Casting software · Austin, TX

Run your whole casting session in one place.

Slayt takes a role from posted to booked. Write the breakdown, collect self-tapes, review hundreds of submissions in an hour, and send your client one link to pick from. No email chains, no Dropbox folders, no spreadsheets. Free for talent and agents, always.

Free
Talent and agents pay nothing, ever. No subscriptions, no upload fees, no paying to be seen.
One link
Clients review your picks in the browser. They never create an account.
Fair
Tapes play in random order, so nobody can buy the top of the pile.
Human
The software organizes the work. People make every casting decision.
The problem

Casting today is email, Dropbox, and a spreadsheet.

One role gets hundreds of submissions. Tapes arrive as links in six different formats. Scheduling happens over the phone. The client decides in a reply-all thread. And the actors who don't book never hear anything at all. Slayt replaces all of that with one tool built around how a casting office actually works.

How it works

Follow one role from posted to booked.

01 · POST THE ROLE

Write your requirements once. Slayt screens every submission.

Set the role's requirements: age range, union status, local hire, languages, conflicts. Slayt turns them into simple yes-or-no rules and only lets matching talent submit. If the role needs SAG-eligible and fluent Spanish, everyone in your pile has both. No AI guessing who "feels right."

The rate and usage terms show at the top, so talent knows the deal before spending an hour on a tape.

Plays 25–35 Austin local SAG-AFTRA or eligible Fluent Spanish No automotive conflict
214 Austin talent currently match these requirements. The count updates as you edit.
02 · SELF-TAPES

Actors record their tape right in the browser.

No app to install, no fees, no uploading to a mystery link. A built-in teleprompter shows the actual script, the slate fills in automatically from the actor's profile, and the tape uploads while they record. If the connection drops, the upload resumes on its own. When the screen says "safe to close," the tape is in your hands.

Actors see the requirements before they start, so nobody spends an evening taping for a role they can't book.

Try recording a tape (uses your camera)
int. porch — day"You're telling me the dog did this? The dog. Our dog —"
1:42
03 · REVIEW

Get through 400 tapes in an hour, without touching the mouse.

One keypress records your verdict and starts the next tape. The next video is already loaded, slates skip automatically, and Z undoes your last call. Tapes play in random order, so every actor gets the same fair shot at your fresh eyes.

If the same actor comes in through two agents, you see one card and make one decision. Pass on a big batch and Slayt asks for a quick reason, then saves it, so your paper trail writes itself while you work.

1Consider, next tape
2Pin, next tape
3Pass, next tape
SShortlist
ZUndo
GContact sheet
04 · CLIENT REVIEW

Send your client one link. They pick their favorites.

Your client opens a private screening room in their browser. No account, no password, no software to learn. They watch your picks with the specs beside each tape, vote yes, maybe, or no, and choose up to five for callbacks. You watch the votes come in live and always know exactly who approved what.

Every view is watermarked to the viewer. Links expire on a date you set, passcodes are optional, and you can shut a link off with one click.

Open the screening room demo
Breakdown
4
Submitted
412
Shortlist
30
Sessions
27/30
Booked
2/5

The whole project on one line, and the one thing that's stuck called out plainly: three sessions unconfirmed, reminder sent.

05 · THE ANSWER

When the role is cast, every actor finds out.

Everyone who submitted can see where the role stands: open, in callbacks, or cast. They see the honest numbers too, like 412 submitted and 30 shortlisted, and nothing personal about anyone else. No read receipts, no streaks, no "submit more" nudges. Just an answer, which is more than this industry has ever offered.

See what talent sees
Open
Callbacks
Cast
412
Submitted
30
Shortlisted
12
Auditioning
What Slayt is not

Not a marketplace. Not a talent directory. Nobody pays to be seen.

There is no public directory to rank in, no approval queue to wait on, and no fee to get in front of casting. Your profile works the moment you create it, and your tapes stay yours.

Built into the software

Six promises we can't quietly break.

These aren't policies in a handbook. They're built into the software itself, and automated tests block any release that would break one. See how we prove each one →

Free for talent. Forever.
Promise 01
No subscription, no media fees, no paying to be seen. The code that orders tapes cannot even read billing information, so money can never affect who gets watched or when.
AI organizes. People decide.
Promise 02
No AI ranks, scores, or filters a person. Submissions are matched on facts talent entered themselves, and the system refuses any automated pass. Only a person can decline an actor.
No public directory.
Promise 03
Profiles can't be browsed, searched, or scraped. Actors are visible only to the roles they choose to submit to. Contact with minors always routes through a guardian.
Your work stays yours.
Promise 04
Download everything you've made, free, anytime, with weeks of notice before anything is ever purged. Tapes never become casting's property, and nothing you upload trains an AI model.
Every decision on the record.
Promise 05
Every status change is logged: who made it, when, and why. The log can't be edited or deleted, and it's kept for three years. Your compliance record writes itself.
Your projects stay private.
Promise 06
Projects are private by default, and confidential ones show only a code name outside your office. You choose who can see each role, down to a named list of agencies.
Why Austin

Texas just committed $1.5 billion to production. Casting tools need to catch up.

Senate Bill 22 puts $300 million every two years into Texas film and commercial production through 2035. To qualify, productions must cast Texas residents: at least 35% today, rising to 50% by 2031. Slayt records residency on every booking automatically, so proving your local cast takes zero extra paperwork.

We're launching with a small group of Austin casting offices and running real projects with them, start to finish. We grow when they vouch for us, not before.

$1.5B
Committed through 2035
Commercials qualify starting at $100K of Texas spend.
35% → 50%
Texas-resident casting floor
The requirement rises every two years. Slayt counts it for you.
Austin first
One city at a time
No second market until Austin offices have run real projects start to finish.
Who it's for

One tool for everyone in the room.

Casting offices

Run the whole job.

Post roles, screen submissions, review tapes fast, schedule sessions, share picks, and book. One tool, and the paper trail writes itself.

Talent

Audition free. Hear back.

No fees, ever. Know the rate and requirements before you tape, record in your browser, and see what happened to every role.

Agents & managers

Your roster, your call.

Submit your clients, handle tape requests, and review every tape before it goes out. Casting can open roles to just the agencies they name.

Brands & clients

Pick from one link.

Watch casting's picks in your browser, vote on each one, and choose your callbacks. No account needed.