# Amazon MGM Studios & AWS Launch the GenAI Creators' Fund

- Date: 2026-05-27
- Type: news
- Credit: Amazon MGM Studios / AWS
- URL: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/amazon-genai-creators-fund

The GenAI Creators' Fund is a joint Amazon MGM Studios and AWS initiative giving creators professional-grade AI tools and grants for proofs-of-concept and shorts.

Alongside it Amazon revealed its first three greenlit animated series for Prime Video: "Cupcake & Friends" from BuzzFeed Studios, "Love, Diana Music Hunters" from Albie Hecht at pocket.watch, and "Punky Duck" from "The Book of Life" creator Jorge R. Gutierrez. Project Nara, Amazon MGM's AI production platform on AWS, powers the work. The framing throughout: "human creativity leads, and AI supports." It marks the first major Hollywood studio to formally fund and greenlight generative-AI productions.

Links:
- Amazon MGM Studios Press Release: https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/press-release/prime-video-orders-three-new-animated-series-from-
- Variety: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/amazon-mgm-studios-genai-creators-fund-greenlights-series-1236759131/
- The Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/amazon-orders-three-animated-series-generative-ai-1236606219/

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Source: https://aifilmhistory.org/entry/amazon-genai-creators-fund
Era: 2026 · The Shakeout
Last updated: 2026-10-14