
Wand is an AI-powered drawing and editing tool designed for artists, enabling them to create and refine artwork from sketch to full rendering in seconds. It offers features like real-time editing, style application (customizable or preloaded), and multi-layer support. The tool is native to iOS, working seamlessly with Apple Pencil and iPadOS. Wand aims to boost creativity, save time, and help artists learn faster by blending artistic skills with AI. It also provides a custom brush engine, secure private models, regional iterative editing, and exports transparent PNGs. Notable artists like David Salle, Tiye Pulley, Estelle Chung, and Arick Scott use Wand for creative exploration, custom model training, blending traditional and digital art, and rapid concept mock-ups. The company is NYC-based, focusing on personalized, hands-on visual control over generative models, and has raised seed funding.

Wand is an AI-powered drawing and editing tool designed for artists, enabling them to create and refine artwork from sketch to full rendering in seconds. It offers features like real-time editing, style application (customizable or preloaded), and multi-layer support. The tool is native to iOS, working seamlessly with Apple Pencil and iPadOS. Wand aims to boost creativity, save time, and help artists learn faster by blending artistic skills with AI. It also provides a custom brush engine, secure private models, regional iterative editing, and exports transparent PNGs. Notable artists like David Salle, Tiye Pulley, Estelle Chung, and Arick Scott use Wand for creative exploration, custom model training, blending traditional and digital art, and rapid concept mock-ups. The company is NYC-based, focusing on personalized, hands-on visual control over generative models, and has raised seed funding.
Product: iOS-native AI drawing and editing app for iPhone and iPad
Founded: December 2021
HQ: New York, NY
Seed funding: $4.2M (Aug 23, 2023) led by O'Shaughnessy Ventures
Team size (reported): ~10 employees
Creative tools / AI-assisted digital art creation
2021
Software; Creative tools / Art & Design
$4.2M
Participation reported from Betaworks, Charge Ventures, Long Journey, Notation Capital, Twelve Below, BDMI and angel investors.
“Investors include early-stage and media/tech investors such as O'Shaughnessy Ventures and Betaworks”