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Google to Invest About $75M in A24, Co-Develop AI Tools With DeepMind

June 22, 2026 at 11:03 EDT

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Google (Alphabet) will invest about $75 million in independent film studio A24 and partner with Google DeepMind on a multiyear effort to build AI tools for filmmaking and distribution, according to reports on June 22, 2026. It marks Google's first direct investment in a movie studio. Details

June 22, 2026 · Google DeepMind × A24

Google bets ~$75M on A24 in its first-ever movie-studio investment

A multi-year AI research partnership pairs DeepMind with the indie studio behind Everything Everywhere All at Once — building tools for storyboarding, screenwriting, post-production and distribution. The pitch: support artists, not replace them.

~$75M

Google's stake in A24

$3.5B

A24 valuation at its 2024 round

2012

Year the independent studio was founded

Google matches the Thrive round, dollar for dollar

Google's check is on par with the $75M Thrive Capital raised in 2024 — two equal columns, same unit.

$75M

Thrive Capital
(2024)

~$75M

Google
(2026)

Deal at a glance

Investor

Google + DeepMind

Recipient

A24

Term

Multi-year

Focus

Workflows & distribution — not content generation

Hopeful read

If DeepMind models feed real pipelines, they could lift efficiency from pre-production to audience targeting — reshaping screenwriting and editing workflows.

Critical read

Some see a dilution of indie spirit — a "sellout to Silicon Valley" — with moral pushback on AI itself. No tools tested yet; concrete use cases are still to come.

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