OUR STORY
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Genesis of Crayon
At an airport, three pre-Crayon entrepreneurs struck up an interesting conversation. They had been there, done that, and were raring to do it again. With decades of experience between them, the inspiration for Crayon Data came easy. Today, that idea has grown into a leader in the AI and Big Data space.
Milestones Along Our Way
2023
February 2023Signs a partnership with Redington MEA to boost the fintech and digital transformation landscape in AfricaMarch 2023Crayon bags the Mint Startup Icon Award for SaaSMarch 2023A partnership with Visa to enhance and personalize CX for their usersJune 2023Partnered with TBO.com to offer personalized travel experiences for banking customersJune 2023Transition to crayondata.ai2022
June 2022Crayon turns 10!November 2022Featured in the Enterprise 50 Awards in Singapore2021
February 2021Crayon is a Top 10 start-up of FinTech Accelerator Program 2021 by FinTech Saudi2020
December 2020First champion of the Huawei Spark 2020 – Global Startup CompetitionDecember 2020maya.ai wins Huawei Spark – Global Startup CompetitionOctober 2020Launch of Slaves to the Algo podcastFebruary 2020Demoed maya.ai at Finovate Europe in Berlin2019
December 2019Special Jury Award in Analytics Solutions at Express IT Awards by Financial ExpressSeptember 2019Top 15 finalists for the Emerging Enterprise AwardsJanuart 2019One of 7 start-ups chosen for American Express’s ACCELERATE ME – an accelerator program aimed at delivering innovative digital solutions to customers and business partners in the Middle EastJanuary 2019We launched the all new maya.ai2018
February 2018Asia’s leading bank signs us up in India too!2017
December 2017We are recertified as ISO/IEC 27001:2013 compliantDecember 2017The Singapore Patent Office grants a patent for our product, YodaNovember 2017Kris Gopalakrishnan makes a personal investment in CrayonAugust 2017India’s largest credit card issuer, one of the world’s largest airlines, and Myanmar’s #1 private bank, all sign on Crayon!February 2017The Singapore Patent Office grants a patent for Maya2016
February 2016Mitsui says Konnichiwa and invests in Crayon2015
December 2015Maya 2.0 – gets Beta and better!August 2015Ratan Tata says hello. With an investmentJuly 2015We make it to the Top 3 at OrangeFab, Singapore2014
December 2014Our recommendation engine, Maya 1.0 revs upMay 2014We catch the eye of Jungle Ventures and Spring Seeds Capital. They invest in usMarch 2014We are the only Asian Big Data company to be selected for CODE_n CEBIT, Germany, and are one of the Top 5 finalists at IBM’s Watson Mobile Developer Challenge2013
September 2014Our TasteGraph comes to life. Nando’s is the first restaurant to be mapped on it!March 2013We open our doors on Indian shores2012
October 2012Crayon No. 1 joins the BoxOctober 2012Client No. 1 signs us onJune 2012Crayon Singapore incorporatedMarch 2012Our first steps. The founding team meets in Singapore
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