Name

Religion Studio

Legal name

Religion Studio

Website

https://religion.studio

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Strategy, design, and development services provided to clients from ideation to launch and beyond. Includes brand strategy, business intelligence, product strategy, art direction, brand design, full stack web and mobile development, and ongoing optimization.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Religion Studio is a New York City-based brand and product strategy, design, and development studio that provides end-to-end professional services from ideation to launch and beyond. Service offerings span brand strategy, business intelligence, product strategy, art direction, brand design, and full stack web and mobile development. The studio also builds internal special projects (Midddle AI communication app, TR33TS electronic music platform) and operates an RSVP venture partners division offering long-term partnerships to startups and emerging brands.

Product overview

Religion Studio is a New York City-based strategy, design, data, and technology studio that offers both client services and special projects. Their service offerings span Strategy (brand strategy, product strategy, market analysis, roadmapping, user research), Design (brand design, mobile design, web design, motion design, user experience), and Technology (full stack web & mobile development, machine learning, API & CMS development, systems architecture). Their product portfolio includes Midddle, an AI-powered communication app, and TR33TS, an electronic music platform, as well as branding and digital product work for clients including PlayerX, Fortior Solutions, Acme, and Snap Inc. They also operate RSVP, a venture partners division for long-term partnerships with startups and emerging brands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RSVP: Venture partners division of Religion Studio that provides long-term product and brand partnerships for startups and emerging brands.

Products and services

• Strategy Services End-to-end strategy engagements covering brand strategy, business intelligence, product strategy, market analysis, roadmapping, and user research. Designed for companies seeking to define or refine their brand positioning, market approach, and product direction.
• Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 635M Ingresses Recorded for Fortior Solutions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OpenAIcoreTechnology or IntegrationReligion Studio utilizes OpenAI's cutting-edge technology for Midddle, their AI-powered communication application. Midddle harnesses the power of AI to optimize text-based communication, stripping away negativity while enhancing clarity. OpenAI's technology is fundamental to Midddle's core functionality.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• Active Theory: Interactive digital experience studio of comparable size focused on immersive products and brand experiences for major brands; similar small-team, high-output model.
• Buck: Independent creative studio producing brand, motion, and digital experience work; comparable boutique creative studio model serving overlapping enterprise creative needs.
• Work & Co: Digital product studio that designs and builds digital products end-to-end for major brands; highly comparable integrated strategy, design, and engineering model serving similar enterprise clients.
• Ustwo: Independent digital product studio building apps, platforms, and brand experiences; closely matches Religion Studio's combination of product studios and client services.

Broad incumbents

• R/GA: Global digital product and marketing agency with an innovation/investment arm; comparable on the strategy-design-engineering combined offering for enterprise clients like Snap.
• IDEO: Established global design consultancy offering strategy and product design; overlaps strongly on design-led transformation but operates at much larger scale across many industries.
• Pentagram: Largest independent design consultancy, partner-led and brand-focused; comparable on the brand strategy and identity work Religion Studio delivers, though without its engineering capability.
• Huge: Digital experience agency combining strategy, design, and technology for enterprise brands; comparable in offering breadth but at significantly larger scale.
• Wieden+Kennedy: Major independent creative agency known for integrated brand and product work; broader advertising remit but competes for the same brand strategy and product creativity budgets.

Emerging players

• G fiddle: Smaller independent design and product studio competing for similar startup and mid-market brand-and-product engagements; comparable services, narrower track record.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/religionstudio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/religionstudio
• Instagraminstagram.com/religionstudio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

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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