— A Manifesto

We engineer
growth as a
compounding asset.

— The Studio

Blake & Watt was founded in Montréal in the spring of 2019 by two brothers and a sister — one a web developer, one a photographer and artist, and the third a writer and screenplay writer. The premise has not changed: take fewer clients, sit with each one for years, and build systems — search platforms, AI agents, automated operations, cinematic interfaces — that quietly outearn the agencies they replace.

Founded

Montréal, 2019

Digital Studios

Ottawa · Toronto · New York · London

Headcount

Eight — engineers, ML researchers, cinematographers, operators

Capacity

Twelve engagements a year, on retainer

— Practice

Four disciplines.
One operating system.

  1. 01

    Predictive SEO

    Search platforms, not campaigns. We build entity-aware content graphs, programmatic page systems, technical foundations, and SERP-prediction models that compound across years. Our remit covers traditional Google, generative AI Overviews, and the new answer engines (Perplexity, ChatGPT search, Google AI Mode).

  2. 02

    AI Web Systems

    Conversational commerce, retrieval-augmented support, agentic interfaces, and AI-native CMS. Built on production models with guardrails, evaluation harnesses, and fallbacks — engineered to survive a board-level audit, not just a demo.

  3. 03

    Business Automation

    We replace internal tooling with autonomous workflows: CRM, finance, procurement, HR, and bespoke operations. Twenty to fifty processes per engagement, stitched together with deterministic logic and AI agents where reasoning is required.

  4. 04

    Cinematic Graphics

    Real-time WebGL, generative 3D pipelines, motion design, and brand films. Our cinematic work is treated as engineering: shader stacks, asset budgets, performance ceilings, and a pixel-level review of every frame that ships.

  5. 05

    Strategy & Measurement

    Every engagement is backed by a forecast, a P&L, and a measurement layer that ties our work to revenue. We are paid on outcomes more often than hours.

— A Note on Method
“The best growth systems behave like infrastructure: invisible when working, irreplaceable when removed.”

— From the studio notebook, vol. III

— By the Numbers

The studio in figures.

  • +312%

    Average non-brand organic revenue uplift across SEO engagements

  • 9.4×

    Median visibility lift inside generative AI answer engines

  • 78%

    Average reduction in production cost on cinematic 3D pipelines

  • 23 / 50

    Internal workflows automated per business-operations engagement

  • 96+

    Lighthouse performance held on every WebGL-led storefront we ship

  • 12 / yr

    Engagements accepted per year — every one on retainer

— Recognition

Selected awards & press.

  • 2025Search Engine Land Awards — Best B2C SEO Platform (Vanta)
  • 2025Awwwards — Site of the Year, Cinematic Commerce (Noctua)
  • 2025Fast Company — World Changing Ideas, AI Operations
  • 2024FWA — Best in Class, Generative 3D Pipeline (Object Studio)
  • 2024Built In — AI Agency to Watch
  • 2023Wired — Profile, ‘The Quiet Studio Behind the Loud Brands’
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