Mutual Mobile is hoping the move will enhance its position in what is a highly-competitive industry and build on the presence it has already established from its headquarters at offices in Austin.
Many of the development firm’s clients and operating partners are based on America’s West Coast, so the opening of a new California office is viewed as an important step for the Texan start-up.
“We’re incredibly excited about integrating more deeply with the Bay Area’s technology community,” said Mutual Mobile’s 23-year-old founder and chief executive, John Arrow.
“So many of our clients and partners are located in and around San Francisco that having an office here was really a no-brainer.”
Working on applications for some of the world’s most widely used mobile devices, including the Apple iPhone, Mutual Mobile has collaborated with major names in the sector, such as Google and StumbleUpon.
The aim of the development firm is generally to deliver cross-platform solutions for a wide range of industries, from healthcare and education to banking and mobile commerce.
Around 80 of the organisation’s employees are currently operating out of its office space in Austin, where its headquarters will remain, while a further 35 to 40 are expected to be taken on in San Francisco as its new office takes shape.
Earlier this month, the web-based communications business WebsiteAlive reflected on the successful expansion of its Houston, Texas, office space, which it now expects will accommodate ongoing growth into 2011.
Editor’s notes: Founded in a college dorm room in 2009, Mutual Mobile helped Walmart debut a VR store demo in 2017 and built an AR experience for global cruise company, Royal Caribbean, in 2019.
In December 2022, it was announced that Mutual Mobile had been acquired by global digital engineering company Grid Dynamics.
Grid Dynamics was headquartered in Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Mutual Mobile remained headquartered in Austin at the time.
As of June 2026, Grid Dynamics’ corporate headquarters were at 6101 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583, close to Silicon Valley.
At the same time, Mutual Mobile listed its headquarters as 701 Tillery Street, Austin, Texas 78702.