Software that
ships — and
keeps running.
Runaway Studios is a Chicago software studio that owns and operates its own product lines - not a portfolio of client projects. We build them, ship them, and keep running them: children's learning apps used by millions of families, AI assistants that work over an ordinary text message, and AI automation running inside a live operating business.
Downloads across Intellijoy's early-learning apps, used by more than 25 million families — a decade-plus of software people rely on every day. That's the bar we build to.
Wren is now Frondesk.
Our AI assistant has grown into its own brand. The product formerly called Wren now lives at frondesk.ai - one number you text or WhatsApp, working across the Google and Outlook accounts you connect. The assistant you talk to is still named Wren; the product is Frondesk.
Four things we build into what we own.
We stay small and own what we ship, so the path from an idea to a released product stays short.
Product lines we own.
Nine product lines we own and operate - not client work - across learning apps, AI assistants and automation, mobile, and tooling. From a decade-old app brand to AI running live inside an operating business.
Educational games for preschool and kindergarten kids — reading, math, shapes, and more. 50M+ downloads and a decade-plus track record.
An AI assistant you reach on one number. Text or WhatsApp it, and it works across the Google and Outlook accounts you connect. Now at frondesk.ai.
AI agents that work eligibility, claims, Medicaid pending, and reporting for skilled nursing operators. Live across a multi-facility operator.
Have something you want built, or a question about the work?
We keep the studio small and the loop short — you talk to the people building it.