Second Wave Studio Competitors

Digital Dynamics, Inc. (DDI) is a fast-growing technology company that designs and builds best-in-class control hardware for the global semiconductor, metrology, display, solar, and other industries. DDI controls the complex equipment that enables the information age. DDI is an ISO 9001 certified company, with 40 years of design and manufacturing experience. DDI employs electrical, mechanical, software, and manufacturing engineers who create world leading controllers. All our products are designed and built in the USA at our facilities in Scotts Valley, California and shipped worldwide. We are 100% employee owned where all employees share the benefit of our rapid growth. DDI's new generation of EtherCAT I/O controls product line, the SuperIOr® Controller System, is designed for applications that require high speed distributed I/O and can simultaneously manage over 1000 inputs and 1000 outputs with sub-millisecond response times.

Blue Sky Studios is an award-winning feature-animation studio that captures the hearts of viewers all over the world through real, diverse, and relatable characters, authentic stories, and thought-provoking themes. The studio has produced a total of 12 CG animated feature films to date, including the wildly successful Ice Age and Rio franchises and the Academy Award®-nominated Ferdinand in 2017. Next up for the studio is the action comedy Spies in Disguise that releases Christmas 2019, followed by Nimona in 2021.

Bill Gross started Idealab in 1996 to create and operate pioneering technology companies. The structure of Idealab has allowed us to test many ideas at once and turn the best of them into companies, attracting the human and financial capital necessary to bring them to market. Many of these companies were among the first to introduce new business ideas to the market. CitySearch, now a part of IAC, established the category of local online community directories. eToys demonstrated the tremendous potential for online consumer retail and became one of the most recognized brands during the early days of e-commerce. Overture Services, which began life as GoTo.com, was the first company to introduce the concept of paid search — the business model that powers the multibillion-dollar online search market. Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of several companies currently growing inside of Idealab. Moving beyond the Internet, we have spawned companies with breakthrough technologies in robotics, renewable energy and automotive design and production among others. Idealab also continues to partner with leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors to provide the resources to maximize the potential of these companies. In addition to capital, Idealab provides a full range of resources to infuse start-ups with the support they need to rapidly introduce innovative products and services. Resources include office space and the accompanying office services, development and technology, product and graphic design, marketing, financial advice, human resources, competitive research, legal, accounting and business development support and services. In addition, Idealab provides advice on strategy, branding and corporate structure.