Netflix bought Ben Afflecks AI startup for $587 million

Netflix paid over half a billion dollars for Ben Affleck's AI startup InterPositive, which he founded in 2022.According to Variety, Netflix's Form 10-Q report with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed that it paid $587 million in cash for an acquisition in March. While the company they acquired goes unnamed in the report, the InterPositive acquisition was announced on March 5, and a Bloomberg report estimated that Netflix could have paid up to $600 million.SEE ALSO:Netflix's 'Wonka'