2023 4 Under 40 Emerging Leaders Award WinnersOne of four honourees, listed as a marketing executive and AI consultant in Atlanta.[5]
- Missouri State University, College of Business · 27 Nov 2023From Missouri State to marketing maverickAlumni profile: the Cardinals, Atlanta, LASSO and AI.[6]
- Matt Kim Podcast · 16 Oct 2023The future of AI is here, and how you take advantage: Midjourney AI, #061An introduction to Midjourney. The listing spells his name Bucker.[18]
- The AI Marketer's Playbook · 13 Mar 202528: AI-Powered Marketing, Drew Brucker on Brand & Content HacksIntroduced as Head of Brand and Content at Goldcast, with 70+ generative AI workshops led.[19]
- Conversations with MarTech · 8 Oct 2025Content and brand tips for the AI era with Drew BruckerSeason 2, Episode 7.[20]
11Collaborators
Who Drew works with
- Fast HoursHis weekly podcast on creative AI, since July 2024
- Rory FlynnFast Hours co-host; before that, co-host of a Mastering Midjourney live AMA on Drew's channel
Chris BranchAI LIVE co-host and Fast Hours' first-ever guest, Ep. 11, September 2024
BLVCKL!GHTFast Hours guest, Ep. 77, August 2026
Rourke Sefton-MinnsFast Hours guest, Ep. 78, August 2026- Ingi ErlingssonFast Hours guest, whose collage short Listen was on AI LIVE Ep. 134
- Nadine ZylstraGlobal Head of Programming & Original Content at Pinterest, his client
- IndiewallsArt marketplace behind his Marriott hotel artwork, per his site[1]
12Questions
Questions about Drew
Who is Drew Brucker?
Drew Brucker is an Atlanta-based AI creative consultant, founder of the studio Brainchild and co-host of the Fast Hours podcast with Rory Flynn[1][5][8]. A former B2B software marketing executive, he has made AI work for Pinterest, Meta and Marriott, and sells the Midjourney Mastery course[1][2][4].
What is Drew Brucker known for?
For The Grumbleverse, a 30-episode AI series he made as launch content for Meta's AI platform, for his Midjourney Mastery course, for training Pinterest's originals team in AI, and for co-hosting Fast Hours[11][4][12][8].
Who hosts the Fast Hours podcast?
Rory Flynn and Drew Brucker. They launched it as Midjourney Fast Hours on 2 July 2024 and renamed it Fast Hours in Episode 67, in April 2026; by late October 2026 it had 88 episodes and about 103,000 YouTube subscribers[8][9].
What is The Grumbleverse?
A 30-episode AI video series Drew made for the closed alpha of Meta's AI platform, set in the Miserable Zoo, where animals complain about everything and then escape. It is told through news segments, reporters and zookeeper interviews, and it was part of 120 videos he made as launch showcase content[11].
What is Brainchild?
Drew Brucker's AI creative consultancy, which he opened when he went independent in September 2023. Its clients include Pinterest, Meta, Done+Dusted, Limble, Neighborly and Buddy[1][2].
What did Drew Brucker do for Pinterest?
From 2025 he trained Pinterest's Programming & Originals team, built a six-module AI content course for new hires and two internal AI agents, and made more than 5,000 assets across seven-plus campaigns, including the Roku series Bring My Pinterest to Life[12].
What is Midjourney Mastery and how much does it cost?
Drew's Midjourney guide and course, launched in June 2023 and sold on Gumroad for $120 with lifetime updates. It has five levels, a vault of 3,000+ prompt tokens and 500+ style codes; Gumroad shows 963 sales and a 4.9 out of 5 rating, and his site says it has passed $100,000 in sales[4][1].
How many followers does Drew Brucker have?
About 69,000 on LinkedIn, his biggest audience, as of October 2026[3]. The Fast Hours site put him at about 13,000 on X in September 2026[7]. His personal YouTube channel is small; his video audience is Fast Hours, with about 103,000 subscribers[32][8].
Where is Drew Brucker based?
Atlanta, Georgia. He moved there a year after graduating from Missouri State, and the AMA Foundation listed him in Atlanta in 2023[6][5].
What did Drew Brucker do before AI?
He worked in B2B software marketing for over a decade, rising to vice president in about six years, and last led marketing at LASSO, an event-production software company, where Missouri State credits him with 11 times ARR growth[6][1]. He started out in sales for the St. Louis Cardinals[6].
Has Drew Brucker won any awards?
Yes. The American Marketing Association Foundation named him one of its 2023 4 Under 40 Emerging Leaders[5]. His site also lists a winning piece at the Art for Life exhibition in Helsinki, which this page has not independently confirmed[1].
What AI tools does Drew Brucker use?
Midjourney and Claude are at the centre: Midjourney since his first AI image in 2022, Claude for 37 skills and client agents[1][22][15]. His case studies also name ChatGPT, Meta AI, Nano Banana, GPT Image 2.5 and Figma[13][11][12][16].
Was Drew Brucker on AI LIVE?
Not as a guest yet. Rory Flynn's Fast Hours promo, which names Drew, was played on Ep. 132; the hosts shouted out Fast Hours, Rory and Drew on Ep. 134; and on Ep. 135 Drew watched in the live chat as the hosts congratulated Fast Hours on 100,000 subscribers[34][35][36]. AI LIVE co-host Chris Branch was Fast Hours' first guest, in 2024[10].
How do you spell Drew Brucker's name?
Brucker, with a U and a C: not Brooker or Bucker, which turn up in auto-captions and one podcast listing[18]. His handle on X, Instagram and Gumroad is dcbruck, and his site is drewcbrucker.com[1][4].
Who are Drew Brucker's clients?
His site lists Pinterest, Meta, Done+Dusted, Buddy, Limble, Neighborly, Marriott, the Brooklyn Nets, Adobe, Code and Theory, Docebo, WPP, Goldcast, RealPage, Superside and Obello[2].
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Every fact on this page links to one of these. Most come from Drew's own site and case studies, Fast Hours and his interviews; claims his site makes without an independent source are labelled as his. The Fast Hours subscriber figure is refreshed weekly.
- 1About Drew Brucker: path, milestones and How I workdrewcbrucker.com (his own site) · 31 October 2026 · drewcbrucker.com
- 2Brainchild: home page, client list and taglinedrewcbrucker.com (his own site) · 31 October 2026 · drewcbrucker.com
- 3Drew Brucker: LinkedIn profile and follower countLinkedIn, fetched 31 October 2026 · 31 October 2026 · linkedin.com
- 4Midjourney Mastery Guide & Course (Lifetime Updates): sales count, price and ratingsGumroad, fetched 31 October 2026 · 31 October 2026 · dcbruck.gumroad.com
- 5AMA Foundation 2023 4 Under 40 Emerging Leaders Award WinnersAmerican Marketing Association · 6 September 2023 · ama.org
- 6From Missouri State to marketing maverickMissouri State University, College of Business · 27 November 2023 · blogs.missouristate.edu
- 7Fast Hours: the hostsfasthourspodcast.com · fasthourspodcast.com
- 8Fast Hours: show facts, episode count and subscribers (llms.txt)fasthourspodcast.com · 26 October 2026 · fasthourspodcast.com
- 9Fast Hours Ep. 1: We Accidentally Became Midjourney Experts, Here's HowFast Hours · 2 July 2024 · fasthourspodcast.com
- 10Fast Hours Ep. 11: The Next-Gen AI Toolkit for Creatives, feat. Chris BranchFast Hours · 22 September 2024 · fasthourspodcast.com
- 11Meta: The Grumbleverse and Meta AI launch content (case study, reel and clips)drewcbrucker.com · drewcbrucker.com
- 12Pinterest: creative infrastructure and TV (case study and reel)drewcbrucker.com · drewcbrucker.com
- 13Buddy: AI visual asset library (case study and reel)drewcbrucker.com · 2024 · drewcbrucker.com
- 14Done+Dusted: AI operations and roadmap (case study and reel)drewcbrucker.com · 2026 · drewcbrucker.com
- 15Limble: marketing activation and agents (case study)drewcbrucker.com · 2026 · drewcbrucker.com
- 16Neighborly: creative team activation (case study and reel)drewcbrucker.com · 2026 · drewcbrucker.com
- 17Stills: a self-initiated visual librarydrewcbrucker.com · drewcbrucker.com
- 18The future of AI is here, and how you take advantage: Midjourney AI, w/ Drew Brucker (#061; the listing spells his name Bucker)Matt Kim Podcast · 16 October 2023 · mattkimpodcast.com
- 1928: AI-Powered Marketing, Drew Brucker on Brand & Content HacksThe AI Marketer's Playbook · 13 March 2025 · theaimarketersplaybook.buzzsprout.com
- 20Content and brand tips for the AI era with Drew BruckerConversations with MarTech · 8 October 2025 · martechpodcastseries.buzzsprout.com
- 21Fast Hours Ep. 87: We Built an Entire Creative Team with AI AgentsFast Hours · 18 October 2026 · fasthourspodcast.com
- 22Fast Hours Ep. 81: How We Use AI to Run Our Businesses with Skills & AgentsFast Hours · fasthourspodcast.com
- 23Fast Hours Ep. 79: AI Workflows Brands Actually Pay Five Figures ForFast Hours · 23 August 2026 · fasthourspodcast.com
- 24Fast Hours Ep. 72: Taste Isn't the AI Moat You ThinkFast Hours · fasthourspodcast.com
- 25Fast Hours Ep. 76: How to Build AI Workflows That Never Start from ZeroFast Hours · fasthourspodcast.com
- 26Fast Hours Ep. 20: What Midjourney Taught Us (and Can Teach You) About SocialFast Hours · fasthourspodcast.com
- 27Fast Hours Ep. 32: Midjourney Questions AnsweredFast Hours · March 2025 · fasthourspodcast.com
- 28Fast Hours Ep. 33: Midjourney After Dark, Organized Chaos and Wabi-SabiFast Hours · fasthourspodcast.com
- 29Fast Hours Ep. 2: Midjourney Hacks That Are Too Good to Keep SecretFast Hours · fasthourspodcast.com
- 30Drew Brucker on Fast Hours passing 100,000 subscribersLinkedIn · 20 October 2026 · linkedin.com
- 31Drew Brucker on the Obello film made by ClaudeLinkedIn · 22 October 2026 · linkedin.com
- 32Drew Brucker (@drewbrucker): personal YouTube channelYouTube, fetched 31 October 2026 · 31 October 2026 · youtube.com
- 33Mastering Midjourney: Live AMA with Rory Flynn & Drew BruckerYouTube, Drew Brucker · youtube.com
- 34AI LIVE Ep. 132: Kling 4, ElevenLabs v4 & Opus 5.5 Editing Video With Code (Fast Hours promo at 35:43)AI LIVE · 29 September 2026 · theailiveshow.com
- 35AI LIVE Ep. 134: Is All Future Video Just Code? (Fast Hours in the chat at 17:57, shout-out at 31:15)AI LIVE · 13 October 2026 · theailiveshow.com
- 36AI LIVE Ep. 135: AI Worth Watching (Drew in the chat at 1:20:12, sign-off at 1:57:55)AI LIVE · 20 October 2026 · theailiveshow.com
- 37Fast Hours (@FastHoursAI): YouTube channelYouTube · 26 October 2026 · youtube.com