Aptitude

What Aptitude does

Aptitude is a private software development and digital transformation consultancy founded in 2006 and headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, with regional offices in London and a primary engineering and delivery center in Metro Manila, Philippines. The firm builds dedicated development teams recruited from the top 10% of the Philippine IT talent pool (minimum six years' experience) that integrate into client agile workflows, alongside project-based consulting for legacy modernization and corporate innovation. Its core proprietary assets are the SWIFT methodology (an enterprise transformation framework developed by CTO Shaun Anderson and adopted by Fortune 500 companies) and LAPIS, a proprietary Agentic AI platform that translates business objectives into application blueprints, prototypes, code, and documentation, supported by a microservices-based Application and Infrastructure Foundational Framework with built-in CI/CD and cloud-agnostic deployment across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

The company generates revenue primarily through multi-year dedicated-team staffing contracts billed on a recurring basis, supplemented by project-specific professional services engagements and an emerging potential subscription or licensing stream tied to LAPIS. Go-to-market is sales-led and consultative, with no intermediaries; engagement originates through the company website, direct outreach, and customer referrals, targeting Independent Software Vendors, startups, PE portfolio companies, and large enterprises across the Americas, UK, Europe, Canada, and Australasia. No pricing is publicly disclosed; engagements are quote-based and scoped to team size, skill mix, and project duration. The company claims cost savings of 75% or more versus in-house development, a 98% senior developer retention rate, and less than 3% staff attrition over the past three years.

Aptitude is led by CEO Gary Cooper (former IBM, who pioneered the firm's offshore delivery model over 15 years ago), CTO Shaun Anderson (35+ years enterprise architecture, architect of SWIFT and LAPIS), COO Dr. Jonpaul Leskie (PhD computer science, MIT/UC Berkeley intern), and Chief Delivery Officer JP Villaran (17+ years tenure, formerly at Fujitsu). The firm discloses no venture capital or private equity backing, no revenue figures, and no headcount, operating as a privately held, founder-led consultancy with an active website indicating ongoing operations through 2026.

Name

Aptitude

Legal name

Aptitude

Website

https://aptitude.tech

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Aptitude is a private digital transformation consultancy that builds dedicated Philippine-based development teams and delivers AI-enabled legacy modernization via its proprietary LAPIS Agentic AI platform, serving ISVs, startups, PE portfolio companies, and large enterprises across the Americas, UK, and Australasia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Software Development & IT Consulting Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

DevOps Consulting & Transformation (BPAEAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), Developer Tools & DevOps Platform Services (CI/CD, Artifacts, IaC) (HDABAAAI)

Keywords

• Software outsourcing
• Dedicated development teams
• Digital transformation consulting
• Legacy modernization services
• Agentic AI development

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dedicated Development Teams: Provides custom-built dedicated development teams that become seamless extensions of client teams. Teams capable of developing and testing complex applications from use cases through customer acceptance. Revenue generated through ongoing team staffing contracts, typically billed on a recurring basis.
2. Consulting and Methodology Services: Consulting engagement for project-specific needs, helping clients define team structure and architecture. Includes utilization of proprietary frameworks and methodologies.
3. AI Platform Access (LAPIS): Potential licensing or access to proprietary Agentic AI platform for application modernization and development acceleration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Aptitude is a digital transformation consultancy and software outsourcing firm that provides dedicated development teams and consulting services to software companies, ISVs, startups, and large enterprises. Its offering combines proprietary Agentic AI technology (the LAPIS platform) and the SWIFT methodology with engineering talent recruited from the top 10% of the Philippine IT pool to deliver production-ready software for legacy modernization and corporate innovation initiatives.

Product overview

Aptitude is a software outsourcing company offering AI-powered development solutions through a combination of proprietary technology and skilled development teams. The core product is LAPIS, an Agentic AI platform that transforms business goals into working prototypes, supported by the Application and Infrastructure Foundational Framework—a microservices-based architecture that accelerates development with built-in CI/CD, automated testing, and cloud-agnostic deployment. These are complemented by dedicated development teams recruited from the Philippines and consulting services for legacy modernization and corporate innovation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LAPIS: Agentic AI innovation platform that automatically translates high-level business goals into working prototypes in days. LAPIS is a groundbreaking platform that transforms high-level business objectives into fully functional application blueprints and prototypes.

Products and services

• LAPIS Agentic AI Innovation Platform Proprietary Agentic AI platform that automatically translates high-level business goals into working application blueprints and prototypes in days, eliminating the need for large analyst or architect teams and enabling legacy modernization or corporate innovation acceleration.
• Application and Infrastructure Foundational Framework Microservices-based architecture framework providing built-in security capabilities, infrastructure for build, deployment, and server instance management. Includes CI/CD pipelines, an automation testing framework, and cloud-agnostic deployment supporting AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Dedicated Development Teams Custom-built dedicated development teams sourced from the top 10% of the Philippine IT pool (minimum 6 years experience) that become seamless extensions of client teams, capable of developing and testing complex applications from initial use cases through customer acceptance. Engaged via ongoing team staffing contracts typically on a multi-year basis.
• SWIFT Methodology Consulting and Enterprise Transformation Services Consulting services helping clients define team structure and architecture for digital transformation projects, applying the proprietary SWIFT methodology and LAPIS AI capabilities to deliver measurable efficiency, scalability, and ROI in modernization initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% reduction in time to market with AI-driven system architecting
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Accelerance: US-based software outsourcing advisory and managed services firm curating nearshore/offshore development partners for enterprises; overlaps with Aptitude in the dedicated team and offshore sourcing space, with stronger partner-network GTM.

Broad incumbents

• Globant: Global IT and digital transformation consultancy with deep AI/engineering pods, comparable to Aptitude in offering dedicated teams, legacy modernization, and AI-augmented delivery, but at materially larger scale across more geographies.
• EPAM Systems: Large IT services and digital engineering firm with strong Eastern European delivery footprint; comparable to Aptitude in dedicated teams and modernization services but at significantly larger scale and enterprise breadth.
• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy specializing in software engineering, legacy modernization, and AI-augmented delivery for enterprises; closely comparable to Aptitude's SWIFT-style methodology and ISV/enterprise focus.
• Infosys: Global IT services and consulting giant offering digital transformation, application development, and AI services at scale; a much larger incumbent to Aptitude but competes for the same enterprise modernization wallet.
• Cognizant: Large IT services firm with extensive offshore delivery centers and AI/digital transformation offerings; comparable to Aptitude in targeting enterprise modernization, legacy systems, and dedicated team delivery, but at a vastly different scale.

Direct peers

• Turing: AI-powered platform for sourcing and managing remote software engineers globally with rigorous vetting and AI-assisted matching; directly competes with Aptitude's dedicated development team offering and is leveraging AI to differentiate.
• BairesDev: Nearshore software outsourcing firm delivering dedicated development teams from Latin America to US enterprises and startups; very similar business model to Aptitude's offshore Philippines model, targeting cost-effective team augmentation.
• Andela: Global talent marketplace that places vetted software engineers into enterprise teams with AI-matching technology; overlaps with Aptitude's curated talent pool approach and dedicated team model, though Andela emphasizes African talent.
• FullStack Labs: Latin America-focused nearshore software development consultancy offering dedicated teams and AI-augmented delivery to US enterprises and startups; very similar GTM to Aptitude with the offshore-team-augmentation model.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aptitude-tech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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