Netflix Paid $587 Million in Cash for Ben Affleck's AI Startup InterPositive, SEC Filing Reveals

Netflix disclosed in a quarterly regulatory filing that it paid roughly $587 million in cash to acquire InterPositive, the stealth-mode artificial intelligence startup founded by actor and director Ben Affleck to build filmmaking tools for post-production work. The price, previously undisclosed, surfaced in the company's Form 10-Q submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in mid-July 2026, roughly four months after the deal closed in March.