# Penji

> Penji is an on-demand graphic design service that swaps hourly invoices and freelancer roulette for a flat monthly fee. Submit unlimited design requests, get a dedicated designer matched to your brand, and receive work in about a day. Founded in Camden, New Jersey in 2017 and bootstrapped to roughly $21 million in annual revenue, Penji sells design the way Spotify sells music: one price, no ceiling.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Camden, New Jersey, United States
- **Founders:** Khai Tran (CEO & Co-Founder), Johnathan Grzybowski (CMO & Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~167-230 employees across four continents, including ~116+ full-time designers sourced mainly from Vietnam and the Philippines
- **Products:** Marketing & Ads plan, Agency plan, Creative Team plan, AI-powered designer matching
- **Notable:** First Camden, New Jersey startup ever to make the Inc. 5000 (ranked #1006 in 2019), Bootstrapped to roughly $21.3M in annual revenue with zero outside funding, Delivered 4.2 million-plus creative assets to 4,000+ teams

## Products & services

- **Marketing & Ads plan** — Entry subscription for unlimited requests across branding, logos, ad creatives, social media graphics, email, print, packaging, presentations, illustrations and infographics, with Art Director oversight and roughly one business-day turnaround.
- **Agency plan** — Mid-tier plan adding short-form video, motion graphics and web design, more concurrent workstreams, priority turnaround, and a white-label platform for agencies reselling design.
- **Creative Team plan** — Top-tier plan adding AI video production, front-end development and senior creatives, with same-day turnaround on an enterprise platform.
- **AI-powered designer matching** — System that assigns a consistent, best-fit designer to each account by skill and availability instead of using crowdsourced design contests.

## Achievements

- First Camden, New Jersey startup ever to make the Inc. 5000 (ranked #1006 in 2019)
- Bootstrapped to roughly $21.3M in annual revenue with zero outside funding
- Delivered 4.2 million-plus creative assets to 4,000+ teams
- Maintains a ~4.8/5 average rating across Clutch, G2 and Trustpilot with 1,000+ five-star reviews
- Named a top startup to watch by Philadelphia Magazine; press in Forbes, Inc., Success and Technical.ly

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Revenue scaled from $9.3M (2023) to roughly $21.3M (2024) while remaining fully bootstrapped.
- **2024-06** — Repositioned around 'Human-led. AI-Accelerated.' with AI-enhanced research, ideation and production workflows.
- **2024-09** — Launched AI-powered designer matching to assign consistent, best-fit designers by skill and availability.
- **2025-01** — Top-tier Creative Team plan added AI video production and front-end development alongside senior creatives.

## Links

- Website: https://penji.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dotpenji
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dotpenji
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dotpenji
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/penji.co
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dotpenji
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dotpenji

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Last updated: 2026-08-14