Netflix joins Blender Development Fund
Summary
Netflix has joined the Blender Development Fund and will provide financial support for ongoing development of the open-source 3D creation suite. The company already uses Blender across its animation and VFX studios, and its contribution will help maintain the core software and add new features. The fund operates on a membership model with corporate sponsors paying annual fees, and current members include Epic Games, AMD, Nvidia and Meta. Blender has seen rising adoption in commercial production pipelines, with recent high-profile projects such as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Next Gen using the software.
Funding
Amount
None
Total raised
Date
January 30, 2026
Announcement date
Investors
AMD, JetPay, Netflix, NVIDIA
Lead investors
Company
blender.org
Funded company
Classifications
industries
Non-Profit
applications
Engineering & Scientific
AskAI Classifications
Labels
3D Software
Creative Software
Open Source Software
Linked Companies
Blender Foundation
$1M to $5M