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OUR STORY

Not Just Tech for Good. Tech That Does Good

We launched in 2021 in Amsterdam.

Everyone was talking about innovation. Few were actually doing it especially where it counts: public health, sustainability, cities, equity. So we stopped waiting and built our own lab for disruption.

Disrupt AMS was born out of the belief that tech shouldn't be neutral. It should have teeth. And a direction.

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OUR MANIFESTO

DESIGN IS POLITICAL

We don’t hide behind neutrality. We design with intention, responsibility, and edge.

SCALABILITY  ≠ COMPROMISE

You can scale and stay ethical. Scale and stay human.
We bake that into the architecture from day one.

NO VANITY METRICS. ONLY IMPACT

We don’t care how many downloads you had if no one came back.
We measure what moves people. What shifts behavior. What actually matters.

SYSTEMS > FEATURES

We don’t just build shiny new buttons.
We redesign systems-flows, policies, interactions-so they serve users, not just stakeholders.
Good features follow. Good systems lead.

BUILD LIKE SOMEONE'S LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. BECAUSE IT MIGHT.

Whether it’s a breathing sensor, a welfare platform, or a city mobility map-this isn’t theory.
It’s real. It’s urgent.
And we treat every project with the weight it deserves.

COLLABORATION OVER EGO

Innovation doesn’t happen in silos-or echo chambers.
We co-create with communities, clients, engineers, skeptics, frontline workers.
No rockstars. No lone geniuses. Just radical listeners building smarter, together.

THE FOUNDER

Maria Kontogiorgou / Chief Instigator
 

 

"Designs strategies like battle plans.
Cuts through noise like wire.
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Maria has been disrupting from the inside out for over 20 years. Her fingerprints are on everything from global FinTech apps to wearables for respiratory health. She’s led digital transformation across industries; consumer goods, health tech, sports, kitchen appliances and mobility for names like Philips, Coca-Cola, H&M, BNP Paribas, and the European Commission.

She doesn’t do safe. She builds what works and what’s next.

Weaving words into wonders

Riley Carter

CONTENT CRAFTER

Decoding the data jungle

Maya Ramirez

ANALYTICS ACE

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Ruling the social realm

Ali Torel

SOCIAL SUPERSTAR

Bringing brands to life

Noah Pattern

DESIGN DYNAMO

The architect of success

Olivia Chen

STRATEGY SENSE

Your go-to guide

Ethan Remi

CLIENT CARE COORDINATO

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