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A24 announced a multi-year research partnership with Google DeepMind in June 2026, backed by a reported $75 million investment from Google. The partnership is developing AI tools for filmmakers, with an AI storyboard generator as the first confirmed application in development.
Details
Announced on June 22, 2026, the partnership is structured as a non-exclusive research and development collaboration run through A24 Labs under Scott Belsky. DeepMind researchers will embed inside A24 productions to build and refine tools using real filmmaker feedback. The deal does not give Google access to A24's film library or content data. A24 partner Scott Belsky told the Wall Street Journal the tools 'won't look anything like the prompted generation type of AI that people feel uncomfortable with,' and that A24 Labs was already prototyping an AI storyboard generator at the time of announcement. A24 spokesperson Sophia Shin described it as a 'research partnership' and stated A24 is 'working side-by-side with DeepMind's researchers to learn, iterate, and build.'
Products affected
A24 LabsA24 film productions (filmmakers)
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Trace Foundation. (2026). A24: A24 announced a multi-year research partnership with Google DeepMind in June 2026, backed by a reported $75 million investment from Google. The partnership is developing AI tools for filmmakers, with an AI storyboard generator as the first confirmed application in development (data as of 2026-08-18) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/a6c1e7bc-4821-486f-a54a-f73f470d0ad3. Accessed October 5, 2026.
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- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/a6c1e7bc-4821-486f-a54a-f73f470d0ad3
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- August 18, 2026
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- August 11, 2026
Other practices by A24
Creative GenA24 integrated an AI voice synthesis tool called Respeecher into the post-production of its film The Brutalist (2024) to enhance the Hungarian-language dialogue spoken by lead actors Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones. The tool adjusted specific vowel and consonant sounds to make the actors' Hungarian more authentic to native speakers.ProductivityA24 announced A24 Labs, an internal AI division, in early 2025, led by former Adobe executive Scott Belsky. The division is building AI tools for internal use, including predictive marketing, audience discovery, and creative pre-production aids for filmmakers.Creative GenA24 used an AI image generator to create a series of promotional posters for its film Civil War in April 2024. The posters depicted war-torn scenes at US landmarks that do not appear in the movie itself.
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