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Former WPP creative director launches a platform that puts the method of top brand consultancies within reach of small businesses
BrandingStudio.ai, built in Porto, Portugal, has created more than 1,200 brands across four continents since March
Porto, Portugal, 11 August 2026. BrandingStudio.ai, a platform that applies artificial intelligence to the working method of top-tier brand consultancies, is now available in English, Spanish, European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese, with French to follow.
The platform was founded by João Seabra, a Portuguese creative director with twenty years in brand strategy. Seabra was Regional Creative Director at WPP for Asia-Pacific, where he worked on brands including Coca-Cola, HSBC, AT&T and Bank of America, and taught at university level for more than a decade.
Since its public launch in March 2026, when it reached sixth place as Product of the Day on Product Hunt, the platform has gathered more than 1,000 users, who have created over 1,200 brands across four continents. The company is bootstrapped and has raised no venture capital.
"What we codified is not the design, it is the method", says Seabra. "It is the same working sequence used in projects worth tens of thousands of dollars, and it was never for sale, because it could only be learned inside agencies. The AI layer acts as a guide, so someone with no background in branding can walk that process from start to finish. What gets democratised is not the design. It is the rigour."
Unlike logo generators, the platform builds the full strategic foundation first, analysing more than 1,000 data points on competitors, audience and market positioning before producing any visual asset. It runs seven integrated modules, from research and positioning through verbal identity, visual identity and launch planning, completing in 50 to 70 minutes a process that traditionally takes three to six months and costs between 15,000 and 50,000 dollars.
The platform handles new brands, but also rebrands, since it reads an existing brand and proposes its evolution, as well as sub-brands within larger groups. Exports are production deliverables: PDF reports, editable vector files and digital brand guidelines published automatically as a standalone microsite, ready to share with teams and suppliers.
That level of work has always been out of reach for small businesses, which represent around 90 percent of all companies worldwide according to the World Bank.
BrandingStudio.ai runs on a credit model with no mandatory subscription: a free trial, one-time packages from 237 dollars and subscriptions from 197 dollars per month. Every plan includes full ownership of the generated assets. The platform is built by itMatters.studio, based in Porto, Portugal.
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