Darren Aronofsky’s Company That Makes Very Bad AI Movies Just Raised a Ton of Investor Money
THE SO WHAT
Capital is now willing to underwrite AI-native studios even when the early output is low quality — investors are betting on cost curves and iteration speed, not today’s reviews. For media operators, the bar to experiment with AI-first formats is dropping, but differentiation will come from IP, taste, and distribution, not the model itself.
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