Ant Studio

What Ant Studio does

Ant Studio is a New Delhi-based architecture firm founded in 2010 by Monish Siripurapu, operating from Noida, India. The studio combines art, nature, and technology to deliver climate-responsive, sustainable architectural design across residential, institutional, commercial, and industrial segments. Its core services include master planning, architecture, interior design, art installations, landscape design, and turn-key project delivery, with a distinctive specialization in vernacular-inspired, passive cooling strategies executed through computational and parametric design methods. The firm employs approximately 18 known professionals covering architectural design, interior design, engineering, production, operations, and business development.

The studio's commercial model is professional services-based with custom project quoting. Revenue is generated through design fees and end-to-end design-build engagements. Notable named clients include PTC Industries Ltd (Stride Academy 2.0 industrial campus), Curious Minds School, SKUAST (Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology), and a range of residential clients. The firm has delivered projects across India, Thailand, and Senegal. Its proprietary product line, CoolAnt, is a low-tech evaporative cooling system inspired by traditional earthen pots, featuring variants such as CoolAnt Binary and DEKI Wave Wall, and is positioned as a standalone sub-brand with its own website (coolant.co). The studio has gained brand visibility through features on Shark Tank India and World Economic Forum recognition.

Name

Ant Studio

Legal name

Ant Studio

Website

https://ant.studio

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ant Studio is a New Delhi-based architecture firm founded in 2010 that designs climate-responsive, sustainable buildings across residential, institutional, commercial, and industrial segments, with a proprietary CoolAnt evaporative cooling product line.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Architecture, master planning, interior design, and turn-key solutions for residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial projects.
2. Design and Build: End-to-end design and construction services including landscape, interior designing, and turn-key solutions.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ant Studio is an architecture practice that delivers architectural design, master planning, interior design, art installations, landscape design, and turn-key solutions for residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial projects. The studio also develops and markets CoolAnt, a proprietary low-tech evaporative cooling system inspired by traditional earthen pots, used to provide energy-efficient passive cooling in buildings.

Product overview

Ant Studio is a New Delhi-based architecture firm founded in 2010 by Monish Siripurapu, offering a comprehensive suite of design services centered around the convergence of architecture, nature, and technology. The firm's core offerings include Architecture Services, Master Planning, Interior Design, Art Installations, and Landscape Design, with a distinctive specialty in climate-responsive and sustainable design. The studio's notable proprietary product is CoolAnt, a low-tech cooling system inspired by traditional earthen pot technology that provides energy-efficient evaporative cooling for buildings. Projects span residential (private residences, group housing, apartments), institutional (schools, hostels, universities), commercial (offices, shopping centers), and hospitality (cafes, resorts) typologies. The studio employs computational and parametric design methods alongside vernacular building techniques, combining digital fabrication with traditional craftsmanship.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CoolAnt: A low-tech yet highly efficient cooling system inspired by traditional earthen pots, developed by Ant Studio. Featured on Shark Tank India. Includes products like CoolAnt Binary and DEKI Wave Wall.

Products and services

• CoolAnt A low-tech, energy-efficient cooling system inspired by traditional earthen pot cooling technology. Features terracotta-based evaporative cooling designed for climate-responsive applications in residential and commercial buildings; featured on Shark Tank India.
• Architecture Services Full-service architectural design spanning residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial building typologies, including design consultation, spatial planning, and construction documentation.
• Master Planning Large-scale site development and urban planning services encompassing campus design, institutional complexes, and mixed-use developments with attention to landscape integration.
• Interior Design Interior space design and styling services featuring material exploration, custom furniture integration, and spatial optimization for residential and commercial interiors.
• Art Installations Sculptural art installations and artistic elements created as functional spatial experiences, often integrating computational design with traditional craftsmanship.
• Landscape Design Landscape architecture integrating natural systems, site-responsive grading, and planting strategies with architectural design for cohesive outdoor environments.
• Turn-key Solutions End-to-end project delivery including design, construction management, and handover for residential and commercial projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects operate as efficient ecosystems with closed-loop water management and rainwater harvesting
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Heatherwick Studio:

Direct peers

• Sanjay Puri Architects: India-based contemporary architecture studio with strong focus on contextual, climate-responsive design and computational approaches. Comparable in size, design awards track record, and Indian residential/commercial focus.
• Morphogenesis: India-based architecture studio recognized for climate-responsive, sustainable, and computational design across institutional, commercial, and residential projects. Highly comparable in mission, geography, and typology mix, but at meaningfully larger scale.
• Studio Lotus: New Delhi-based architecture and design practice blending craft, sustainability, and contextual design across hospitality, residential, and cultural projects. Directly comparable to Ant Studio on philosophy, climate-responsive focus, and Indian market positioning.
• Biome Environmental Solutions: India-based sustainable architecture practice specializing in climate-responsive design using vernacular materials and passive strategies. Closely comparable to Ant Studio's CoolAnt-inspired passive-cooling ethos and Indian project base.
• Stefano Boeri Architetti: Italian architecture studio recognized globally for integrating vegetation and passive climate strategies into buildings (e.g., Bosco Verticale). Closely comparable on climate-responsive, nature-led design philosophy, especially relevant to Ant Studio's CoolAnt narrative.

Broad incumbents

• Snøhetta: Internationally recognized architecture and design practice known for integrating landscape, sustainability, and contextual design. Broadly comparable mission but at global incumbent scale; relevant for cross-border benchmark on sustainable design fees.
• Foster + Partners: Global architecture firm with strong sustainability credentials and master planning capability, including projects in India and hot-climate regions. Operates at vastly larger scale but competes for the same institutional and commercial mandates Ant Studio targets.
• Zaha Hadid Architects: Global parametric and computational design leader. Not a direct competitor on Ant Studio's scale, but represents the upper bound of what computational-design-led architecture practices can achieve in visibility and fee premium.

Emerging players

• Ant Studio for CoolAnt's manufacturing analog: MittiCool: Indian social enterprise producing clay-based, electricity-free refrigeration and cooling products inspired by traditional pottery — directly analogous to CoolAnt's terracotta evaporative cooling concept. Comparable as an emerging player in the same low-tech, India-based, earthen-pot cooling category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AntStudioIn
• Xx.com/antstudio_mo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coolant-cooling

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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