ABOUT US

The humans behind the machine.

We spent years building content and digital systems the hard way — juggling vendors, chasing briefs, watching good work fall apart at scale. A47 is what we built instead: one team, one system, and a genuine obsession with what AI can do when humans point it in the right direction.

OUR STORY

Built in the Gulf.
Built for scale.

A47 started with a simple frustration: content demand keeps climbing, but teams, budgets, and hours don't. Most brands answer that gap by hiring more, paying more, and managing more vendors. We thought there was a better way — a system that learns your brand once and produces on auto, with people in the loop exactly where craft and judgment matter. From the GCC to the markets beyond it, that's what we build.

TEAMS

Humans behind AI

Ali Rizvi

Co-Founder & CEO

Founding team and Chief Growth Officer at Nukta, a $22M PE-backed digital newsroom scaled to 200 staff across three countries (1B views in 12 months, acquired by ARY). Built Alibaba’s live-commerce business in South Asia from zero, an Effie Gold winner. Began in journalism at Dawn and Pakistan State TV, and founded Profit magazine. LSE, BSc Business Management.

Ali Rizvi

Co-Founder & CEO

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Andre Teow

CPO

Co-founded Tiki, India’s #2 short-video platform, scaled 0 to 30M monthly users in 24 months at 75% retention. Founder of Blue Bolt Labs, an AI product studio, and of Build with AI, South East Asia’s most active AI builder community (sponsored by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Vercel). Ex-Rocket Internet. Stanford GSB executive education; BA Economics, University of Waikato.