Star is a technology consultancy founded in 2008 as Cogniance. The company works in software engineering, product design and digital systems development, primarily in the automotive, media and advertising and healthcare sectors.
History
The company was founded in Silicon Valley in 2008 under the name Cogniance by Juha Christensen, Michael Schreibmann and Sergii Gorpynich. Star Global Consulting Ltd was incorporated in the United Kingdom on 14 June 2010.
In 2019, Cogniance announced a rebrand and changed its name to Star. The same year, Japanese IT company NTT DATA announced an investment in Star to expand cooperation in industrial and service design.
In 2021, Star acquired Pro4People, a Polish medical technology consultancy.
Selected projects
Star participated in the development of NOMI, an in-car assistant for Nio. The company also co-developed infotainment HMI frameworks for SAIC Motor's MG vehicles. The MG iSmart system received a Golden A' Design Award in the 2020–2021 Interface, Interaction and User Experience Design category. A later version, iSmart 2.0, received a Silver award in the Automotive & Transport category at the International Design Awards. In healthcare technology, Star worked on OYSTA, a dosage-management platform for children with ADHD, which received a UX Design Award (2024) and an iF Design Award (2025).
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