No. 145: Hollywood bought AI infrastructure. The creative class notices.
Culture Pulse: 74. Netflix bought a filmmaking AI tool for $587m. The streaming wars just became an infrastructure play. Today's Pattern: whoever owns the layer beneath the creative act controls what gets made. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-07-19.html
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