private industry mobile apps interactive entertainment iot integration disruptive software enterprise applications creative technology emerging technologies founded 2010 founder ben lamm mike erwin whurley william hurley headquarters austin texas key people ben lamm ceo mike erwin cfo john fremont chief revenue officer chad darbyshire evp marketing c.k. sample iii evp technology ivan cook evp design number of employees 200 website chaoticmoon.com chaotic moon studios is an american creative technology studio focused on software mobile development and design . chaotic moon was founded in 2010 in austin texas . after several years of growth and acquisitions chaotic moon opened a second dallas location in 2015 . contents 1 history 2 culture and strategy 3 divisions 3.1 software 3.2 games & experiences 4 acquisitions 5 references 6 external links history edit chaotic moon was founded in march 2010 by ben lamm whurley william hurley and mike erwin . 1 2 in 2012 they launched chaotic moon labs a research and development division that involved into base their in house innovation lab . march 2013 hollywood talent agency william morris endeavor in conjunction with their technology investment and equity partner silver lake partners announced that they had taken a significant position in chaotic moon studios . 3 july 2015 chaotic moon was acquired by consulting and technology services company accenture as part of the company s interactive social media and artificial intelligence division . 4 august 2015 chaotic moon announced development of freewheel a fitness tracker for wheelchairs . freewheel uses hall effect sensors a barometer a gyroscope and an accelerometer to measure speed acceleration distance altitude incline and decline . it also uses bluetooth to transmit data and can connect to wearable devices for heart rate monitoring . 5 culture and strategy edit the company s website describes chaotic moon as not just a company 6 but a cult with a focus on being the best a mantra that is exhibited in mural form in the lobby office . ceo ben lamm has spoken with the huffington post 7 about the importance of maintaining the creative edge and wrote an op ed in the austin business journal 8 in which he described creativity as a culture the need to take risks and how to build maintain and instill a brand within one s employees . chaotic moon s software emphasizes overall user experience 9 while in terms of hardware they claim to be agnostic and develop cutting edge products for all products the company has claimed to treat its client engagements like partnerships and partners solely with brands who are a good fit and align with chaotic moon s forward thinking vision and innovation focus . divisions edit software edit while chaotic moon is reported to have many projects for high profile clients under nda some of the brands they re known to have worked with include news corp microsoft pizza hut fox cbs sports sanrio betty crocker starbucks best buy groupon and discovery channel chaotic moon has an in house r & d team known for their creative innovations . the team created the smartestcart 10 a smart shopping cart capable of following the user around the store making suggestions for the grocery list and meal ideas keeping track of allergies and allowing the user to bypass the checkout line . the company also created tech tats 11 an exploration into the use of skin mounted components and conductive paint to create circuitry that lives on the human body in the form of a tattoo that has the capability to collect store send and receive data . chaotic moon has created two fitness tracking apparatuses fitcoin 12 which paid the user for their workout in bitcoin and a fitness tracker for wheelchair users 13 that also gathers data that can be used for terrain mapping . other notable projects include sentiri 14 a proximity sensing headband ; blue eyes 15 a camera equipped drone mounted to the roof of a police car that can take off and record an encounter from above ; and a motorized skateboard referred to as the board of awesomeness that was showcased at south by southwest in 2012 . it reaches a top speed of 32 mph . games & experiences edit among notable games that chaotic moon has created are two virtual reality experiences . shark punch 16 combined the leap motion device with the oculus rift for a game in which users were immersed in a virtual environment where they fought off sharks . death from above 17 allowed for a two player vr experience by combining a pc manned by player one running a virtual reality driving game with an ipad manned by player two that communicates directly with the game in real time . acquisitions edit chaotic moon studios has made a series of acquisitions since its inception in 2010 . two such public acquisitions were dollar app and symbiot security . in may 2012 chaotic moon acquired dollar app 18 a san francisco based mobile app developer founded in 2008 by dom sagolla . 19 20 that same year dollar app developed barack obama s official iphone presidential campaign app . 21 dollar app became chaotic moon s bay area satellite studio with sagolla staying on as chief product officer . 18 later in 2012 chaotic moon studios purchased information and risk metrics security management company symbiot security . symbiot which was also co founded by hurley 22 previously specialized in providing information security for the us government and military as well as corporate clients . 23 in july 2015 chaotic moon was acquired by consulting and technology service company accenture . 24 references edit susan lahey chaotic moon is the quintessential austin company silicon hills news january 25 2012 . anna gonzalez who s next william whurley hurley cnn march 23 2011 . paul bond wme takes stake in mobile app developer the hollywood reporter march 8 2013 . sarah buhr chaotic moon sells to accenture techcrunch july 22 2015 . anthony ha techcrunch . chaotic moon is building a fitness tracker for wheelchairs . august 13 2015 . august 24 2015 . brian gaar chaotic moon attracting big name mobile app clients austin american statesman march 20 2011 . stacey higginbotham the mobile 15 our picks for the most innovative companies gigaom september 18 2012 . ben lamm 6 tips from an austin ceo to build your amazing company austin business journal august 14 2015 . phil simon 3 tips for a smarter mobile strategy inc. september 10 2012 . dara o briain bbc one tomorrow s food bbc one november 30 2015 . sarah buhr chaotic moon explores biometric tattoos for medicine and the military tech crunch november 23 2015 . james stables why fitcoin is the nikefuel of the future wareable march 19 2015 . anthony ha chaotic moon is building a fitness tracker for wheelchairs tech crunch august 13th 2015 . steve dent headband detects obstacles and guides the blind haptically engadget november 13th 2015 . mitchell schnurman drones don t lie chaotic moon puts eyes in the sky for traffic stops dallas morning news september 18th 2015 . joseph volpe punching virtual sharks for points with the oculus rift and leap motions engadget march 7th 2014 . michael gorman playing death from above with oculus rift engadget june 22nd 2014 . a b sarah drake austin startup chaotic moon buys dollar app austin business journal may 31 2012 . michael learmonth we ask a twitter co founder what s up with fail whale advertising age october 20 2009 . dom sagolla dollarapp bbc news july 5 2010 . brian gaar austin app maker chaotic moon expands into bay area austin american statesman may 30 2012 . bmc s william hurley talks up open source cio november 27 2007 . matthew fordahl texas company wants to bring vigilante justice to cyberspace seattle times june 21 2004 . sarah buhr techcrunch . chaotic moon sells to accenture . july 22 2015 . august 24 2015 . external links edit official website fitcoin website blue eyes website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title chaotic moon studios & oldid 716427415 categories companies based in austin texascompanies established in 20102010 establishments in texassilver lake partners companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 april 2016 at 18 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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