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Alterra · Parent company · Studio since 2025

Outposts, not exits.

We own two companies: Alterra Studio, a design studio for tech companies (5.0 on Clutch), and Alterra Editions, a media company whose first brand is Then & Theory, short history videos.

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Specimen 01 · The base

Every outpost stands on the same base.

Scroll to take it apart: a small crew, The Proving Ground, one design and 3D pipeline, and software we wrote.

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Outposts
02
Studio since
2025
A block of white terrain separated into labelled layers, with small white outpost buildings and an orange Alterra flag on the top slab.

Outpost 01 · AS-01

Alterra Studio

Brand, site and launch film for tech companies.

Outpost 02 · AE-02

Alterra Editions

Short history films.

Layer 01

The crew

A few people set direction and standards.

Layer 02 · seam

The Proving Ground

We run our own companies on the same tools and process we use for clients.

Layer 03

One pipeline

Design and 3D, shared by every company.

Layer 04 · bedrock

Software we wrote

Agents for the repeat work.

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Why Alterra

Most studios have never had to grow anything of their own. We do it every day: Alterra Editions runs Then & Theory with the same team that designs for Alterra Studio clients.

What buyers say about agencies in public reviews
What we do instead
01A senior pitch, then junior hands on the work
You talk to the people who make the decisions
02Doing the thinking for the people you hired
Direction from a crew that makes the same calls for its own companies
03Templates dressed up as custom work
Original work from our own design and 3D pipeline
04Deadlines that slide after the contract
A plan worked back from your date, agreed before we start
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The Proving Ground

Four stations, in order. What we learn rides the loop back into the next brief. AI agents we wrote do the research, checks and reporting; people make the calls.

How it works →

Loop

Same tools and process · every company · clients included

  1. 01BriefBriefs are files, not memory.
  2. 02BuildOne pipeline for every company.
  3. 03CheckCheckers don't build.
  4. 04ReadWhat we learn goes back into the brief.
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Outposts / 02

Each has its own customers, brand and site. Both run on the base above.

AS-01 · Outpost 01

Alterra Studio

A design and development studio. Brand, site and launch film for tech companies whose product has outgrown how they look.

Sector
Brand, web, product, motion
Clients
Tech companies
Proof
5.0 on Clutch, 3 verified reviews
Est.
2025
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  • TICKIZ, brand identity
  • NFTxLV, event identity
  • Everreach Labs, social system
AE-02 · Outpost 02

Alterra Editions

A media company that owns educational film brands. Short history films, cut for the feed.

Sector
Media, short history films
Brands
Then & Theory
Est.
2026
Watch Then & Theory ↗Fact sheet →
  • thenandtheory.com, a story
  • thenandtheory.com, the timeline
  • thenandtheory.com, the shop
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Case files

Each case file gives the result, the timeline, the starting point and where to check it.

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CF-02

Alterra Studio · client

Client-reported, verified on Clutch

OMNI launch motion

Motion design for OMNI's launch, reported by OMNI's CMO in a verified Clutch review.

Result
260k+ wallet connections, as reported by the client.
Impact
"…proving instrumental in communicating our clients' utility." (OMNI, Clutch review)
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Fit

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Field manual

Short, answer-first notes. Free, no email.

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  1. FM-01OperationsHow do a few people run two companies with agents?Alterra runs two companies, Alterra Studio and Alterra Editions, with a few people and a crew of software agents it built itself. The agents do scheduled work such as research, production, checks, publishing and analytics, and people decide money, contracts, accounts, direction and standards.Read the entry
  2. FM-02QualityWhy the checker never buildsAlterra's quality rule is that whoever reviews a film or design must not be whoever built it. Builders score their own work one to two points too high, so a Then & Theory film is posted only after automated checks pass and a separate critic approves it.Read the entry
  3. FM-03SponsorsHow to sponsor an educational filmAlterra Editions offers four ways to sponsor a Then & Theory history film: underwrite one film, partner on a series, take an end card, or license a clean version. Sponsors choose the topic area and get reports as unedited screenshots from the platform's own analytics, and the research decides what the film says.Read the entry
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Field log

Every dated launch, newest on the right. Select a marker to read it.

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5 Oct 2026

Alterra Games starts, with Topple, a cozy domino puzzle, in development.

  1. Alterra Games starts, with Topple, a cozy domino puzzle, in development.
  2. Alterra Editions starts, with Then & Theory as its first brand.
  3. Alterra Studio opens.
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09 Start

Two doors: hire the studio, or partner with Editions.

About a minute of questions, then a direct route: a studio call with your answers already in the notes, or the Editions partner kit.

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