Sarrujan never really started a career. He followed what interested him, and that led somewhere.

First it was science — wanting to understand life, how it works, where it came from. That took him to a Biology degree. The camera came alongside it, not as a plan, but because he had one and the world was worth capturing. Two ways of paying attention to the same thing.

After university, still figuring it out, AI exploded into the scene and something clicked. His first thought was frustration that it didn't exist while he was studying. His second thought was more honest — he recognised himself in it. AI is arguably the best tool ever built for curious, creative, slightly lazy people who want to do meaningful things without doing them the slow way. That realisation made a traditional career path feel less like a missed opportunity and more like a narrow escape.

Now at Breakthrough, he uses film and media to tell stories that matter — and he's spending a lot of time thinking about what authentic storytelling looks like when the tools are changing this fast. He's not an expert. He's someone paying close attention and sharing what he finds.

Which, when you think about it, is how he's always operated.