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Top 25 AI animation studios based in New Zealand
RevenueBase identified 59 AI animation studios headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026 and tracks 2,307 professional contacts across them, including 1,618 with verified work emails. Auckland is the largest hub.
This list covers AI animation studios headquartered in New Zealand, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
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The 25 largest AI animation studios based in New Zealand
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,585 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are Wētā FX - artists and innovators in the world of digital entertainment (previously Weta Digital).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 295 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Weta Digital is the standard-bearer for creativity and innovation in visual effects and animation, attracting talent, partners, and clients that seek to push what is possible in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cause and FX is about creating with curiosity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With 25 years of experience in creating world class character animation in advertising, film and television, we know what it takes to ensure beautiful craft and story telling are…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Floating Rock Studio is an Animation and VFX powerhouse in Wellington, delivering photorealistic or stylized work for films, commercials, and game cinematics-all while making a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Masters of Reality is an Auckland-based VFX studio that combines creative artistry with intelligent technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Award-winning animation & moving image studio in Auckland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Seamlessly blending design, animation and live action to create images and stories that fit any budget, deadline or screen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We make animations sometimes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Assembly is a production company with a core team of directors, filmmakers, concept artists, graphic designers, developers, engineers, vfx specialists, 3D artists and animators.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are good, honest, creative people that are driven by the satisfaction of delivering compelling visuals to our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fox & Co: Makers of eMotion With roots in Wellington and an active presence in Sydney, Fox & Co has become a trusted name in captivating animation and motion design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Motion design and creative technology studio” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Spacifx is a creative media and digital technologies company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We’re a motion & animation studio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Moves is a post-production company, offering a fully integrated design and animation approach to ensure your brand personality is brought to life through motion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re a motion graphics and design studio that specialises in spectacular animated video content for all kinds of events and experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A creative, multi-disciplinary studio specialising in commercial video production and social content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “HolesinShoes is a small team of forward thinking artists and problem solvers, who love taking an idea from a rough initial concept through to beautiful visuals and solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Monte- Frank started in 2020 is a Creative studio which specializes in 3D design/animation and content production, working directly for brands in the fashion, product and music…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Lucid Lab is a boutique video production studio in Auckland, crafting cinematic brand films, animation, AI-driven video, and social-first vertical content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Craft Shop is an award-winning independent production house designed to help agencies bring ideas to life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Matter is a groundbreaking creative content studio that expertly combines product photography with AI-generated backgrounds.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Motion Jelly is a 3D animation studio working fully remotely from Auckland, New Zealand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: AI animation studios. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names AI animation studios.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of AI animation studios, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name AI animation studios. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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AI animation studios based in New Zealand at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for New Zealand, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for New Zealand, over 59 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among AI animation studios, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in New Zealand whose own description of what they do matches “AI animation studios”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names AI animation studios), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among AI animation studios, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside New Zealand are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,618 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names AI animation studios, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many AI animation studios are there based in New Zealand?
RevenueBase identified 59 AI animation studios headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Wētā FX, headquartered in Wellington, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most AI animation studios?
Auckland leads with 24 headquartered companies, followed by Wellington (15) and Christchurch (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,618 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 59 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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