Grio

Product strategy and engineering from San Francisco

Based in San Francisco, Grio is a development agency for web and mobile products, working from first idea through to launch. It has worked with Bay Area start-ups and global brands for more than fifteen years, and it says its team combines product strategy, creative design and engineering to produce software that works. The agency dates from 2008, and satellite teams in Salt Lake and Mexico City support its San Francisco base.

Strategy, design and AI

The strategy work begins with an MVP blueprint, covering ideation, user research, validation and product management. The agency also advises on artificial intelligence: it runs AI readiness reviews, helps clients choose and integrate AI tools, and builds custom AI APIs and microservices. Its design practice covers UI and UX design, visual design, prototyping, brand work and user analysis, with user testing built in so that interface decisions rest on how people actually use a product.

Development, quality assurance and deployment

Development covers mobile, web, cloud, IoT and API engineering. The quality assurance team tests products for function, usability, performance and security, using both manual and automated methods. Deployment includes releases, continuous integration and delivery pipelines, ongoing maintenance and later enhancements. The agency describes this as a single path from concept to a product that keeps working after launch.

Clients and the projects it describes

Grio works with companies from early start-ups to large brands. Its published examples include iOS and Android work for a fitness device maker's teams since 2016, IoT apps for a pool-monitoring product, a small-business web experience for a bank, and work with the open innovation lab of a major air-conditioning manufacturer in Silicon Valley. The agency presents its approach as combining traditional consulting with current technology, so that businesses can digitize key processes, create customer-facing products and build a competitive edge.

Focus areas

The agency's focus is web, mobile, IoT and AI products. Its material describes a collaborative team that works with each client as a partner, bringing strategy, design and engineering together so that the product can move from an idea to a working software business.