No Hot Ashes

What No Hot Ashes does

No Hot Ashes is a privately held, New York–based experiential direction studio that designs and produces large-scale brand activations, experiential campaigns, and physical installations for enterprise clients. The company describes its positioning as sitting "at the intersection of agency, developer, and fabricator," combining creative strategy, technical/software development, and physical fabrication capabilities in-house to deliver end-to-end experiential projects. Its featured portfolio includes Rocket Super Bowl LX, multiple Cisco Live events (US 2026, EMEA, and the AI Hub), DocuSign Momentum, Bumble Break the Ice, Mubadala Citi DC Open, and Cisco Pinnacle Awards. Clients span enterprise technology (Cisco, DocuSign, Splunk, Drata, Decagon), consumer brands (PepsiCo, Wendy's, IHOP, LIFE Cereal, Bumble), financial services (Capital One, Mubadala), and aerospace (Rocket).

The company generates revenue through project-based professional services engagements rather than recurring subscriptions. Pricing is custom and not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is a direct enterprise field-sales motion targeting major brand decision-makers, with no intermediaries, resellers, or self-serve channels. Marketing relies on portfolio demonstration through its website plus organic social presence on Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. There are no publicly disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, leadership changes, patents, or partnerships, and no API, software products, or app offerings—the business is service-only. Operating geographies disclosed in the source are limited to the New York City market, though events are executed nationally and internationally based on project requirements.

Name

No Hot Ashes

Legal name

No Hot Ashes

Website

https://nohotashes.xyz

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Experiential Marketing Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAA)

Keywords

• Experiential marketing services
• Brand activation production
• Event production agency
• Experiential direction studio
• Custom installation fabrication

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Experiential Event Production: Project-based professional services revenue from designing and producing experiential events, brand activations, and large-scale installations for enterprise clients. Revenue is generated through custom project engagements rather than recurring subscriptions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

No Hot Ashes is an experiential direction studio that designs and produces bespoke experiential campaigns, brand activations, and large-scale installations for enterprise brand clients. Operating at the intersection of agency, developer, and fabricator, the studio delivers end-to-end experiential direction—from creative concept development through technical implementation and physical fabrication. Projects span marquee events such as Rocket Super Bowl LX, Cisco Live (US, EMEA, AI Hub), Bumble Break the Ice, DocuSign Momentum, Mubadala Citi DC Open, and Cisco Pinnacle Awards.

Product overview

No Hot Ashes is an experiential direction studio operating at the intersection of agency, developer, and fabricator. The company crafts experiential campaigns and brand activations that forge emotional connections between brands and their customers. Their portfolio includes experiential projects such as Rocket Super Bowl LX, Bumble Break the Ice, Cisco Live events, DocuSign Momentum, Mubadala Citi DC Open, and Cisco Pinnacle Awards. Rather than offering discrete software products, No Hot Ashes provides experiential design and production services, creating bespoke experiences for clients including Bumble, Capital One, Cisco, Decagon, DocuSign, Drata, IHOP, Mubadala, PepsiCo, Rocket, Splunk, and Wendy's.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Experiential Direction Services End-to-end experiential direction including concept development, technical implementation, physical fabrication, and installation for enterprise brand activations, corporate events, product launches, trade show installations, and large-scale brand moments. Includes highlighted engagements such as Rocket Super Bowl LX, Bumble Break the Ice, Cisco Live (US, EMEA, AI Hub), DocuSign Momentum, Mubadala Citi DC Open, and Cisco Pinnacle Awards.

Named customers13 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Local Projects: NYC-based experience design studio known for integrating creative, technology, and fabrication into physical installations and brand experiences. Closely comparable to No Hot Ashes' integrated agency + developer + fabricator positioning.
• AgencyEA: Experience design and production agency producing corporate events, trade-show environments, and brand activations for enterprise clients. Direct competitor for the kinds of programs No Hot Ashes executes for Cisco, DocuSign, and similar accounts.
• MKG: NYC-based independent creative experiential marketing agency with a similar craft-driven, integrated positioning. Closely comparable to No Hot Ashes in scale, geography, and focus on differentiated brand experiences for enterprise clients.
• Deeplocal: Creative technology and experiential agency combining engineering, design, and fabrication — closely mirroring No Hot Ashes' integrated agency + developer + fabricator model and producing comparable brand activations.
• Optimist: Independent creative agency combining brand strategy, design, technology, and experiential craft. Comparable to No Hot Ashes as a craft-led independent that delivers integrated brand experiences for enterprise clients.
• Superfly: Experiential company producing high-profile live events and brand experiences (e.g., Outside Lands). Comparable to No Hot Ashes in delivering integrated creative + production for major brand moments and enterprise experiential programs.
• Sparks: Global brand experience agency with a similar integrated creative + production positioning. Competes directly for large-scale corporate experiential work and major league/event activations, making it a closely aligned comparable to No Hot Ashes.

Broad incumbents

• George P. Johnson (GPJ): Global experience marketing agency producing comparable trade-show, launch, and live-event programs for enterprise brands. Operates multi-region, comparable in client roster and event type to No Hot Ashes' portfolio of Cisco Live-class projects.
• Jack Morton Worldwide: Global brand experience agency now operating within IPG Mediabrands. Produces comparable live brand events, trade-show environments, and experiential programs for Fortune 500 enterprise clients, overlapping with No Hot Ashes' enterprise experiential work at scale.
• Imagination: Global creative experience agency producing brand experiences, live events, and installations for Fortune 500 clients. Overlaps with No Hot Ashes on integrated brand experience production for enterprise accounts and serves as a broader incumbent comparable.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/no-hot-ashes
• Instagraminstagram.com/no.hot.ashes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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