Climax Studios

Applaudo is a nearshore AI-native partner helping ambitious enterprises transform through AI-first engineering and scalable delivery. Founded in 2013 in El Salvador, the company has grown from a small team of 15 to 800+ experts distributed across more than 27 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. With over 200 projects delivered and an impressive 159% compound annual growth rate, Applaudo has established itself as a leading force in digital transformation, providing sophisticated technology solutions to top-tier customers worldwide. The company combines strategic clarity, world-class execution, and modern engineering practices to help clients accelerate measurable business outcomes. Applaudo specializes in artificial intelligence, cloud services, mobile and web application development, UI/UX design, quality assurance, DevOps, and Salesforce solutions. Their impressive client roster includes major brands like Walmart, Miami Heat, Lifemiles, Golden State Warriors, and Dollarama. The company has earned numerous recognitions, including the 2024 "Top Leading Company in Innovation" award for El Salvador and the region, and is ISO 27001 certified, demonstrating their commitment to security and quality.

We're building Vidrush as an AI-powered video creation system designed to automate YouTube-ready content and help creators build profitable channels at scale. Our platform transforms a single idea into a fully produced video - handling research, scriptwriting, narration, visual selection, thumbnail design, and editing - all in minutes. Instead of spending weeks on one video, we enable creators to produce high-volume content to find viral hits that drive revenue. We're not trying to create cinematic masterpieces; we're focused on speed and reliability with our flywheel strategy. Our platform thrives on factual, narrative-driven content where the story is told through narration supported by visuals. Think documentary explainers, historical summaries, and analytical videos. We're replacing an entire video team with coordinated AI agents, turning what used to take days into something that takes under an hour.

Tripledot Studios is one of the world's largest independent mobile gaming companies, entertaining over 25 million daily active users globally. Founded in 2017 by industry veterans from King, Facebook, Product Madness, and Peak Games, Tripledot has rapidly become a multi-billion dollar global games powerhouse, recently acquiring AppLovin's mobile games portfolio for $800M. The company's chart-topping casual games portfolio includes hits like Woodoku, Solitaire, Blackjack, and Sudoku, which collectively reach top chart positions around the world and engage a massive global audience of hundreds of millions of players. Tripledot Studios was named the fastest-growing company in Europe by the Financial Times and won "Best Developer" at the 2023 Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards. The company operates with 2,500+ talented team members across 12 studios worldwide, maintaining offices in London, Barcelona, Jakarta, and other locations. Tripledot's guiding principle is "when people love what they do, what they do will be loved by others." The company has been profitable since the end of its first year, raised $194M in funding, and achieved unicorn status with a $1.4B valuation in 2022. Tripledot continues to push the boundaries of mobile gaming through data-driven development, AI/ML integration, and a culture of innovation.

Little Dot Studios exists to realise potential in every story. Founded in 2013, the company bridges the gap between traditional television and digital platforms - connecting premium content with the audiences who love it through authentic, data-powered storytelling. As one of the world’s leading YouTube and social video specialists, Little Dot Studios operates a global digital network of over 135 distinct channel brands across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat, delivering more than 11 billion organic views monthly. What began as a digitally native business founded by Andy Taylor and Selma Turajlic has grown into a powerhouse of 500 digital experts across London, Los Angeles, Munich, Sydney, and Melbourne. The company operates as an award-winning multi-platform production company, social media agency, and digital media network - partnering with major entertainment studios, sports federations, and consumer brands to create content that builds communities and drives engagement. In 2021, Little Dot Studios became fully owned by All3Media, solidifying its position as their flagship digital business. As a Certified B Corporation, the company proves that creativity and impact can go hand-in-hand, maintaining carbon neutral operations since inception while targeting net zero by 2030.

In 2016, AE Studio emerged from a simple but powerful insight: the world needed a different kind of technology partner - one that combined the rigor of academic research with the practical urgency of startup execution. Founded as a bootstrapped alternative to venture-funded models, AE began as Agency Enterprise with a mission to increase human agency through technology. The founders recognized that traditional agencies focused on billable hours rather than transformative outcomes, while research labs produced groundbreaking work that never reached real-world application. Today, AE Studio stands as a unique fusion of lab and studio. Their team of 150+ engineers, data scientists, designers, and PhD researchers tackles everything from enterprise AI implementations for Fortune 10 companies to cutting-edge brain-computer interface research. What makes AE extraordinary is their business model: profits from client work fund internal "skunkworks" projects and AI alignment research, creating a virtuous cycle where commercial success enables breakthrough innovation. They've built systems for airlines achieving $3M weekly revenue growth, developed stroke detection technology saving lives, and published pioneering research on AI consciousness and safety. All while remaining completely independent - no VC, no PE, no outside shareholders dictating their priorities. This freedom allows AE to take the long view, building technology that's genuinely good for users, good for business, and good for humanity's future.

At Striveworks, we believe in moving at the speed of trust. Our team operates in a high-trust work environment where people respect each other and use candor kindly and constructively. Founded by data scientists and engineers, we value work that intersects passion and perseverance - we geek out about the potential of our contributions and find joy in working hard on things that matter. Our engineers are trusted on day one to be core contributors to our products and company direction, with real ownership over their work. We optimize for focus and autonomy, not facetime - which is why we offer a hybrid workspace with flexible on-site time and fully remote options. Our engineering culture embraces cloud-neutral development, hexagonal event-driven microservice architecture, and everything-as-code principles. We value taking ownership, having agency, and feeling individual responsibility for collective results. This culture-first approach has earned us recognition as a Built In Best Place to Work for four consecutive years and a spot on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500.