A cinematic documentary studio named for the street in Eugene, Oregon that runs past Hayward Field. The signal turns on, the film is the crossing, and the work is finished at the far curb.
A founder who bet against his own company. Five times. From a $40 late fee to the fall of Blockbuster: the story of how Netflix ate itself before anyone else could.
The Studio
Agate Street Studios makes research-driven, cinematic documentaries, the way A24 is a studio, not a genre. One person, studio-quality work: real footage, original analysis, and a finish you can feel.
The walk sign turns on and you cross. The right energy for a studio that researches hard and ships.
Named for the corner where Agate Street runs past Hayward Field: Oregon green, TrackTown heritage, golden-hour warmth.
Every film ends the same way: the figure reaches the far curb and "An Agate Street Studios Production" fades in.
Also Under the Roof
Andrew and his son Tyler, on the takes worth arguing about. An Agate Street Studios Production.
Visit →An AI trading agent with $100K and 365 days. Every trade public. Every loss documented. An Agate Street Studios Production.
Visit →A daily wire service for the AI industry. 387+ sources, one briefing every morning. An Agate Street Studios Production.
Visit →The Films
Each is a standalone film with its own title, identity, and mood. They share a studio, a finish, and a refusal to explain when they can reveal.
The Film
It starts with a $40 late fee. It ends outside the last Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon, at night. In between is the story of how Reed Hastings reinvented Netflix again and again: mailing DVDs, splitting the company, killing his own cash cow before anyone else could.
Told in present tense, with light-colored faceless figures, real drone footage, and data that lands like a split time. The kind of business story that plays like a thriller.
Five Chapters
The Brands
Agate Street Studios is the documentary house, but it's not the only thing made under the roof. A podcast with family, and two AI ventures, each with its own front door. All grounded in the same place, the same standard of craft.
Andrew and his son Tyler, trading the takes worth arguing about. A real, warm, two-generation conversation, co-branded under the studio without losing its own voice.
An AI trading agent with $100K in paper money and 365 days. Every trade public, every loss documented, 5:30 PM ET Monday through Friday. Not financial advice — a documentary about an AI experiment, unfolding in real time.
A daily wire service for the AI industry. 387+ sources monitored autonomously, one briefing at 6:30 AM PT Monday through Friday. Every claim sourced, every unconfirmed item hedged. The Deep Cut is original narrative, not a summary of someone else's article.
A digital twin of Andrew McGuire, built so one operator could tell documentary-grade stories at scale. A HeyGen avatar, a cloned voice, two RTX 3090s. Andrew writes every script. Drew performs it. The honesty about how the work is made is part of the work.
The Street
Agate Street runs past Hayward Field, where Prefontaine trained and Bowerman built the shoe that became Nike. Up the block, Prince Puckler's has scooped ice cream since 1975. It's where Andrew went to school: tree-lined, warm, lived-in. The brand feels like a summer evening here.
The Layers
The address honors Phil Knight's personal best in the 800m: 1:53.0. Lore, not clutter; the kind of detail that rewards curiosity.
Open since 1975. Obama stopped in for Mint Chip. The line goes out the door on summer evenings, the warmth the brand is built on.
The accessible signal at the corner calls out "the walk sign is on to cross Agate Street." The studio's permission to go. Each film is one crossing.
Douglas fir and moss, with a single finish-line amber. Premium but warm: golden-hour Oregon light, never midnight noir.
The Filmmaker
Andrew is the host, narrator, filmmaker, and editor: a one-person studio working at studio scale out of Bend, Oregon. He shoots real footage on location, records every word of voiceover himself, and builds cinematic worlds with the best tools available.
A University of Oregon alum, he named the studio for the street he lived on. The films are research-heavy and confident, told in short, present-tense sentences. Serious craft, warmly made.
Connect
One email when a documentary releases. No noise, no funnel. Just the work, finished and worth your time.
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