Wonder Raises £2.3m to Challenge Hollywood with AI Filmmaking

Wonder, an AI-native creative studio, has secured £2.3 million in pre-seed funding to transform the filmmaking industry with AI technology. By leveraging AI to enable Hollywood-level visual storytelling, Wonder aims to make the creative process more accessible, moving past the traditional financial and logistical hurdles often faced in filmmaking. Backed by leaders in the AI industry, Wonder emphasizes collaborating with the traditional filmmaking sector to forge new creative pathways. The investment round, with participation from LocalGlobe, Blackbird, and representatives from DeepMind and Activision Blizzard, underscores a broader trend of AI integration in media production. However, as AI increasingly pervades creative fields, concerns about the impact on human creativity and copyright laws are surfacing. Wonder addresses these issues by pledging to use ethically sourced, copyright-cleared datasets and advocating for transparent IP-sharing agreements between AI firms and copyright holders.