# Zero

> Zero is an AI-native email client built from scratch to put artificial intelligence at the center of how people read, write, and manage email. Founded in 2025 by Nizar Abi Zaher and Adam Wazzan, Zero went through Y Combinator's X25 batch and raised $2M from 1984 Ventures, Pioneer Fund, and YC. The product lives at 0.email and promises to cut the time knowledge workers spend on email by 70% through smart prioritization, thread summarization, AI-drafted replies, and conversational inbox search. With over 10,000 GitHub stars on its open-source repo, Zero is one of the fastest-growing AI email projects of 2025.

- **Founded:** 2025
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, CA, USA
- **Founders:** Nizar Abi Zaher (Co-Founder & CEO), Adam Wazzan (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** 2 full-time founders
- **Products:** Zero Email Client
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator X25 batch (Spring 2025), Raised $2M seed round led by 1984 Ventures, 10,500+ GitHub stars on the open-source Mail-0/Zero repository

## Products & services

- **Zero Email Client** — An open-source, AI-native email client available at 0.email. Connects to Gmail and other providers. Features include email prioritization, thread summarization, AI-drafted replies, conversational inbox search, automatic labeling, and daily planning across email threads.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator X25 batch (Spring 2025)
- Raised $2M seed round led by 1984 Ventures
- 10,500+ GitHub stars on the open-source Mail-0/Zero repository
- 1,300+ GitHub forks
- 1,500+ knowledge workers on private beta waitlist
- 90%+ of early adopters report saving at least 3 hours per week
- Public beta launched May 2025 at 0.email

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Zero launches public beta at 0.email via Y Combinator's Launch YC program.
- **2025-04** — Zero appears on Hacker News Show HN, generating significant developer community interest.
- **2025-Q1** — Zero raises $2M seed round from 1984 Ventures, Pioneer Fund, and Y Combinator.
- **2025-Q1** — Zero accepted into Y Combinator X25 (Spring 2025) batch.

## Links

- Website: https://0.email
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zero-email
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/zerodotemail
- GitHub: https://github.com/Mail-0/Zero
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m2Rq-kFRTI

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Last updated: 2026-04-20