# Stable Kernel

> Stable Kernel is an Atlanta digital transformation company that embeds multidisciplinary teams inside large enterprises to research, design, build, modernize, and operate custom digital products. Its differentiator is not a packaged app but a joined-up method: customer research before roadmaps, product design alongside engineering, and data and AI work tied to legacy systems that cannot simply be switched off.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Atlanta, United States
- **Founders:** Jason Russell (CEO and Co-Founder), Joe Conway (Founder)
- **Team size:** 106 U.S.-based employees reported by Great Place To Work in October 2025; the supplied company record lists 130 employees.
- **Products:** Enterprise Digital Transformation, Product Design & Development, Market Research & Strategy, Data & AI
- **Notable:** Ranked No. 1,415 on the 2025 Inc. 5000 with 307% three-year growth., Made the Inc. 5000 in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2025, according to Inc.'s company profile., Ranked No. 25 on Fortune's Best Small Workplaces list in 2024 and No. 54 in 2023.

## Products & services

- **Enterprise Digital Transformation** — Custom full-stack, cloud-native platforms, application modernization, IoT integration, platform engineering, test engineering and ecosystem engineering for large organizations.
- **Product Design & Development** — Research-led product strategy, UX and UI, design systems, mobile and web product development, usability testing and connected-device design.
- **Market Research & Strategy** — Customer insights, focus groups, concept testing, statistical analysis, brand and category evaluation, and strategic marketing roadmaps.
- **Data & AI** — Data engineering, analytics, custom AI models, predictive systems and agentic AI implementations tied to enterprise workflows.

## Achievements

- Ranked No. 1,415 on the 2025 Inc. 5000 with 307% three-year growth.
- Made the Inc. 5000 in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2025, according to Inc.'s company profile.
- Ranked No. 25 on Fortune's Best Small Workplaces list in 2024 and No. 54 in 2023.
- Earned Great Place To Work certification for a fourth consecutive year in 2024, when 98% of employees surveyed called it a great workplace.
- Its published QSR case study reports a 400% first-week increase in online orders and $4 million per week generated across 250 pilot locations.
- Its case-study index reports a 90% hosting-cost reduction for Rheem and large reductions in complaints, supply waste and manual checks for a facilities client.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published a detailed recovery framework for failed conversational AI pilots, centered on integration brittleness, latency, failure handling and observability.
- **2025-10** — Great Place To Work reported a 100% positive Trust Index result and 106 U.S.-based employees.
- **2025-08** — Inc. ranked Stable Kernel No. 1,415 on the 2025 Inc. 5000, citing 307% three-year growth.
- **2025-06** — Partnered with Industry Dive on a session about loyalty technology and first-party data in foodservice.
- **2025-01** — Launched a dedicated Data & AI practice focused on data engineering, predictive analytics and agentic AI.
- **2024-12** — The supplied company record reports a $2.58 million debt-financing round; lender details were not identified.

## Links

- Website: https://stablekernel.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stablekernel
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/stablekernel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stablekernel/

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Last updated: 2026-08-22