# GIGA IT

> GIGA IT is a Houston-based software engineering and IT services company founded in 2008. It supplies Latin American engineering talent, dedicated teams and end-to-end delivery for enterprise software, data, cloud, AI and industrial automation projects. Its public work includes EarthRanger, Tenaris, Guidewire, UNICEF Mexico and Atlantic Health System.

- **Founded:** 2008
- **Headquarters:** Houston, United States
- **Founders:** Santiago Alcain (Founder and President)
- **Products:** Staff Augmentation, AI Engineering Teams, End-to-End Delivery, AI Strategy Consulting, Software and AI Product Engineering
- **Notable:** Current company website reports 300+ engineering specialists, 1,215+ delivered projects and 97% client retention; these are self-reported figures with no published measurement methodology., GIGA IT’s Guidewire case reports reducing a particular financial-close workflow from three hours to 15 minutes, a 91.67% reduction., WEPs signatory since January 21, 2021.

## Products & services

- **Staff Augmentation** — Senior software, data, AI, cloud and QA specialists join a customer’s team under the customer’s daily direction; GIGA IT handles recruitment, employment and continuity.
- **AI Engineering Teams** — Cross-functional teams aligned to a client roadmap, combining engineering specialists with AI-assisted testing, documentation and reporting.
- **End-to-End Delivery** — Project delivery covering discovery, architecture, implementation, release and continuing support or knowledge transfer.
- **AI Strategy Consulting** — Readiness assessments, prioritized use cases, investment logic and phased roadmaps; projected benefits are separate from delivered outcomes.
- **Software and AI Product Engineering** — Custom applications, modernization, API integrations and AI-enabled workflows.
- **Data, Analytics and Cloud** — Data engineering, analytics, platform modernization and infrastructure across Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.
- **Intelligent Automation** — Process reengineering, workflow automation, RPA and AI agents.
- **Industrial and Edge Solutions** — Industrial automation, engineering design, IoT telemetry and edge processing.
- **Operations and Security** — Managed services, production monitoring and cybersecurity services.

## Achievements

- Current company website reports 300+ engineering specialists, 1,215+ delivered projects and 97% client retention; these are self-reported figures with no published measurement methodology.
- GIGA IT’s Guidewire case reports reducing a particular financial-close workflow from three hours to 15 minutes, a 91.67% reduction.
- WEPs signatory since January 21, 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Published a dedicated-development-team buyer’s guide dated October 21, and a BairesDev/Toptal/Turing comparison guide dated October 19.
- **2025-01** — Ai2’s Chris Jones posted a client review describing Gundi integration-pipeline work and continuing platform stability as integrations and users increased.

## Links

- Website: https://grupo-giga.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/giga-i-t-/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giga_it/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GigaIT

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Last updated: 2026-10-24