These Tech Companies Opened Austin Offices in 2022
Austin continues to be a magnet for tech companies, attracting businesses from across the globe that want to tap into the city’s storied pool of local talent.
Last year, at least eight tech companies opened new offices in Austin, and another 13 companies moved their headquarters here. This year is beating last year’s count, with at least 11 new offices announced as of December 16.
The list, which includes homegrown startups as well as newcomers, will be updated throughout the year as more companies open up shop in Silicon Hills.
Abel Rodriguez contributed reporting to this article.
U.K.-based Dropit opened an office in Austin in December to grow its North American presence. Dropit is an omnichannel retail technology company that helps brands optimize their inventory. In addition to opening the Austin office, the company appointed Eric Abrahams as its chief revenue officer. Dropit also announced that it will hire sales and client success talent for the new office.
Utah-based Nomi Health has been providing medical services in Texas throughout the pandemic. In late October, the healthcare provider opened an office in Austin to continue its work in the state. Nomi Health’s platform helps employees purchase healthcare services directly from providers. The local office will be used to develop new tech to make healthcare more affordable for everyone.
BAE Systems opened a 390,000-square-foot facility in October in business park Parmer Austin to be used as manufacturing, lab and office spaces. BAE Systems is an aerospace company that provides tech-backed defense solutions and employs people in over 40 countries. The office in Austin will be used to research and develop new electronic systems for commercial, defense and space use. BAE Systems said it plans to double its Austin headcount to 1,400 employees over the next few years.
InKind opened an office in downtown Austin back in July. The company provides restaurants and hospitality businesses with financing and marketing services. At the time of the announcement, the company said the new office would accommodate its growing team as it looked to increase its headcount to 70 employees by the end of the year.
After relocating from St. Louis to Austin, Gabe Lozano rebranded his adtech company from Lockerdome to Decide to reflect the decision-making potential of crowdsourced AI models. In April, Decide will open its Austin hub in a two-story, 4,000-square-foot building at 1408 E. 6th St. Seven of the company’s 80 employees live in Austin, but Lozano said that number may rise in the near future.
London-based finch company Wise recently opened a new Austin office at Industrious. The company, previously known as Transferwise, aims to make cross-border transactions more convenient, cheaper and faster. Wise currently has 10 employees in Austin but expects to hire another 100 within the next year. Recruiting will initially focus on engineering and product talent.
Matt Wursta launched his technology consulting agency in Atlanta in 2014 and relocated to Austin in 2020. The company, which specialized in cloud transformation, first moved to the Springdale General complex, but after growing 53 percent to nearly 50 employees last year, it upgraded in June of 2021 to its spot on 1021 E. 7th St. The company expanded again in March, taking over the whole 11,000-square-foot building.
Atmosphere, which provides a streaming video platform for bars and other public businesses, announced in February that it would be moving to a new office building along Bouldin Creek, near the intersection of Lamar Boulevard and Oltorf Street. Atmosphere will occupy 110,000 square feet on the first, third and fourth floors of the building. The building is situated on a six-acre sanctuary with the creek running through its backyard.
John Deere announced in February that it would open a new office in the South Congress district. The company said the Austin office will serve as a collaboration hub for data scientists, data engineers, embedded software engineers, systems engineers and computer vision and machine learning operations engineers.
Moov, a Tempe, Arizona-based marketplace for used semiconductor manufacturing equipment, announced in January that it would establish a second headquarters in Austin. The company will occupy 3,527 square feet at 701 Brazos St., which is the site of the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown and Capital Factory, a startup accelerator and co-working space.
INK Games moved on January 13 to a 9,000-square-foot studio at The Domain on the north side of Austin. INK has 40 employees and expects to at least double its employee headcount within the year. INK’s space at The Domain has space for 80 employees, so the company expects to find a second Austin-area office in the near future.
