Ikonz Studios ropes in Amitabh Bachchan as strategic partner

Mumbai: Ikonz Studios, a generative Al company, has roped in actor Amitabh Bachchan as a strategic partner and is looking to raise over $10 million in a Series A round of funding, a top company official has said.

Ikonz has raised seed funding from marquee investors like Village Global, Woodstock Fund, and Polygon Studios. Village Global is an early stage venture capital fund backed by entrepreneurs like Bill Gates (Microsoft), Jeff Bezos (Amazon), and Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), among others.

The company plans to deploy the funds raised in the Series A round to expand the team globally, aggregate entertainment IPs, and build AI tools for the entertainment industry.