MISSION

Auster Animation is a Workers Co-op. We’ve been working in animation for over a decade, through feast and famine. While large studios do more layoffs than ever, it’s easy to see the first people to lose their jobs are black and brown. Not having the same safety net as others leads many to leave the animation industry entirely. As the animation industry becomes more uniform, it leaves unique voices and stories behind.

This co-op is meant to be a safety net for all, and grant the creative opportunities large corporations don’t provide.

Generative AI is wholly owned by silicon valley ceos. Its primary use so far has been to scam, impersonate, and devalue the creative output of working people. Using AI takes from all, while directly paying a select few. It is wealth redistribution to the ultra rich. Generative AI stands directly against our mission, and we will never use it.

Our goal is to create fun, high quality animation, and ensure the value created goes to the people who made it.