Three animated series have received orders by Prime Video via the GenAI Creators’ Fund, a new joint initiative of Amazon Web Services and Amazon MGM Studios.
The projects are Cupcake & Friends from BuzzFeed Studios; Love, Diana Music Hunters from creator Albie Hecht, a former Nickelodeon exec who is now Chief Content Officer at pocket.watch; and Punky Duck from creator Jorge R. Gutierrez. All three series will stream on Prime Video down the line.
The greenlights from the fund were revealed Wednesday, the first day of the AI on the Lot conference in Los Angeles.
The creators’ fund is designed to provide top-shelf AI tools and funding to creators from a range of styles and backgrounds. The tech backbone of the fund is Project Nara, which is described as Amazon MGM Studios’ “purpose-built AI production platform for cinematic storytelling,” built with AWS infrastructure.
Project Nara is used exclusively by Amazon MGM Studios and by…
