Artists Equity
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Oct 8, 2026
Caleigh RykissHOST
Yes.
Danielle GrahamHOST
And that is Ben's Artists Equity company, which he started.
Caleigh RykissHOST
Mm-hmm.
Danielle GrahamHOST
And also, the AI company that he started and now sold.
Tory JohnsonGUEST
He was in The Rip and now Animals.
Tory JohnsonGUEST
Stephen Yun is brilliant in Animals, so I'm hoping for my own two-picture deal with Artists Equity.
Tory JohnsonGUEST
So Matt and Ben.
Robin RobertsHOST
Ooh.
Cynthia LittletonHOST
So he I'm sure he can spot that in them.
Cynthia LittletonHOST
Did you get that sense from talking to Ben like he is really focused on building artists equity as a business? Absolutely.
Cynthia LittletonHOST
And it's so
Matt DonnellyGUEST
funny.
Zach BaronHOST
The last time I saw you was in this building.
Zach BaronHOST
Um, the Artists Equity offices are, I think, down- upstairs? Downstairs?
Ben AffleckGUEST
There's no upstairs.
Ben AffleckGUEST
We're on the top floor.
Zach BaronHOST
We're on the top floor of Soho House.
Zach BaronHOST
I've now learned where we are located.
Zach BaronHOST
Artists Equity, your production company's Well, a few floors below.
Zach BaronHOST
Are you still nine to fiveing it? [laughs]
Zach BaronHOST
I've now learned where we are located.
Zach BaronHOST
Artists Equity, your production company, is, well, a few floors below.
Zach BaronHOST
Are you still nine to five again here? [laughs]
Ben AffleckGUEST
I am.
Ben AffleckGUEST
And so I wanted to self-consciously construct a life, a daily routine and a life that was, where I was here, where my kids go to school and get picked up from school and go to their friends' and go to their, the things they do after school and all that stuff.
Ben AffleckGUEST
You know, and just be around.
Zach BaronHOST
There's a specific model to Artists Equity which I will butcher, but is effectively you guys take on a little bit more risk.
Zach BaronHOST
At least this was 1.0. I'm curious if the model has evolved.
Roxy DiazCORRESPONDENT
Gillian Anderson and Steven Yeun round out the cast.
Roxy DiazCORRESPONDENT
Matt Damon produces through Artists Equity.
Roxy DiazCORRESPONDENT
That's a company that he and Affleck actually founded.
Roxy DiazCORRESPONDENT
And here's a twist behind everything.
Zach BaronHOST
The last time I saw you was in this building.
Zach BaronHOST
Um, the Artists Equity offices are, I think, dow- upstairs, downstairs?
Ben AffleckGUEST
There's no upstairs.
Ben AffleckGUEST
We're on the top floor.
Zach BaronHOST
We're on the top floor of Soho House.
Zach BaronHOST
I've now learned where we are located.
Zach BaronHOST
Artists Equity, your production company, is what? A few floors below.
Zach BaronHOST
Are you still 9:00 to 5:00 again here? [laughs]
Erin HopkinsHOST
And there are some huge names behind this movie that they're filming as well.
Erin HopkinsHOST
It's being financed partially by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's company, Artists Equity.
Peter HarrisonHOST
Oh, yeah.
Erin HopkinsHOST
So lots of big names behind this one.
Adam NagusHOST
The company's small staff joined Netflix while Affleck remained involved as an advisor.
Adam NagusHOST
Affleck also discussed Artist Equity, the production company he founded with Matt Damon and Jerry Cardinale, and its effort to expand profit participation for entertainment workers.
Adam NagusHOST
NVIDIA shares have risen about twenty-one percent in twenty twenty-six, but investors are watching October for a potential acceleration.
Adam NagusHOST
The market has yet to fully price in the company's projected seventy percent revenue growth for fiscal twenty twenty-eight.
Ben AffleckGUEST
you know, that was the most meaningful thing, which was you can do this as a writer and your voice, your sense of authorship is like, it matters and you can come up with a line that ends up being in a play that people see that works.
Kerry WashingtonHOST
I also see a direct line from your describing that to what your company today, Artist Equity, is in terms of not valuing movie stars over your DP or your grip or your best point.
Kerry WashingtonHOST
Like, will you talk a little bit about that?
Ben AffleckGUEST
Sure.
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