Netflix have just joined the Blender development fund as a corporate patron, specifically Netflix’s animation department – Netflix Animation Studios. The corporate patron tier is the highest level of financial support and represents a commitment of at least €240K a year.
Details of the announcement from the Blender blog:
Blender Foundation is thrilled to announce that Netflix Animation Studios is joining the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron.
This support will be dedicated towards general Blender core development, to continuously improve content creation tools for individuals and teams working in media and entertainment-related workflows.
This membership is a significant acknowledgement of Blender becoming more embedded in high-end animation studios’ workflows. I deeply appreciate this strategic initiative from Netflix Animation Studios as an investment in a diverse, public, and open-source friendly ecosystem of creative tools that will benefit the global community of content creators.
Francesco Siddi, CEO at Blender
Netflix Animation Studios’ corporate membership with Blender reflects our ongoing support for open-source software in the animation community. We are proud to be the first major animation studio to support Blender’s continued development and growing adoption by current and future generations of animation professionals.
Darin Grant, SVP Global Technology at Netflix Animation Studios
Key Links
Blender x Netflix Announcement Blog
Netflix Animation Studios Homepage
You can learn more about Netflix Animation Studio support for Blender in the video below.