What Manas does

Manas (legal entity: Manas Technology Solutions, dba Manas / Manas.Tech) is a privately-held software consultancy founded in 2001 and headquartered in Vicente López, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The firm delivers bespoke software development services across healthcare, fintech, blockchain, consumer applications, automotive, and life sciences, with a particular concentration in humanitarian and public-health technology delivered through a 15+ year strategic partnership with InSTEDD that has produced 60+ projects across 20+ countries. Manas is the creator and maintainer of the Crystal programming language (Ruby-like syntax with C-like performance), and the firm's portfolio of open-source platforms — including Verboice (IVR), Surveda (mobile surveys), Connected Diagnostics (CDx), Planwise, Health Check, Wuru Magic Calendar, and the Noir Debugger — underpins much of its credibility in humanitarian and emerging-technology engagements.

The company's technology stack spans Crystal, Ruby/Rails, Elixir/Phoenix, Clojure, Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, Swift, Kotlin, React, and Flutter, with project teams composed flexibly across UX, graphic design, front-end and back-end engineering, QA, site reliability, and project management roles. Named customers include startups (Dearduck, SocialMama, Sikoba, Everywear), enterprises (Cepheid, Nikola, Diploid, Aztec, Biomakers), and NGOs (FIND), with specific engagement outcomes such as Diploid's genome analysis running 5x faster than its prior Ruby version (diagnosis reduced from hours to 3 minutes), and the Sikoba blockchain project delivered 7% ahead of schedule and 4% under an ~$80k budget.

Manas operates distributed teams across offices in Buenos Aires (regional HQ), Montevideo, Seattle, and Toronto, with 11-50 employees. The business model is professional services: time-and-materials or fixed-price custom development engagements sourced primarily through direct outreach, partner referrals (notably InSTEDD), open-source community visibility, and conference participation. Pricing is custom and quote-based with no public disclosure, no institutional funding rounds, and no disclosed revenue. AI/ML capability is applied within specific projects — hospital scheduling optimization (Wuru), wildfire spread prediction (ForestFires.tools), and ZKP code debugging (Noir Debugger) — rather than positioned as a standalone product line.

Name

Manas

Legal name

Manas Technology Solutions

Website

https://manas.tech

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Manas is an Argentina-based software consultancy that designs and builds custom applications and open-source platforms across healthcare, fintech, blockchain, and humanitarian sectors, serving startups, enterprises, and NGOs via distributed teams in the Americas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vicente López

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development Services: Bespoke software development and consulting engagements for enterprise clients, government agencies, NGOs, and startups. Projects range from mobile apps to complex healthcare systems, typically billed on time and materials or fixed-price basis.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Manas is a custom software development consultancy that designs, builds, and deploys bespoke applications across web, mobile, IoT, machine learning, and blockchain for clients in healthcare, humanitarian response, fintech, automotive, and life sciences. In parallel, the company is the creator and maintainer of the Crystal programming language and contributes to multiple open-source humanitarian technology platforms including Surveda, Verboice, CDx, Planwise, and Health Check, primarily in partnership with InSTEDD.

Product overview

Manas is a software consultancy that develops custom solutions across healthcare, mobile, web, and emerging technology domains. Their portfolio includes open source platforms (Surveda, Verboice, Planwise, CDx) developed primarily in partnership with InSTEDD for humanitarian and public health applications. They are notably the creators of the Crystal programming language, a Ruby-like language with C-like performance. Their projects span healthcare data management (Wúru, Health Check, Inmuniversia), field data collection (ECHO, TaskMeUp), diagnostics (CDx), IVR systems (Verboice, Health Check), and emerging technologies (Noir debugger for zero-knowledge proofs, ForestFires wildfire prediction). Manas operates distributed teams across Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Seattle, and Toronto.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Crystal: A programming language built by Manas' own team, following learnings of over 20 years of experience in software development.
• Brium

Products and services

• Custom Software Development Services Bespoke software development, UX design, and consulting engagements for enterprise clients, government agencies, NGOs, and startups. Projects span mobile apps, healthcare systems, data pipelines, real-time systems, and emerging technology platforms, typically billed on time-and-materials or fixed-price basis.
• Crystal Programming Language Open source programming language created by Manas that combines Ruby-like syntax with C-like performance, built on learnings from over 20 years of software development experience.
• Surveda Multi-modal open source survey tool that collects population data via mobile phones for public health initiatives, including real-time data collection.
• Verboice Open source IVR (Interactive Voice Response) tool for creating applications that interact via phone calls, enabling voice-based surveys and notifications for users with limited technology access.
• Connected Diagnostics (CDx) Initiative between InSTEDD and FIND to improve healthcare delivery, outbreak detection, and response using diagnostic data from connected medical devices.
• Planwise Data-driven service location optimization tool for placing humanitarian aid where it is most needed; built with InSTEDD for Concern's Innovations initiative.
• Health Check Automated health monitoring platform using IVR calls for tracking traveler wellbeing; developed for CDC's Division of Global Migration and Quarantine.
• Noir Debugger Debugging tool for the Noir programming language used for zero-knowledge proofs in blockchain; enables step-by-step code execution, variable inspection, and VS Code integration.
• Wúru Magic Calendar AI-powered calendar tool for optimizing operating room utilization in hospitals; uses historical data to estimate procedure durations and suggest optimal scheduling slots.
• ECHO Field data collection platform for NYC Health Department's outreach teams, enabling real-time survey data collection on tablets with transmission to the Emergency Operations Center.

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered genome analysis 5x faster than previous Ruby version, with diagnosis reduced from hours to 3 minutes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability8 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered notable, core and minor.

• AztecnotableTechnology or Integration · 1 September 2023Aztec is building a privacy-focused blockchain platform using Zero-Knowledge Proofs. Manas developed the Noir Debugger to enable developers to execute and inspect ZKP code step-by-step. Project delivered September 2023 - March 2025, with ongoing monthly support.
• InSTEDDcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Technology partnership since 2007 with over 60 projects delivered across 20+ countries. Manas serves as InSTEDD's primary technology partner, developing open source tools for humanitarian response, healthcare, and crisis management. Nicolás di Tada appointed as InSTEDD's CTO. Joint establishment of iLab Latin America in Buenos Aires in 2011.
• DMOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal design and innovation company dedicated to connecting design with business. DMO works hand in hand with clients to co-create innovative products, services and experiences. No specific project details provided in source materials.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Rootstrap: US/Argentina hybrid custom software development agency building web and mobile products for startups and enterprises. Directly comparable in service type, target customer mix, and nearshore delivery model.
• Icalia Labs: Uruguay-headquartered custom software consultancy with strong US client base. Comparable as a nearby-region boutique engineering services peer with similar multidisciplinary pod structures.
• Thoughtworks: Global custom software consultancy known for mission-driven, socially conscious work and deep technical practices. Directly comparable to Manas in offering bespoke engineering across healthcare, social impact, and emerging tech, with a similar emphasis on agile multidisciplinary teams.
• Atomic Object: US-based custom software consultancy with multidisciplinary teams focused on product development for clients across healthcare and other verticals. Comparable in custom software delivery model, team composition, and project-based revenue model.
• Belatrix Software: Latin American software development services firm with offices in Argentina. Comparable custom-software consultancy profile serving enterprise and consumer clients with nearshore engineering pods.
• Globant: Argentina-founded global IT and digital services firm with deep expertise in custom software, AI, and digital transformation. Comparable as a Buenos Aires-rooted software services peer, though far larger in scale than Manas.
• BairesDev: Argentine-headquartered software outsourcing and staff augmentation firm delivering custom development to US clients. Comparable in geography, cost model, and core service offering of bespoke engineering teams.

Others

• InSTEDD: Non-profit technology partner of Manas for over 17 years, commissioning humanitarian and public-health software. Included as an ecosystem peer rather than competitor because the relationship is collaborative/buyer-side, but InSTEDD's funding base signals the size of the addressable donor-funded tech market.
• Aztec: Privacy-focused zero-knowledge proof blockchain platform for which Manas developed the Noir Debugger. Not a direct competitor but a frontier-tech client analogous to Manas' deep-tech customer profile (Nikola, Diploid, Aztec) that validates its technical positioning.

Broad incumbents

• EPAM Systems: Large global custom software development and digital platform engineering services firm with significant Latin American delivery. Comparable service category, but operates at far greater scale and across a much broader portfolio than Manas.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights1 record

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/manastech
• GitHubgithub.com/noir-lang
• Facebookfacebook.com/manastechnology
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/manas-tech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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