- Culver City’s mix of Hollywood studios, tech companies and available office space is drawing a growing cluster of AI filmmaking startups eager to reshape the industry.
- The companies tout new creative possibilities, using generative tools for everything from short-form crime shows to commercials and film effects.
- But unions and many Hollywood workers fear AI will take jobs, even as studios explore hybrid productions and secure protections against fully synthetic performers.
... The open space in Culver Steps typically hosts community events and movie nights. But on Wednesday, it turned into a job fair for companies looking to hire talent for AI studios. ...
The new wave of AI filmmakers have accepted the rise of AI as inevitable, and are forging ahead, increasingly in Culver City...."
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-10-16/as-hollywood-warms-to-ai-culver-city-fills-with-ai-studios