Netflix Pays $587M for Ben Affleck's AI Startup
Netflix paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, the AI startup co-founded by Ben Affleck — its tools are already deployed across 300 of the platform's productions.
Netflix paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup founded by actor Ben Affleck. The deal closed in March 2026 but only came to light in July regulatory filings. InterPositive's tools automatically restore missing frames, swap backgrounds, and correct lighting — without any manual post-production work.
Netflix already uses AI across 300 productions, and this technology is at the heart of that wave. Paying $587 million for a post-production startup signals that Hollywood has stopped "trying out" AI and moved to nine-figure integration — this is no longer an experiment, it's production infrastructure.
Source: techcrunch.com
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