Company of Science and Art (CoSA) was a small software company headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1990 by Greg Deocampo (also a member of the video art collective Emergency Broadcast Network), David Foster, David Herbstman, and David Simons; it operated for slightly less than three years. However, during its brief existence, CoSA created the category-defining After Effects desktop animation and compositing program, releasing version 1.0 in 1992. In 1993, CoSA was acquired by the Aldus Corporation; The name is currently used by an unrelated visual effects company, CoSA VFX. Before After Effects, in 1991, CoSA published PACoone of the first cross-platform streaming digital video applications.
| Website | http://www.cosa.com |
| Revenue | $2 million |
| Employees | View employees |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Technologies |
JavaScript
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HTML
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Slack
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| Industry | Broadcasting, Software, Media & Internet |
| Competitors | ServiceTitan, Zoho, Procore Technologies, Housecall Pro, FieldEdge by Xplor, PestRoutes, Dispatch, Payzer, mHelpDesk, Stahlman-England +49 more (view full list) |
| SIC | SIC Code 781 Companies, SIC Code 78 Companies |
| NAICS | NAICS Code 512 Companies, NAICS Code 51 Companies, NAICS Code 5121 Companies |
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The Cosa annual revenue was $2 million in 2026.
Cosa is based in Providence, Rhode Island.
The NAICS codes for Cosa are [512, 51, 5121].
The SIC codes for Cosa are [781, 78].
