Method

What Method does

Method is an international experience design and engineering firm that designs and develops digital products and platforms for enterprise clients. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Charlotte, NC, the firm operates from five offices — Charlotte, London, New York, Santa Clara, Atlanta, and Bengaluru — with roughly 350 employees and a stated base of 600+ active clients across financial services, healthcare, consumer, and energy & industrial verticals. Named clients include McDonald's, PepsiCo, Renault, Ben & Jerry's, Jenius Bank/SMBC, Elsevier, CAPTRUST, DAZN, EVRY, and Full Swing.

The company's core delivery model spans strategy, research, design, and engineering, with a recently formalized AI Strategy & Design service line that covers Physical AI, AI-Native SDLC, and Generative AI Design. Method has built proprietary client-facing IP including the Modern Product Digital Maturity Assessment and an AI Field Guide for Digital Products, and applies generative AI, predictive analytics, computer vision, NLP, and autonomous-agent capabilities across client engagements. The firm is a subsidiary of GlobalLogic within the Hitachi Group, an affiliation that provides access to a 68-location, 22-country delivery network with 30,000+ creators and to Hitachi's R&D apparatus, including Hitachi America R&D and the Global AI Center of Excellence.

Method monetizes through project-based professional services engagements — typically time-and-materials or fixed-scope consulting arrangements — sold into enterprise buyers. The firm has accumulated design-industry recognition including Red Dot and Indigo awards and pursues an active thought-leadership motion through content and a corporate podcast. As a private subsidiary, Method does not disclose standalone financials.

Name

Method

Legal name

GlobalLogic Inc.

Website

https://method.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Method is an international experience design and engineering firm that develops digital products for enterprise clients in financial services, healthcare, consumer, and energy & industrial. A GlobalLogic (Hitachi Group) subsidiary, the firm has 350+ employees across five offices serving 600+ active clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Experience Design and Digital Product Development Consulting

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Management Consulting Services (54161), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Business Process & Digital Transformation Consulting (BPAEAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF), Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD), Strategy & IT Advisory (BPAEAAAA), AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Experience design consulting
• Digital product development
• Enterprise UX services
• Digital transformation consulting
• AI strategy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consulting Services: Professional services revenue model providing strategic consulting across digital product development, design, and engineering. Project-based engagements with enterprise clients including strategy, design, and technology implementation services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Method is a strategic design and digital product development consultancy that helps enterprise clients build digital products end-to-end. Services span AI Strategy & Design (including Physical AI, AI-Native Software Development, and Human-AI Interaction Design), Experience Design, Digital Strategy, Technology & Engineering, and Organizational Enablement, delivered through project-based consulting engagements with dedicated cross-functional teams of strategists, designers, and engineers.

Product overview

Method is a strategic design and digital product development consultancy offering a portfolio of five interconnected service offerings: AI Strategy & Design (encompassing Physical AI, AI-Native Software Development, and Human-AI Interaction Design), Experience Design (including UX/UI Design, Design Systems, and Service Design), Digital Strategy (covering Growth Strategy, Product Portfolio Strategy, and E-commerce Strategy), Technology & Engineering (comprising AI & Machine Learning, Application Development, and Data Engineering), and Organizational Enablement (including Agile Transformation and Innovation Labs). These services are delivered through collaborative consulting engagements rather than a software product. Supplementary offerings include the Modern Product Digital Maturity Assessment (a diagnostic methodology for evaluating organizational capabilities) and the AI Field Guide for Digital Products (a knowledge resource on AI product development).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of software lifecycle costs occur during maintenance phase; 19-40% of code is reworked prior to release. Modern product approach can reduce both figures.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability13 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• thyssenkrupp AGflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2026Strategic alliance to deploy Physical AI, autonomous robotics, and data intelligence across heavy industry operations. Method provides digital strategy for connecting operational technology data with AI-driven autonomous control systems as part of Lab-to-Scale Physical AI pipeline.
• GlobalLogiccoreOthers · 1 January 2011Method was acquired by GlobalLogic in 2011, strengthening engineering capabilities. Method maintains independent operations and culture within GlobalLogic while providing clients access to GlobalLogic's 30,000+ professionals across 68 locations in 22 countries.
• HitachicoreOthersGlobalLogic is a Hitachi Group company, making Hitachi Method's ultimate parent. Hitachi provides enterprise backing and access to AI research capabilities including Hitachi America R&D.
• Hitachi America R&DcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides foundational research for the Physical AI initiative as part of thyssenkrupp-GlobalLogic-Method collaboration. Contributes AI research and autonomous systems expertise.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• IDEO: Closely comparable design and innovation consultancy with global presence. Both firms are boutique strategic design firms serving enterprise clients across consumer, financial services, and healthcare with human-centered design and digital product strategy.
• Frog (frog design): Global design and engineering firm within Capgemini Invent. Both firms offer integrated strategy, design, and engineering for enterprise digital products with similar Fortune 500 client rosters.
• R/GA: Digital design and engineering consultancy owned by IPG. Comparable boutique-style firm operating in experience design, brand, and product engineering with enterprise client base, though with stronger creative/advertising legacy.
• Huge: Digital experience and product design consultancy within Interpublic Group. Both firms target enterprise digital product design and engineering with overlapping offerings in UX, brand, and digital transformation.
• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy focused on digital product engineering and design. Both firms deliver custom application engineering, AI/ML, and digital strategy for enterprise, with comparable technology-first culture.
• EPAM Systems: Global digital engineering services firm delivering custom software, AI/ML, and design. Competes with Method and its GlobalLogic parent for engineering-heavy digital product engagements with enterprise clients.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Song: Accenture's experience design and digital marketing arm. Overlaps Method's offerings across experience design, digital strategy, and AI/engineering but operates at much larger scale with broader portfolio.
• Deloitte Digital: Big Four digital consultancy offering design, engineering, and AI strategy. Competes with Method for enterprise digital transformation engagements, though at much larger scale and broader scope.
• McKinsey Design (QuantumBlack): McKinsey's AI and design arm. Overlaps Method's AI strategy and digital transformation offerings but operates inside a management consulting giant at considerably larger scale.
• Publicis Sapient: Publicis-owned digital transformation consultancy combining strategy, experience, and engineering. Competes with Method for enterprise digital product and customer experience transformation mandates at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/method_inc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Method_Inc
• Facebookfacebook.com/methodinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/164953
• Instagraminstagram.com/method_inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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