Monday, March 6, 2017

Thinkbox Software Acquired By Amazon AWS

Thinkbox Software, a developer of software used to manage video rendering tools used in film production, and which has an office in Los Angeles, has been acquired by Amazon Web Services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Thinkbox was based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The company said it was "business as usual" for the company, whose products include rendering tool software Krakatoa, compute management software Deadline, and many others. Thinkbox's products have been used in the production of such titles as Ex Machina, Batman vs. Superman, Furios 7, Game of Thrones, and many others, by many VFX houses.

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