Steve Jobs purchased the computer graphics division from Lucasfilm on February 3, 1986, for $5 million in technology rights and an additional $5 million in startup capital, laying the groundwork for ...

"We're trying to build a great animation studio." A fascinating blast from the past – returning to the very early days of Pixar and the Computer Graphics industry. A long lost interview from 1996 has ...

Three years ago, the Steve Jobs Archive debuted as “the authoritative home for Steve’s story and a resource for new generations eager to make their own mark.” Now, the Steve Jobs Archive has shared a ...

To celebrate Toy Story’s 30th anniversary, the Steve Jobs Archive has released a never-before-seen 1996 conversation with Steve Jobs, recorded exactly one year after the film’s original theatrical ...

Steve Jobs knew he wasn't an expert in filmmaking — even after funding a spinout of animation studio Pixar, which was originally division of production company Lucasfilm, in 1986. Jobs was "pretty ...

When negotiations failed, Disney created an alternate version where Buzz is recalled to a Taiwan factory, but it never saw ...

In just under a month, the latest Pixar movie, Brave, will make its debut on screen and the credits will have a special dedication to a fallen member of the Pixar team: Steve Jobs.

Jobs explained how Walt Disney solved animation’s most expensive challenge decades ago. “Walt Disney himself solved this problem decades ago,” Jobs told conference hosts Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher ...

Steve Jobs and Apple are inseparable in most people's minds. Even the fact that his name is being linked to Pixar may come as a surprise to people, not to mention that it played a bigger role in his ...

Patty Bonfilio, director of facility operations at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville. Apple products aren’t the only thing that Steve Jobs devoted his passion for detail and design to. Just ask ...

A rare first-edition "Toy Story" book signed by Steve Jobs will go up for auction on April 30, 2026, in Los Angeles, tied directly to the Pixar IPO that made him a billionaire. Nate D. Sanders ...