From an idea to something running in weeks rather than quarters. Read the guide first: what the term actually means, which stack suits which job, and the questions worth asking before you sign anything.
Transsion makes phones for the Global South under TECNO, itel and Infinix. Barely known in Europe or North America, and the largest phone seller in Africa.
Lenovo makes ThinkPad and Legion computers and, through Motorola, phones. It has twice bought an American brand nobody expected it to and kept it alive.
Sony makes Xperia phones, PlayStation consoles, cameras and audio. Its phones are aimed at people who want manual camera control and a headphone socket.
HMD Global makes the Nokia-branded phones under licence, and since 2024 sells under its own HMD name too, positioned on phones you can repair yourself.
Nothing is a London consumer technology company founded in 2020 that develops smartphones, audio products, wearables and connected software, with CMF by Nothing as its value-focused sub-brand.
ASUS makes laptops, motherboards and graphics cards, and a small phone range: ROG Phone for gaming, Zenfone for people who still want a phone that fits one hand.
HTC built the first Android phone to ship and was once among the largest manufacturers in the world. Its weight now sits in VIVE, its virtual reality business.
Fairphone builds modular phones you can repair with a screwdriver, and publishes where the materials came from. It exists to make an argument about how the rest of the industry works.
LG makes televisions, home appliances and vehicle components. It closed its phone business in 2021 after years of losses, having helped invent the category.
Crewfare is a Miami-based travel technology company building software for event travel, from attendee hotel bookings and packages to staff stays and hotel sourcing.
SentiSum is a UK-based AI customer intelligence company that analyzes support conversations, calls, reviews and surveys to help CX, product and support teams understand problems and what to fix.
Mash is a Toronto-based Knowledge AI company that builds knowledge agents for technical B2B revenue teams, helping them find accurate product, customer and technical answers inside Slack and connected workflows.
NomadX is a Dubai-based AI engineering consultancy that helps businesses design, build and operate production AI agents, enterprise integrations and automation systems.
Atlassian builds software for work management, knowledge sharing, service management, software delivery and AI-assisted teamwork, including Jira, Confluence, Loom and Rovo.
HubSpot develops a customer platform that combines CRM, marketing, sales, customer service, content, data, revenue operations and AI tools for growing businesses.
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