About Old Port
We build brands the way a good port is built: deliberately, for the long haul.
Old Port Design LLP is an AI, app development and marketing agency in India with studios in Bengaluru and Kochi. It builds AI assistants and automations, Android, iOS and web apps, brand identities, websites and marketing campaigns, and publishes its own wellbeing games, GameHarbor and MindHarbor. Founded in Bengaluru in 2021, it has partnered with 100+ brands and is the India arm of Old Port, headquartered in the UAE as Old Port Solutions LLC.
- 2021Old Port Design LLP is founded in Bengaluru as a boutique brand and marketing studio.
- KochiA branch office opens in Kochi, bringing Malayalam-first creative and a second studio.
- GaatlyWe launch our own tech accessories brand, Gaatly, sold in the UAE.
- UAE HQOld Port Solutions LLC becomes the headquarters, at oldport.ae.
- GamesGameHarbor enters beta testing and MindHarbor goes live on the web; ZEVORA enters development.
- Today100+ brands partnered with across India and the UAE, with AI at the centre of what we build.
Athul Iyju JacobFounder and Managing Director
- Background in animation, graphic design and brand strategy
- 6+ years across e-commerce, EdTech, healthcare, B2B and tech marketing
- Featured in Gulf Magazine and The Indian Express for branding work
- AI certification, Dubai Future Foundation
- Developer of GameHarbor and MindHarbor; GameHarbor research paper
Message from the founder
A note from Athul.
I started Old Port in a small studio in Bengaluru in 2021 with one belief: a brand is only as strong as the decisions behind it. Good design matters, but it is the thinking underneath, who you serve, what you promise and how you prove it, that decides whether people choose you.
Since then we have worked with more than a hundred brands, from schools and healthcare groups to radio stations, manufacturers and start-ups, across India and the UAE. The tools have changed faster than at any time I can remember. AI now writes, designs, answers customers and decides what people see in search. That is exciting, and it is also where a lot of businesses are being sold hype.
So we hold ourselves to a simple rule: we only recommend what we would do with our own money. That is why we build and publish our own products, GameHarbor, MindHarbor and ZEVORA, and run our own brand, Gaatly. When we advise you on an app launch, an AI assistant or an ad budget, it is advice we have tested on ourselves first.
You will find us honest, sometimes uncomfortably so. If an idea will not work, we will say it before you spend on it. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you that too. Our assistant Pilot, on this site, was built the same way: it is designed to correct a wrong assumption rather than just agree.
Whether you need a brand, an app, an AI system or the marketing to grow it, I would be glad to have you dock with us.
What we value
How we hold the course.
Honesty over agreement
We tell clients when an idea will not work, before they spend on it.
Evidence over opinion
Decisions come from research, data and tests, and we cite our sources.
Craft that lasts
Identities, code and content built to be maintained, not just launched.
Skin in the game
We build and publish our own products, so our advice is tested first.
Responsible AI
Grounded answers, human handoff, privacy by design and no fake people.
One crew
The people who plan your work are the people who deliver it.
The crew
The people on deck.
Leadership
Marketing and social
Creative and production
Operations and legal
Start a project
Have a project in mind? Tell us where you are headed.
An AI system, an app, a brand or the marketing to grow it. Send a short note and we reply within one business day with questions, ideas and an honest next step.
- An honest read on where you stand today
- A plan built around your goals, not a template
- Straight talk on whether we are the right fit