Everything Design · Monthly DispatchIssue 06 · September 2026Bengaluru, India

It takes a village

Six things went live in September. Three websites went live in two days, and every one of them took a village.

36Updates
06Went live
07New sign-ups
04New joiners

In short

September 2026 at Everything Design

In September 2026 Everything Design shipped six things. Z47, 91Ninjas, Bharat Atomics and Becoming Quotient websites went live, along with Stellaris's Portfolio Day investor app and the Factors AI report with a stop-motion film. Zakia, a designer at the studio, worked on three of the four websites, and all three went live between 24 and 25 September. Seven projects signed, four people joined, and the studio's teams ran five sessions teaching each other their craft.

Cover story · The studio

Three websites, two days, one village

On 24 September at 7:10 PM, Akshay posted a link in the studio group. "Guys 91Ninjas is live." Mejo replied with one word. "Finally !"

The next afternoon Bharat Atomics went live. By five o'clock Arpan had posted a screenshot of Z47. "After months of waiting. Finally Z47 went live."

Zakia had worked on all three. Her message to the studio, at 5:23 PM:

"I'm dreaming… websites are going live one by one. Bharat Atomics, 91Ninjas, and now Z47. I think I'm done for the week."

Ekta asked about Scimplify, the fourth one. "It's not live yet … yet."

None of the three was quick. Zakia's note on 91Ninjas begins "Finally, finally, after I think more than a year". Goutham, who built Z47, counted almost seven months. Bharat Atomics had been waiting since August.

What Zakia wrote about each of them is mostly a list of other people. On Bharat Atomics she thanked Swathi for the copy, Siva for patiently handling every development change, Vignesh for the 3D, Joel for the business card and the asset graphics, and Mitesh, who coordinated the early stages and has since left. She ended it with the line this issue is named after:

"Thank you, guys. It really takes a village to make a website live."

On Z47 the thanks ran the other way. Goutham credited Athira and Zakia for "your constant feedback and updates on the design", Saurabh for "guiding me through the unknowns", and Harsh, who had joined the studio sixteen days earlier, for "the quick hands for the final go live fixes".

Two days later Zakia posted on the brag board:

"I'm not the smartest or the most hard-working person on this team, but through each of my projects, I try my absolute best to make things work, keep the transitions smooth, and make sure everyone gets what they need."

Her journal that week: "By the end of the week, I was hit by the surprise of three websites going live in a row, one after the other. That made me very happy and proud."

Saurabh called it a hat-trick. The clients had their own words for it. Ridhi, the founder of 91Ninjas, the evening it went live:

"The website has come out very well. I couldn't have asked for a better partner."

Madhavi at Z47, three days later:

"The new site design has been received very well internally, esp the portfolio page. It's the kind of storytelling we'd always wanted. Kudos to everyone"

24 and 25 SeptemberThree websitesOne village

Second highlight · The studio

The month the studio went to school

Five times in September, one team at Everything Design sat another team down and taught it something.

On 9 September Tejus ran a film breakdown workshop, taking a film apart frame by frame "to mine the unseen details of the craft". Akhila wrote that night that it broke a B2B film down "complete with the 'why' behind every decision", and that the studio needed "more such sessions across all verticals". It was meant for the film team. The designers were invited, and some came. On 14 September Swathi taught the development team the fundamentals of branding: strategy, positioning, messaging and copywriting. On the 16th Athira showed the same developers how a website starts from the design side. On the 18th the motion team ran a session for development. On the 29th the film team ran another, on the grammar and process of filmmaking.

The film breakdown workshop at the Everything Design studio, a film's edit timeline on the screen, 9 September 2026
Film breakdown, 9 September
The motion team running a session for the development team around a studio desk, 18 September 2026
Motion, for development, 18 September
The film team's session on the grammar of filmmaking, seen through the glass of the studio meeting room, 29 September 2026
Filmmaking, for development, 29 September

Nobody was told to do this. It shows up afterwards in the appreciation board. Jiyash, who leads development, wrote to Swathi: "The team sessions we had with the dev team also made a real difference, things genuinely changed for us because of them." And to Athira: "We didn't know much about the design perspective, how it starts and what things need to be taken care of on the website front, but you taught us."

Siva, a developer who joined this year, said Jiyash had been "quickly arranging internal learning sessions with different departments". It helped him "understand how the other departments work".

The village teaches itself.

In this issue

Thirty-six entries

Launches first, then the film room, then the new work, then everything still being built. In no order.

  1. 01Website · Z47 (venture capital)
  2. 02Website · 91Ninjas (digital marketing)
  3. 03Website · Bharat Atomics (nuclear energy)
  4. 04Website · Becoming Quotient (career growth)
  5. 05Investor app · Stellaris (venture capital)
  6. 06Report and stop-motion film · Factors AI (B2B SaaS)
  7. 07Book cover and illustrations · The Story Map (publishing)
  8. 08Film · Airtel (telecom)
  9. 09Product film · LightMetrics (video telematics)
  10. 10Whitepaper film · Grundfos (water technology)
  11. 11Event film and trade-show stand · Trinas (chemicals)
  12. 12Explainer film · Click AI (AI)
  13. 13Podcast edits · Focus Lab (branding)
  14. 14Quickbytes · Beenext, Social Alpha, SemiCab (venture capital, logistics)
  15. 15Animated video · Everstage (B2B SaaS)
  16. 16Brand · NXPEC (energy infrastructure)
  17. 17Website · Steadview Capital (venture capital)
  18. 18Website · NopalCyber (cybersecurity)
  19. 19Documentary film and landing page · GSIS (education)
  20. 20Brand and marketing collateral · US Aviation Academy (aviation)
  21. 21Brand and website · The Decimal Capital (investment banking)
  22. 22Website · Scimplify (speciality chemicals)
  23. 23Website · LightMetrics (video telematics)
  24. 24Brand narrative and website · Recursion Partners (venture capital)
  25. 25Website · Pepper (AEO)
  26. 26Brand and website · The MVP (enterprise IT hardware)
  27. 27Website · Bee Global (venture capital)
  28. 28Website · Beenext (venture capital)
  29. 29Website · Social Alpha (venture capital)
  30. 30Website · Kandou (AI infrastructure)
  31. 31Website · PrimeWealth (wealth management)
  32. 32Website · SemiCab (logistics)
  33. 33Narrative · MasterSoft (education technology)
  34. 34Film · SRKP (real estate)
  35. 35Website · APTA Advisors (M&A advisory)
  36. 36Film work · Ayr Energy, Tekstac, Quantifai (energy technology, AI)

From the editor

The month the village showed up

The theme of this issue was written by a designer in a thank-you note.

Zakia had three websites go live in two days, and when she wrote about them she mostly listed other people. That is not modesty. It is an accurate account of how a website gets made here: a designer, a copywriter, a developer, a 3D artist, a project lead, someone on the business card, and, on Bharat Atomics, a person who had already left and still got thanked.

A few things went less well, and they belong here too.

LightMetrics did not go live. Athira's note on the board says the project "was in a terrible place up until a few weeks back". What changed was a system Akshay and Sijeesh set up, and by mid-September the team was delivering several things a day. The launch still slipped: it went live on 11 November.

The Decimal Capital's first phase moved from a Monday in September to 12 October. PrimeWealth is finished on our side and still waiting on the client's approval. The MVP ran at least two weeks late on content. Social Alpha and Beenext both restarted after pauses.

On Recursion Partners, Rohan, on the client side, wrote his own version of the brand narrative. We sent back a document comparing the two.

Last month's forecast, checked:

  • Bharat Atomics went live, on 25 September.
  • The Grundfos whitepaper film was delivered in 4K on 12 September.
  • The rest of SemiCab shipped: the Vantage page, the AI by Design animation and the In the News page. A post-mortem followed on 28 September.
  • PrimeWealth is still waiting.
  • Leumas has no September activity in any of our records.
  • Quantifai's films are still in production.

And one more sentence for the pattern. On 8 September Mejo told the website team to learn Astro, "yesterday". On 19 September Saturday learning sessions on Astro started. On 22 September Becoming Quotient went live as the studio's first Astro build.

Month at a glance

September, by the numbers

36Updates · Everything that moved
06Went live · Z47, 91Ninjas, Bharat Atomics, Becoming Quotient, Stellaris Portfolio Day, the Factors AI report
03Websites in two days · 24 and 25 September
07New sign-ups · GSIS, Stellaris, Steadview Capital, Everstage, Airtel, NXPEC, US Aviation Academy
04New joiners · Harsh, Ashutosh, Jagdish, Bin
05Sessions · Teams teaching each other
27Sectors · Across the log

Sectors this month

Venture capital · Digital marketing · Nuclear energy · Career growth · B2B SaaS · Telecom · Video telematics · Water technology · Chemicals · Speciality chemicals · AI · Publishing · Branding · Logistics · Energy infrastructure · Cybersecurity · Education · Aviation · Investment banking · AEO · Enterprise IT hardware · AI infrastructure · Wealth management · Education technology · Real estate · M&A advisory · Energy technology

The Log · Part I

Live

01/36Live

Website for the venture-capital firm, Z47

Z47 went live on 25 September at z47.com, with a separate page for its Forty Seven programme. Goutham built it over almost seven months, with Athira and Zakia on design and Saurabh guiding the build. In early September Vineet, on the client side, wrote that Goutham was "doing a great job at project management and keeping up with numerous tasks running parallely". Arpan's verdict: "This made Goutham full stack developer from Webflow developer." The portfolio pages were live by 28 September. On launch day Madhavi, at Z47, wrote the team a long vote of thanks. Goutham "saw things through constantly shifting timelines, brief changes, page changes, sector changes and every other kind of curveball". Zakia and Athira "breathed new life into a tired, old design". Saurabh kept "the lights on on the tech side". Vineet added: "Great work team. Thank you for the patience and the support."

Website designDevelopmentVenture capital

02/36Live

Website for the digital-marketing agency, 91Ninjas

91Ninjas went live on 24 September at 91ninjas.com, more than a year after it started. Zakia led design, with Swathi on copy, Rajashri and Shabahir on development, Saurabh, Joel, Akshay and Arpan. Zakia said the creative freedom on this one was unlike any other project, and proposed the team rename itself 92Ninjas. Swathi's favourite part was the hugsy illustration. Ridhi, the founder: "I couldn't have asked for a better partner."

Website designDevelopmentCopyDigital marketing

03/36Live

Website for the nuclear-energy company, Bharat Atomics

Bharat Atomics went live on 25 September. The studio built the reactor in 3D, after Rajashri said an early version looked like a septic tank. Vignesh fixed that. Zakia on design, Swathi on content, Siva on development, Joel on the business card and asset graphics. The hero line changed from "Aatmanirbhar Bharat" to "Limitless energy". A resource hub followed in the last week of the month.

Website designDevelopment3DNuclear energy

04/36Live

Website for the career-growth platform, Becoming Quotient

Becoming Quotient went live on 22 September, the studio's first website built in Astro. Siva built it, with animation by Felix and the manifesto page designed by Sanjana. Swathi wrote the experience pages. Tejus wrote the strategy for the brand film on 30 September. It is a repeat client and a monthly retainer. On launch day Aakash, the founder, wrote: "A heartfelt thank you to the entire Everything Design for being with us right from the start: from giving words to our idea and shaping our brand to designing the website that has now gone live." Earlier in the month he had put it more briefly: "Sanjana and Swathi are the real boss! We all listen to them."

WebsiteBrand buildingCareer growthRetainer

06/36Live

Report and stop-motion film for Factors AI

The Factors AI report went live on 25 September, with a stop-motion film Nanki made overnight. Her credits: "Varsha staying up with me through the night. Ashik and Felix helping me with prints when it was raining. Ekta for the clothes because I got drenched in the rain. And Mejo for adding three more lines to the script." Mejo and Felix had told her the film could wait until she was back. She finished it in five days anyway: "a week late launch video is just cold." Nanki drew the report's illustrations too.

Report designStop-motion filmB2B SaaS

07/36Delivered

Book cover and illustrations for The Story Map

The cover, illustrations and marketing assets for Sandeep's book The Story Map followed August's stop-motion launch film, by Nanki with Nehal on the snippets. Nanki went through several renditions of the cover "until one idea struck and stuck", with help from Vignesh. Within a few days it had brought in a couple of enquiries. Mejo's post on 3 September: "so nobody was buying Sandeep's new book, he came crying and asked for help. Nanki & Nehal did their magic, rest is history."

Book coverIllustrationMarketing assetsPublishing

The Log · Part II

From the film room

08/36Delivered

Film for Airtel

The Airtel film kicked off on 11 September, and the voiceover and sound design were done by the 14th. Felix, Tejus and Varsha made it, with Sreejith pitching in on animation. Varsha compiled the design frames from five people and set them up for Mythraa Studios, a partner studio, to take on. Arpan on why it mattered: "This video is key for Airtel as it is going to seen by the PM and other dignitaries, so a huge win for us." Mejo's message on the first day: "Finally Airtel :)" On 23 September Felix had the verdict: "the video was well received by everyone and even the CEO of Airtel liked it", and Airtel wanted it for another event, so a 16:9 version followed. The studio has worked with Airtel Business before, on a brochure.

FilmTelecomRepeat

09/36In production

Product film for LightMetrics

The LightMetrics product film's concept went to the client's CEO in early September. Geetika, on the client side, reported back: "overall he liked the concept and liked the flow". Ashik animated it, Vignesh built the 3D and Sreejith composited, with Akshay, Athira and Harishma on the project. Mansi tried converting the client's footage with AI; it failed on low-quality source, so the team went back to real footage. It was Sreejith's first 3D film, learned on a tight deadline. Geetika on the cut: "Looks really good".

Product film3DVideo telematics

10/36Delivered

Whitepaper film for Grundfos

The Grundfos whitepaper film was delivered in 4K on 12 September. Yugan edited. Last month's issue said it would go live in September. It was delivered in September, and the client publishes it.

FilmWater technology

11/36Delivered

Event film and trade-show stand for Trinas

Harishma designed the Trinas stand, three panels with Joel helping, plus the show's LinkedIn and email banners. The event film was delivered on 25 September, written by Tejus and edited by Yugan. On 29 September it played on the screen at the Trinas stand at the Coatings Show. That night Trinas's founder, Syed, sent word back, which Arpan shared with the studio: "most of the stands are too white, even in this edition of the Coatings Show, ours was standing out. The caught a lot of attention, and made the investment worth it, some good leads too." He wrote to Mejo again after the show: "The coatings show was a huge success, people loved the branding part too, we gave your reference to a couple of industry peers." Then: "Thanks for the works."

The Trinas stand at the Coatings Show, designed by Everything Design, September 2026
The Trinas stand at the Coatings Show

Event designFilmChemicals

12/36In production

Explainer film for Click AI

On 17 September Aishwarya, from Click AI, came to the studio and recorded the voiceover for her own company's film. Tejus directed the session, and Akhila, who helped set up the recording, watched him take the voice from "good" to "great": tone, modulation, accent, pacing. Lunch followed. Varsha designed the frames, and the client liked the stock photos so much they asked where they came from.

Recording the Click AI voiceover in the Everything Design studio, 17 September 2026
The voiceover session, 17 September

Explainer filmAI

13/36Delivered

Podcast edits for Focus Lab

Yugan delivered Focus Lab's podcast episodes and snippets on 16 September. Focus Lab is a branding agency in the US.

Video editingBrandingPartner

14/36Delivered

Three quickbytes in a day

On 29 September Yugan took the new joiners in the film team out and shot three quickbytes in one day, for Beenext, Social Alpha and SemiCab. Akhila planned and coordinated them for Yash, who runs all three accounts.

Short filmVenture capitalLogistics

15/36In production

Animated video for Everstage

Everstage signed for an animated video on 11 September, and Arpan shared a video for it with the film team on the 12th.

AnimationB2B SaaS

The Log · Part III

New on the bench

16/36New

Brand for the solid-state transformer company, NXPEC

NXPEC signed on 17 September and kicked off two days earlier, with a launch planned ahead of a global summit. The brief: be named among the serious companies working on solid-state transformers, not an academic lab. Swathi presented the brand narrative on 25 September, and the client liked it. Harishma and Ashutosh presented the visual route on the 29th and a revised one on the 30th.

Brand strategyNarrativeIdentityEnergy infrastructure

17/36New

Website for the venture-capital firm, Steadview Capital

Steadview Capital signed on 9 September. Athira and Arpan ran taste-mapping and website objectives in the first fortnight, and the client is leaning minimal and sophisticated. Three visual routes were on the table by 29 September. The client wants Home, Portfolio and Team live in early October.

WebsiteVenture capital

18/36New

Website for the cybersecurity company, NopalCyber

NopalCyber kicked off on 9 September. Akshay ran an internal pre-mortem first. Swathi led a pre-workshop call on the 22nd and presented the research and homepage structure on the 30th.

WebsiteCybersecurity

19/36New

Documentary film and landing page for GSIS

GSIS signed a second project on 1 September, a landing page. On the film side, Tejus delivered the documentary script on 2 September, built from interviews, and wrote the direction for the school's own photographer. Swathi wrote the Triumph section. A colourist graded the photographs, and on the 28th a music playlist went to the school's music faculty.

Documentary filmLanding pageEducationRepeat

20/36New

Brand and marketing collateral for US Aviation Academy

US Aviation Academy signed on 22 September for brand and marketing collateral. Jeevan, from US Aviation Academy, had one line for the quote: "Quote looks good and let's get started". Three weeks in, on 15 October, Mejo asked how it was going. Jeevan: "Everything's great." Then a second message, about Neha, the designer on the account: "Neha is awesome."

BrandCollateralAviation

The Log · Part IV

Mid-build

21/36In progress

Brand and website for the investment-banking firm, The Decimal Capital

The Decimal Capital saw two visual routes on 7 September and a revised logo on the 17th. Zakia presented the homepage on 25 September, and the client liked it. Aashi, on the client side, named the idea the brand has to carry: "Certain to the dot". The first phase moved to 12 October.

BrandWebsiteInvestment banking

22/36In progress

Website for the speciality-chemicals company, Scimplify

The Scimplify website was designed and built inside September. Mehak and Zakia designed it; Zakia's brief to development was "IT SHOULD LOOK COOOOOOOOL". Vignesh made the looping 3D hero, Tejus wrote a fifty-second film script, and Saurabh built it. The files went to the client's team on 30 September to launch. Suchet, at Scimplify, after seeing it on 28 September: "Thank you so much for the great work team. The website has come out really well."

Visual languageHomepage designDevelopment3DSpeciality chemicals

23/36In progress

Website for the video-telematics company, LightMetrics

LightMetrics spent September in build and QC. Harishma finished every page design by 10 September, and Shabahir built the newsroom, the why-us page and the homepage sections. The launch target was 5 October. Athira gives the credit for getting it back on track to Akshay and Sijeesh: "At least once a day Akshay will come to me and say 'LightMetrics is on track'."

Postscript. LightMetrics went live on 11 November, at lightmetrics.ai.

WebsiteBrand refreshVideo telematics

24/36In progress

Brand narrative and website for the venture-capital firm, Recursion Partners

Recursion Partners began September with a workshop. Parikshit wrote his first brand narrative, and Arpan told him so on the board. Then Rohan, on the client side, wrote his own version. Ours went back alongside a comparison of the two, and the final homepage copy followed on 23 September.

Brand strategyNarrativeWebsiteVenture capital

25/36In progress

Website for the AEO company, Pepper

Pepper agreed a visual route on 25 September: orange-led, with purple used sparingly. Jiyash built the first pages, Sanjana led the messaging, and Nanki drew a new graphic direction on the 30th.

WebsiteMessagingAEOReferral

26/36In progress

Brand and website for the enterprise IT hardware company, The MVP

The MVP ran at least two weeks behind after late content, Sijeesh said on 2 September. The brand guidelines wrapped up, Ashik delivered the logo animation on the 24th, and Mehak designed the solutions pages. Nanki and Wamika even designed the packaging tape.

BrandWebsiteEnterprise IT hardware

27/36In progress

Website for the venture-capital firm, Bee Global

Bee Global's homepage was ready for development on 18 September. Hiral leads design, Rajashri built the transitions and Parikshit wrote the copy. The Origin page will tell the firm's history as a timeline.

WebsiteVenture capitalReferral

28/36Restarted

Website for the venture-capital firm, Beenext

Beenext was on hold for most of September and restarted on the 22nd.

WebsiteVenture capital

29/36Restarted

Website for the venture-capital firm, Social Alpha

Social Alpha restarted on 3 September with Hiral and Devi joining Yash. The plan is twenty-six pages over about ten weeks. Swathi wrote the approach page and the homepage copy.

WebsiteVenture capital

30/36In progress

Website for the AI-infrastructure company, Kandou

Fixes to Kandou's live site went out on 3 September. Harishma then sent revised designs for a second phase, with a recorded walkthrough. On 2 September Akhila's postcards for the Kandou and SISA project teams came back from the printer: a team photo on the front, every name on the back. "Everyone was super excited to get their own cards," she wrote. On 23 September Mejo posted one, carrying a handwritten thank-you to Arpan "for helping us pull things together throughout this project".

WebsiteAI infrastructure

31/36Waiting

Website for the wealth-management firm, PrimeWealth

PrimeWealth's website is finished on our side. A compliance disclosure page went in on 15 September. It goes live when the client approves.

BrandWebsiteWealth management

32/36Closed

Website for the logistics platform, SemiCab

SemiCab got its last pages in September: the AI by Design hero animation by Ashik, the In the News page and the Vantage page. Yash closed the project and Akshay held a post-mortem on 28 September.

WebsiteLogisticsReferral

33/36In progress

Narrative for the education-technology company, MasterSoft

Swathi drafted the MasterSoft manifesto on 1 September from the team's discussion.

NarrativeEducation technology

34/36Ongoing

Film for the real-estate group, SRKP

More work from SRKP in September. From the client, mid-month: "I believe in you guys, and in all honesty, truly believe you are an intensely perceptive team. Thank you for your patience over and over, I'll always be mindful of the time y'all invested in us. I owe you big."

FilmReal estateRepeat

The Log · Part V

Queued for next month

35/36Closing

Website for the M&A advisory firm, APTA Advisors

APTA Advisors' website changes were done by 14 September, with handover documents written. Anushka finished the brand guide, stationery and presentation templates. The domain was connected in the last week of September.

WebsiteBrand guideM&A advisory

Featured in this issue

The brands behind the work

Z4791NinjasBharat AtomicsBecoming QuotientStellarisFactors AIAirtelLightMetricsGrundfosTrinasNXPECSteadview CapitalNopalCyberScimplifyPepper

"It's the kind of storytelling we'd always wanted. Kudos to everyone"

Madhavi · Z47 · India

Inside the studio

Studio note

The big one: Astro. On 8 September Mejo told the website team to learn Astro, "yesterday". Saturday learning sessions on it started on the 19th. On the 22nd Saurabh announced the studio's first Astro website, Becoming Quotient: "Our First Astro build website is live, congratulations everyone". Webflow is still most of the work. It is no longer all of it.

Made for ourselves. Siva built Project Urus, an experiment in lighting, performance and Three.js, with ideas and design from Shabahir and input from Sreejith. Tejus asked whether he could buy his Urus from it. Siva said yes.

Project Urus: a model Lamborghini Urus beside its box, built by Siva at Everything Design
Project Urus

The orange door. September opened in a revamped studio, rebuilt for the team the studio has become, with more room and one detail nobody misses: an orange door. Mejo, on 5 September: "A lot to be proud of, not just the door. Always grateful to everyone who helped us get here and to those who are supporting us in staying here." The renovation is on the Recent Updates page.

Also this month.

  • Reza took Everything Design to the US in September, to Boston and the Bay Area.
  • Webflow featured Adnaut's site, designed by Everything Flow, in a roundup of websites, with a write-up of its robot-led hero and five-step framework.
  • Sushant spent a week guest lecturing at NID.
  • Akhila ran a team appreciation initiative on 3 September, her first, and on 8 September marked one year at the studio.
  • Tea moved to 4:15 PM. The vote was 22 to 6.
  • The township invited the studio to its Onam celebration on the 19th. The poll closed at 0 in, 26 out. Anushka wanted to go, but since everyone said no, she also said no.
  • On 28 September it rained hard enough that the studio went out and danced in it. Half the office then set off to rescue the stranded development team, who had already rescued themselves. Everyone just wanted tea.

What people said · September

Said out loud

Appreciation board. Recipient on the left, the person who wrote it on the right.

Parikshit ← Arpan

"Well done on the narrative + the initial research and effort you put. Really appreciate the positive energy and ownership you are brining to projects you are involved."

Akshay and Sijeesh ← Athira

"I never thought this project will get back on track, but now we're delivering multiple things per day and the TAT of the client has also improved."

Swathi ← Jiyash

"A lot of people would say 'I don't have time' and just book a calendar slot for later, but you take the time to solve issues and doubts on the spot."

Rajashri ← Jiyash

"the scroll animations, image sequences, everything has come together really well."

Goutham ← Jiyash

"You're the one who took ownership of the project and also guided Harsh really well."

Felix and Tejus ← Arpan

"Thank you for the all the effort, it wasn't easy."

Varsha ← Felix

"you've become an incredibly reliable go-to person for our team and the extended team."

Athira ← Akhila

"You were not even working that day but you made sure to help even though I insisted not to."

Saurabh ← Akhila

"I'm laminating the step-by-step handwritten guide"

Brag board

Zakia · 27 September

"These projects seemed like they wouldn't see the light of day, but eventually they did, and I'm beyond proud of what we, as a team, were able to deliver."

Nanki · 9 September, on The Story Map

"Everything I did before, all the learnings, mistakes, and experience I gained, prepared me for this project, and honestly, in the best way possible."

Akhila · 17 September

"On the 8th, I turned a year old here; guess time flies when you're hustling, learning and figuring things out"

People

Four joined, and one left for Berlin

New joiners.

  • Harsh, Webflow developer, joined 9 September from Ahmedabad with about eight years in front-end development. Sixteen days later he was doing the final go-live fixes on Z47.
  • Ashutosh, designer, joined 15 September. In his interview he kept saying "figure it out", the studio's own phrase and the theme of last month's issue. Mejo: "had to hire him." Akhila had helped him find a place to stay the day before. Zakia had not been told: her batchmate turned up at the next desk. Within two weeks he was presenting NXPEC's visual route with Harishma.
  • Jagdish and Bin, editors, joined the film team on 21 September. Eight days later Yugan had them shooting three quickbytes in a day.

In their own words. Nanki: "From peak pause to the story map to factors ai, I could literally feel the improvement in my brain and my hands and the decisions I make."

Goodbye. Geovani, cinematography intern, left on 10 September for a master's in Berlin, arriving in time for Oktoberfest. He gave the studio a slightly dramatic monologue of his time here. Akhila: "Berlin's not ready, but you will be." Tejus: "I don't know how long you'll stay sober." Akhila printed the Quantifai team photo at short notice so he would leave with a memento of his time here.

Geovani's farewell monologue to the studio, 10 September 2026
Geovani's monologue, 10 September

On screen. Factors AI stop-motion (Nanki, Varsha, Ashik, Felix) · Grundfos whitepaper film (Yugan) · Trinas event film (Tejus, Yugan) · Airtel film (Felix, Tejus, Varsha, Sreejith) · LightMetrics product film (Ashik, Vignesh, Sreejith) · MVP logo animation (Ashik) · three quickbytes (Yugan and the new editors)

End of issue

It still takes a village

Six things went live. Three websites went live in two days. Seven projects signed. Four people joined, and one left for Berlin. Five sessions, one team teaching another.

Until next month

Scimplify goes live, in the client's hands. The Decimal Capital's first phase on 12 October. Steadview Capital's first pages. Pepper and APTA Advisors. NXPEC's identity. The SISA case-study shoot, at last.

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