Today, California-based productivity automation solutions firm ZERO announced it has closed on a $12 million Series A investment round, which it will leverage to boost hiring, launch new products, and prepare for an anticipated global expansion later on this year. Currently, ZERO offers artificial-intelligence powered automation tools for tasks like email filing, tagging and time capture.

The round, led by investment fund Streamlined Ventures, was born out of Zero's need for increased capital due it's accelerated growth over 2021, said the company's CEO Alex Babin. Indeed, Zero's staff ballooned nearly four times from 24 people last year to 80 as of January 2022.