Hornet is a Privately Owned company, headquartered in the US. Founded in 2001 with approximately 140 employees, it reported $15.1M in revenue as of 2023. Functioning as a tier 2 media tech buyer, the company operates as a multidisciplinary production studio specializing in media managed services.
On June 30, 2026, multidisciplinary creative studio Hornet launched Perfect Stranger, a full-stack sister creative company designed to offer brands an integrated approach to brand strategy design and advertising production. This new entity combines agency-level strategic thinking with Hornet’s 25 years of production expertise, aiming to deliver seamless work from concept through execution in response to growing demand for more agile creative partners. Hornet's client roster includes Tiffany, Meta, Amazon, and Estee Lauder. Previously, on June 9, 2026, Hornet encountered operational challenges with its on-premises creative machine, relying on in-house rendering and storage supplemented by a basic AWS render account. The system experienced a lack of cloud storage syncing and a VPN bottleneck capped at 1.2 Gbps for file transfers.