MakeOS

What MakeOS does

MakeOS is a private, venture-backed software company founded in 2025 that builds an AI-powered operating system for production teams, with a primary focus on creative and commercial production workflows (commercial shoots, branded content, and similar projects). The platform is positioned as a unified workspace that centralizes the operational and financial backbone of production: briefs, bids, budgets, vendors, approvals, schedules, and actualization tracking all live in one system rather than across spreadsheets, email, and disconnected tools. The founders' prior experience includes running thousands of productions for major brands such as Amazon, Pepsi, TikTok, and Sephora, which underpins the product's domain specialization.

The product is built on a Python FastAPI backend with a React/MUI frontend, PostgreSQL for data, Redis for caching, and Docker for containerization. Differentiated capabilities include AI Intake (extracting structured production briefs from transcripts, emails, and notes), Smart Bidding (auto-drafting first-pass bids), Version History (automatic iteration tracking for briefs, bids, and schedules), Industry Bid Templates vetted by top producers, and an upcoming Vendor Search with AI feature. The platform also offers a Live Dashboard for real-time financial visibility, approval flows with audit trails, and integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, Workfront, SAP, Slack, and digital asset management systems. Many paid-tier features are still listed as "Coming Soon," indicating the product surface is still being completed.

MakeOS generates revenue through a tiered SaaS subscription model. The Solo tier is free for individual producers (1 user, 1 project). The Growth tier is priced at $20 per user per month with a 14-day free trial. The Team tier supports up to 25 users with additional vendor and finance integration features on an annual billing cadence. Enterprise pricing is custom and quote-based, targeting global in-house production teams with financial controls, approval workflows, and deep system integrations under multi-year contracts. The go-to-market motion is hybrid: a product-led growth self-serve funnel at the low end, paired with demo-driven enterprise sales for larger in-house production organizations.

Name

MakeOS

Legal name

MakeOS

Website

https://getmakeos.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MakeOS is a venture-backed software company that builds an AI-powered operating system for production teams, centralizing briefs, bids, budgets, vendors, and approvals into a single workflow for commercial and creative production. It serves independent producers, growing production teams, and global in-house enterprise production organizations via tiered SaaS subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Production Management Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Process Automation (DPA) & Orchestration Suites (HDAEAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Work Management & Collaborative Workflow Platforms (HDAEAHAI), LLMOps & Generative AI Platforms (Prompt/Agent Orchestration, RAG) (HDAEANAD)

Keywords

• Production management software
• Creative operations platform
• AI bid management
• Production budget tracking
• Workflow collaboration tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription (Per-Seat): Multi-tiered subscription model with per-seat pricing. Solo tier is free, Growth tier priced at $20/month per user, Team tier supports up to 25 users. Enterprise pricing is custom quote-based.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MakeOS is an AI-powered operating system for production teams that centralizes budgets, workflows, collaboration, and project data into a single unified platform. It replaces fragmented production workflows (spreadsheets, email approvals, ad-hoc vendor tracking) with AI-driven features including AI Intake for brief creation from scattered notes, Smart Bidding for automated bid drafting, Version History for document iteration tracking, and upcoming AI Vendor Search. The product is sold as a tiered SaaS platform (free Solo, per-seat Growth at $20/month/user, Team for up to 25 users, and custom Enterprise) and integrates with QuickBooks, Xero, Workfront, SAP, Slack, and DAM systems.

Product overview

MakeOS is a unified production management platform built as an operating system for production teams. The core MakeOS Platform brings together budgets, workflows, collaboration, and project data in one place. Key integrated products and features include: AI Intake/Brief with AI for transforming scattered documents into production briefs; Smart Bidding for automated bid drafting; Version History for tracking document iterations; Industry Bid Templates vetted by top producers; and the upcoming Vendor Search with AI for matching to vetted vendors. The platform offers tiered pricing: Solo (free, single user/project), Growth ($20/month/user with unlimited projects and team features), Team (up to 25 users with vendor management), and Enterprise (for large-scale in-house teams requiring compliance controls and deep integrations with Workfront, SAP, Slack, and finance systems). Financial features include Live Dashboard, Actualization tracking, Approval Flows, Purchase Orders, and AI Invoice Intake processing. The platform uses a Python FastAPI backend, React/MUI frontend, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Docker infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MakeOS Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Saves 6 to 8 hours per week on admin tasks
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• QuickBooks (QBO)coreTechnology or IntegrationFinance system integration allowing real-time sync between MakeOS production data and QuickBooks for end-to-end visibility from brief to payment.
• XerocoreTechnology or IntegrationFinance system integration enabling real-time sync with Xero for accounting and financial oversight across production projects.
• WorkfrontcoreTechnology or IntegrationEnterprise work management platform integration connecting creative operations, project management, and resource planning with MakeOS.
• SAPcoreTechnology or IntegrationEnterprise resource planning integration for large organizations needing enterprise-scale financial and operational oversight.
• SlackcoreTechnology or IntegrationTeam communication platform integration enabling notifications, approvals, and collaboration within existing team workflows.
• Digital Asset Management Systems (DAMs)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with digital asset management systems to maintain asset organization and creative deliverables within the production workflow.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Showbiz Software: Showbiz Software delivers production accounting, budgeting, and payroll software for film, TV, and commercial producers — a direct comparable in production financial operations.
• Movie Magic Budgeting: Movie Magic Budgeting (Entertainment Partners) is the legacy standard for production budgeting in film and advertising, making it a long-standing comparable tool for MakeOS's budget and bid functionality.
• StudioBinder: StudioBinder provides production management software for film, video, and creative projects, covering scheduling, breakdowns, and call sheets — a comparable vertical SaaS player for production teams.
• Wrapbook: Wrapbook provides payroll, onboarding, and compliance tools for production teams in film, TV, and advertising — directly named by MakeOS as a competing point solution for the producer workflow.
• Saturation: Saturation offers production budgeting and cost tracking for advertising and entertainment producers, and is explicitly cited by MakeOS as a competing budget tool that it aims to subsume within an integrated OS.
• Gorilla Expense: Gorilla Expense provides production-focused expense management, P-card reconciliation, and invoice processing — a comparable point solution competing for part of MakeOS's production finance workflow.

Broad incumbents

• Asana: Asana is a broad work management platform cited by MakeOS as a comparator; it overlaps with MakeOS in approvals, project tracking, and collaboration, but without domain-specific production features.
• Adobe Workfront: Adobe Workfront is the enterprise work management leader for marketing and creative operations; MakeOS positions itself as a producer-layer sitting on top of Workfront via integration.
• Monday.com: Monday.com is a broad work management platform that MakeOS explicitly names as a competing general-purpose task tracking tool it aims to replace for production teams.

Emerging players

• ftrack: ftrack is a creative project management and production tracking platform for studios and agencies, overlapping with MakeOS in production planning, scheduling, and approval workflows for creative teams.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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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