Zero One Creative receives €500,000

The AI creative tech startup Zero One Creative (01C) has received 500,000 euros in funding. The company is supported by EWOR, a highly selective start-up program based in Berlin, which was initiated by the founders of successful unicorns such as SumUp and Adjust. 01C is the first company to be accepted as part of the newly created EWOR Traction Fellowship with the increased funding amount of €500,000.

AI platform AMARA to accelerate creative processes

The capital will be invested in the further development of AMARA. This is an AI-native platform that enables creative professionals to design workflows across different formats seamlessly and in real time. AMARA is designed to eliminate technical breaks in creative processes and thus accelerate and simplify the implementation of complex content.

Creative flow is the most valuable currency of any production. AMARA was built to protect that flow - so that ideas can flow into realization without interruption.

Ashkan Dabbagh, co-founder and CEO of Zero One Creative

Founding team with experience in AI, film and VFX

Zero One Creative was founded by Ashkan Dabbagh, James Elkin and Rupert Aspden. The team combines experience from the fields of artificial intelligence, film production, visual effects and immersive media. Dabbagh studied AI at Oxford University and has worked at Warner Bros, Amazon Studios and VFX studio DNEG (including Interstellar, Dune). Elkin was a technician in the Royal Air Force for seven years before moving into film technology, working on projects for Sky, BBC and Netflix. Aspden brings production experience from the BBC, Disney, Amazon and 20th Century Fox.

Early phase: viral campaigns for brands such as McLaren, eBay and Twix

Even before the public launch, AMARA had already been used in over ten projects, including campaigns for brands such as McLaren, eBay, Twix and Starcloud, which achieved a total of over 40 million views. Growth has been purely organic through referrals and returning customers.

Selected for high-profile sponsorship programs

In addition to the funding from EWOR, Zero One Creative has been recognized in several international programs: As a finalist in Oxford University's OX1 Incubator (top 1% of 140 startups), as a winner of the Oxbridge AI Challenge 2024 (out of over 200 applicants) and by being accepted into programs from Microsoft for Startups, Google for Startups and NVIDIA Inception. With the support of the new Traction Fellowship from EWOR, the team will now be accompanied by experienced founders from the Unicorn sector.