Human-first AI · Consulting and development

Put AI to work in your business, from the first audit to the custom build

We find where AI pays off, connect it to the tools you already use, and build the agents and platforms that need custom work. Behind it is the team that has shipped studio releases, Webby-winning series and national campaigns since 2007.

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  • AI Readiness Audits
  • AI integration and automation
  • Custom AI agents
  • AI platform development
  • AI content production
  • Six Webby Awards
  • Founder-led since 2007

People first

We are storytellers, promoters, designers and engineers. For more than twenty years we have put people on screens, stages and phones around the world. AI makes our work faster. It never replaces the people in the room.

Jamie Foxx on the Be Woke.Vote set in 2018, in black and white
On set for Be Woke.Vote, 2018.
A monitor on the set of Paint Misbehavin' for TLC, 2009, in black and white
On set for Paint Misbehavin’ (TLC, 2009).
Peter Greene in a garage scene on the set of King of Hollywood, in black and white
On set for King of Hollywood, which AONE produced.
  • 6Webby Awards
  • 2007Founded
  • 4Continents of tours

Selected work

Launches we have carried

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Still from The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2

Meet the Blacks 2 · 2021

The House Next Door

Darrick was an associate producer on the sequel, and we ran the digital campaign and built the official site. More than 100 million social impressions, and a debut weekend that passed $1M and topped the specialty box office.

Case studyThe official site

100M+Social impressions
James Baldwin on a New York street, a frame from the Black History in Two Minutes (or so) episode Baldwin vs. Buckley

Five Webby Awards · 2020 to 2022

Black History in Two Minutes (or so)

Digital distribution, the website, social and the Webby campaigns for the series from Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Robert F. Smith.

Case study

5Webby Awards
Collage from the 2019 Hyper Engine deck cover

White label · 2018 to 2022

Hyper Engine

Under the Hyper Engine name we ran strategy, creative, talent, paid media and reporting for Sony Pictures, Lionsgate, Robert F. Smith, BlackPAC and the Coalition of National Black Churches. Darrick served as its Chief Technology Officer.

Case study

$4MGenerated by Hyper Engine
Group photo of guests from The Truth, the Be Woke.Vote 2020 series, in black and white

Be Woke.Vote · 2020

Be Woke.Vote 2020

The 2020 campaign added two new series, the Rep Your City tour in Compton and ten more cities, an e-shop and voter tools. We ran the site, the creative and the paid media, and Be Woke.Vote went on to win a Webby in 2022.

The 2020 campaign

11Cities on the Rep Your City tour

Be Woke.Vote · 2020 · 18 guests

The Truth

Eighteen artists, hosts and influencers, each seated alone under a single light, on the state of the country, including Big Boy, Trey Songz, Saint JHN, Terrence J and Justine Skye. Darrick was one of its producers.

Watch Big Boy

18Guests

Be Woke.Vote · 2020

Tiffany D. Cross and The Beat DC

The political journalist broke down the 2020 election for young and first-time voters, with guests including Pete Buttigieg, Cory Booker, Tichina Arnold, Uncle Luke, Sybrina Fulton and Danni Washington. Powered by AONE Creative.

Watch Pete Buttigieg

Be Woke.Vote · 2018 · 10 episodes

The Messy Truth with Van Jones

Van Jones sat down with Jamie Foxx, Kim Kardashian, will.i.am, Chelsea Handler, Michael Ealy and more on why voting matters. Time featured the Jamie Foxx episode, Revolt TV picked up all 10, and Darrick and AONE led the creative direction.

Watch Chelsea Handler

10Episodes on Revolt TV
Roland Martin on the Roland Martin Unfiltered set, 2018, in black and white

Be Woke.Vote · 2018

Roland Martin Unfiltered

Roland Martin talked power, history and the ballot with Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Dr. James Lawson, Chuck D, Erika Alexander, Erica Ash and more. The series earned Be Woke.Vote its first Webby nomination, with creative direction by Darrick and AONE.

Watch Erica Ash

2019Webby nominee

On Chain Innovations · Hidden Empire Film Group · 2022

Fear: The Game

A deliberate throwback to the 8-bit era with a nod to Flappy Bird, built for web and mobile. We carried the Fear marketing plan through September 2022, months ahead of the 2023 theatrical release, and every player watched the trailer before gameplay began.

Case studyWatch the promo

250KVisits to the film’s site from the game and the wider campaign, about

Sony Pictures · Screen Gems · 2019

Black and Blue

Sony wanted top talent posting organically, from the trailer to opening weekend. We booked and ran the influencer program, cut promos from the Urbanworld and London events and ran three phases of paid Facebook and Instagram.

Case studyWatch the cut

11.3MImpressions
Jamie Foxx and will.i.am on the Be Woke.Vote set in 2018, in black and white

Be Woke.Vote · 2018

Be Woke.Vote 2018

Darrick cofounded the get-out-the-vote platform with Robert F. Smith, Deon Taylor and Roxanne Avent. We led the creative direction and ran the digital: the site and voter tools, the social channels and distribution.

The 2018 campaign

150M+Impressions
A family walking down a sunlit street in a still from Meet the Blacks (2016)

2016

Meet the Blacks

Darrick was an associate producer on the comedy, and we ran its digital media campaign.

Case studyWatch the trailer

TLC · 2009

Paint Misbehavin’

A reality series built around HARD Lifestyle, the paint and coatings company Darrick co-owned. He helped develop the story and appeared on screen.

The series

Featuring Roger Troutman

Mad Game

The video was executive produced by Darrick Angelone and Sean Merrick, and produced by Angelone and AONE.

Produced by Angelone and AONE

King of Hollywood

A film Darrick co-wrote and executive produced with Sean Merrick, produced by Angelone and AONE and covered by BPM magazine.

More work

  • Sony Pictures · Screen Gems, 2019

    The Intruder

    Talent posts from Kenny Smith, King Bach and Jamie Foxx drew more than 1.3 million views.

  • Lionsgate, 2020

    Fatale

    The social and site campaign: 2.76 million post impressions and 102,524 site visits in one month.

  • Lionsgate, 2018

    Traffik

    Digital marketing for the release.

  • 2003 to 2010

    Live events and tours

    Talent booking and marketing for shows in Australia, Asia, Europe and North America.

More client work: digital branding and the site for Death Border, the feature from Chip Baker Films; website design, development and hosting for the Law Offices of Ty Martinez.

What we do

Six ways we help

Consulting across every service, whether we deliver the work or your team does.

AI services

AI in skilled hands

We use AI where it makes our people faster: research, versioning, automation and reporting. People set the strategy, make the creative calls and sign off on the work. We help your team do the same, starting with an audit.

  1. Audit.

    We map your workflows and tools, rank the automations worth doing first and hand you a written plan.

  2. Build.

    Integrations, automations and custom agents that fit the tools your team already uses.

  3. Grow.

    AI-powered platforms and content production, built and supported by the same team.

AI Readiness Audit

Two ways to start

Snapshot is $1,500 for small businesses: under 25 people, up to three workflows, a written plan and a 45-minute walkthrough. Blueprint is $4,500 for mid-size teams: up to five interviews and eight workflows, plus a tools, data and risk review and a 90-day roadmap. If you sign a build with us within 60 days, the full fee is credited toward it.

  • Snapshot$1,500
  • Blueprint$4,500
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Branded games

Games your audience will actually play

Mobile games for iOS and Android, plus Roblox experiences, Fortnite islands and Minecraft worlds, planned with the launch so the game, the trailer drop and the paid media all point at the same date.

Plan a game activationBranded games
Case study

Fear: The Game

A web and mobile game we built for the 2023 theatrical release of Fear: a deliberate throwback to 8-bit graphics, with a nod to Flappy Bird.

  • 87KPlayers sent to the film’s website, about
  • Nearly allOf the people who played went on to the site
  • 2023Theatrical release

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Where we started

From the stage to the screen

AONE started in live music. Darrick founded AONE Management in 2000 while touring as Kool Keith’s DJ, and went on to book talent including Naughty by Nature, KRS-One, Lil Wayne and Ciara, with shows in Australia, Asia, Europe and North America.

We organized the talent for every show on this list and marketed many of them, and at the Kool Keith dates Darrick was often on stage as DJ or hype man. Selling out a date that won’t move is still how we approach every launch.

Event productionThe tours and shows

Darrick Angelone and Kool Keith on stage at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, around 2005, in black and white
Darrick Angelone and Kool Keith on stage at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, around 2005.
  • 2003Kool KeithSydney, Adelaide, Canberra and Melbourne
  • 2003Ice-T, SMG TourAmsterdam
  • 2004DJ Vadim vs. Kool KeithClub Soda, Montreal
  • 2005Naughty by NatureAustralia, Japan, Taiwan and Thailand
  • 2005Kool Keith and Kutmasta KurtDoornroosje, Nijmegen
  • 2006Kool KeithJazz Cafe, London
  • 2007Ciara with SammieSpring Break Fest, Greenville, South Carolina
  • 2010S.O.S. Band and Ready for the WorldKool Haus, Toronto
  • Event poster for an Ice-T tour date in Amsterdam, 2003
    Amsterdam, 2003
  • Tour poster for Kool Keith in Australia, 2003
    Australia, 2003
  • Event poster for DJ Vadim and Kool Keith in Montreal, 2004
    Montreal, 2004
  • Poster for Naughty by Nature live in Bangkok at Club Sugar, August 14, 2005, with a special performance by Thaitanium
    Bangkok, 2005
  • Event poster for Kool Keith in Nijmegen, 2005
    Nijmegen, 2005
  • Event poster for Ciara at Spring Break Fest in Greenville, 2007
    Greenville, 2007
  • Event flyer for The S.O.S. Band in Toronto, 2010
    Toronto, 2010

Posters and flyers from the AONE archive.

  • Kim Kardashian on the set of The Messy Truth, 2018, in black and white
    Kim KardashianThe Messy Truth, 2018
  • Mike Epps in a still from Meet the Blacks (2016), in black and white
    Mike EppsMeet the Blacks, 2016
  • Jamie Foxx on the Be Woke.Vote set in 2018, in black and white
    Jamie FoxxBe Woke.Vote, 2018
  • Tyrese Gibson in a still from Black and Blue (2019), in black and white
    TyreseBlack and Blue, 2019
  • Ice-T in a press photo, in black and white
    Ice-TAmsterdam tour date, 2003
  • Saint JHN at the Be Woke.Vote 2020 photo shoot, in black and white
    Saint JHNBe Woke.Vote, 2020

Talent from our campaigns, films and tours.

Founder-led

You work with the people who do the work

Darrick Angelone started out on tour as Kool Keith’s DJ, built a talent booking company and founded AONE in 2007. He still leads strategy on every engagement, and the team that pitches the idea is the team that builds and runs it.

  • Deadlines that don’t move.

    Release dates, show dates and election days are fixed. Our process is built around the launch window.

  • Creative and engineering in one team.

    Story, design and code come from the same people. No handoff between an agency and a dev shop.

  • We run what we build.

    Nearly 20 years of web development and self-managed infrastructure means your platform has an owner after launch.

  • Direct or white-label.

    Brands hire us directly, and agencies, producers and consultants hire us to work under their name.

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

What does AONE Creative do?

AONE Creative is an AI consulting and development agency with a creative team behind it. We find where AI pays off with an AI Readiness Audit, then build the integrations, custom agents and AI platforms that need custom work. Since 2007 the same team has launched films, campaigns, events and brands, and built the web platforms behind them.

How do you use AI?

As a tool in our team’s hands. It speeds up research, versioning, automation and reporting, while people set the strategy, make the creative calls and approve what goes out.

Do you work with clients nationwide?

Yes. We work remote-first with clients across the US.

How do AI projects start?

Most start with the AI Readiness Audit. Snapshot is $1,500 for small businesses: under 25 people, up to three workflows, a written plan and a 45-minute walkthrough. Blueprint is $4,500 for mid-size teams: up to five interviews and eight workflows, plus a tools, data and risk review and a 90-day roadmap. If you sign a build with us within 60 days, the full fee is credited toward it. If you already know what you need, we scope it on a strategy call.

Do you produce events?

Yes. We produce and market events end to end, from concerts, tours and exhibits to film screenings and music and film festivals, and we book talent. Event production and marketing.

Do you offer consulting?

Yes, across every service we offer, from campaigns and events to platforms and AI, whether we deliver the work or your team does.

Can agencies hire you white-label?

Yes. Agencies, producers and consultants hire us to plan, build and run campaigns under their own name, as we did for Hyper Engine.

Who will I work with?

Founder Darrick Angelone leads strategy on every engagement.

Fire on the set of Paint Misbehavin' for TLC, 2009

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