AI Insights: supercharge your indie with tools that save time and cut costs
Deep Fusion’s Ben Field and The Connected Set’s Jason Mitchell on the latest AI developments
The industry is under unprecedented pressure to make budgets go further.
Finances are stretched and commissioners want more for less.
AI can help, not only by speeding up your admin but also your production.
But what are the latest tools, what do they do and which ones should you use? That was the topic of conversation during a panel session called ‘How AI is transforming my indie’ at Indielab’s Content Futures 2026.
So we’ve extracted some of the highlights and advice from that day from two indie leaders at the vanguard of the new technology in TV: Deep Fusion CEO and co-founder Ben Field and Jason Mitchell, founder of The Connected Set.
As Field said: “The industry is under pressure, money needs to go further and that means we need to look at every efficiency gain we possibly can in order to get as much on screen as possible out of the money that’s available.”
Read on to find out:
How vibe coding your own software can save you money
The tools that will help you streamline archive and editing
How AI can help with your YouTube channel and production schedule
The latest AI regulation and business tools
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