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Curious Refuge, an AI film school founded in 2023, was acquired in 2024 to help train creatives for AI-driven entertainment jobs.
Curious Refuge, an AI-powered online film school launched in 2023, has become a vital resource for Hollywood professionals adapting to generative AI’s impact on filmmaking and advertising.
Founded by Caleb and Shelby Ward, it offers courses in 11 languages to over 10,000 students across 170 countries, helping displaced workers like visual-effects veteran Michael Eng and hobbyists like Petra Molnar retrain and launch new careers using AI tools.
The school, backed by Peter Chernin and Andreessen Horowitz, was acquired in February 2024 by Promise, a startup aiming to build a talent pipeline for AI-driven creative roles.
With a 2024 study predicting up to 120,000 entertainment jobs could be affected by AI, educators view platforms like Curious Refuge as essential for lowering barriers to entry and fostering a new generation of storytellers in an evolving industry.
Curious Refuge, una escuela de cine de IA fundada en 2023, fue adquirida en 2024 para ayudar a capacitar a creativos para trabajos de entretenimiento impulsados por IA.