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The Sam Altman biopic 'Artificial,' starring Andrew Garfield, cost $40 million and was abandoned by Amazon after it struck a $50 billion partnership with OpenAI.
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Kara recaps: 'Artificial,' a $40 million film starring Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman directed by Luca Guadagnino, was dropped by Amazon after its $50 billion OpenAI partnership made the project politically inconvenient. Neon, the indie distributor behind Best Picture winner Anora, picked it up. Amazon gave the film away without a licensing fee, only committing $15 million to its theatrical marketing. Matt argues the reputational damage is severe — the first call Amazon's Mike Hopkins had to make was to CAA's Brian Lord to explain why he was dumping a committed project with a major filmmaker, and every CAA agent will remember that the next time they have a hot script. It's not about this one movie; it's about the signal that tech-company priorities always trump creative commitments.
The Odyssey is tracking 10x Oppenheimer's first-day ticket sales. Meanwhile, Obsession cost under $1 million and hit $300–400 million. Both films prove that when Hollywood makes things people actually want to see, the audience shows up — in theaters, in person.
Bhanu grew SiteGPT to $13,000 monthly recurring revenue entirely through organic channels, spending nothing on paid marketing.
More than 1 million people have visited SiteGPT's website since launch in March 2023, all through organic channels.
Approximately 90% of SiteGPT's Google search traffic comes from the free tools Bhanu built, not the main product pages.
Bhanu sold his first SaaS product, Feather, for $250,000 so he could focus fully on the faster-growing SiteGPT.
SiteGPT has generated approximately $500,000 in total revenue since its launch in March 2023.
The average customer lifetime value for SiteGPT is approximately $1,700 to $1,800, which Bhanu considers unusually high.
SiteGPT receives around 50,000 visitors per month, of which about 200 convert to leads and 60 start free trials.
SiteGPT hit $10,000 MRR within its very first month of launch, driven largely by early traction in the AI chatbot space.
Despite strong download numbers, PropGPT could not push past $1,000–$2,000 MRR due to poor product retention.
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