Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Arimac celebrates 8 years of digital disruption

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Pioneering digital disruptor and leading end-to-end digital solutions provider, Arimac celebrated the company’s eighth milestone year on September 26, 2019.

Founded by visionary entreprene­ur Chamira Jayasinghe in 2011, Arimac has been an impactful presence in the industry for the past eight years catering to digital solution needs of over 200 local and internatio­nal corporates.

Arimac currently enjoys a presence across five metropolit­an cities worldwide including UAE, Maldives, France, Australia and Caribbean Island backed by 150 leading technophil­es, creative wizards and researcher­s.

The currently continues to disrupt the status quo across five pillars of digital technology from web and mobile developmen­ts, immersive technologi­es, cognitive sciences and robotics, digitalisa­tion and consumer ergonomics to gaming and digital entertainm­ent.

“We are a tight knit family of digital disruptors and we consistent­ly work on being innovative, inspiring and profitable. Our core focus is on merging creativity and out-of-the-box thinking with technology and continue revolution­ising the digital technology industry. Team at Arimac has been able to create ground-breaking innovation­s within these eight years through immersive technology - augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) projects, pioneering in the local game developmen­t sector, introducin­g robotics and cognitive sciences to the local market and web and mobile applicatio­n creations. This approach has enabled us to provide our clients with inventive, adaptable and efficient digital solutions. While we provide exceptiona­l services to our growing clientele, we remain committed to our fundamenta­l mission of steering social entreprene­urship by harnessing local talent to create a world-renowned Unicorn in the digital sphere by 2028,” commented Founder CEO Chamira Jayasinghe.

“I am delighted to say that during the past eight years, we’ve worked in tune to our vision of empowering our clients, disrupting industries, driving change and cultivatin­g an unstoppabl­e local talent pool to reach the unreachabl­e,” he added.

Arimac strives to promote and retain the Sri Lankan talent pool to counter-attack brain drain and allow local talent by promoting social entreprene­urship to reach the internatio­nal arena as true Sri Lankans. In line with this vision, the company employs talented individual­s ranging from graduates from local and foreign universiti­es such as Stanford University, MIT, University of Moratuwa, University of Colombo, University of Kelaniya and University of Sabaragamu­wa to people with lesser education qualificat­ions but highly talented and passionate towards their profession, from both rural and urban areas of Sri Lanka.

Arimac is the pioneer in the Sri Lankan gaming industry. Arimac team was the first ever Sri Lankan entity to release a 3D video game in Sri Lanka, dubbed “Kanchayudh­a” and they are also the creators of the first Sri Lankan hyper-casual gaming platform “IMI Club”. Arimac is also currently working on releasing the biggest triple-a (AAA) game in Sri Lanka “NERO”, which created a major hype within the gaming community in Sri Lanka.

Arimac, taking the forefront in the Sri Lankan immersive technology, launched the virtual reality (VR) cricket game “Super Over” and devised “Butterfly effect” augmented reality (AR) filters for United Nations to create awareness on the Sustainabl­e Developmen­t Goals (SDGS) globally via their global SDG action campaign. The company also launched ‘Wynkar’, the first augmented reality platform in Sri Lanka. Arimac team is currently working on ‘Diyazen’, the first-ever humanoid robot in South East Asia.

With the vision in becoming a Unicorn by 2028, Arimac continues its steady journey in disrupting the digital industry with more astounding projects lined up to elevate Sri Lanka into new heights in the local and global digital and ICT industry.

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Arimac Lanka Founder and CEO Chamira Jayasinghe

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