Bloom Studio

Bloom Studio is a San Francisco-based technology company that develops consumer web services and mobile applications combining data visualization with casual gameplay. The organization focuses on creating interactive digital experiences that transform complex datasets into engaging visual interfaces for general audiences across various digital platforms. Its flagship product, an iPad application called Planetary that visualized user music libraries as interactive celestial systems, achieved over 3.5 million downloads before its source code was acquired by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Following its initial success in the mobile application market, the company was officially acquired by Yahoo in 2013 to integrate its proprietary data visualization technology into broader consumer media platforms. Prior to this acquisition, the firm operated as an independent software development studio. Bloom Studio was founded in 2010 by technology entrepreneurs Ben Cerveny and Tom Carden.