44+ specialists. One living network. DreamLab helps ambitious teams design, build and ship with AI, immersive tech and realtime computing — from first prototype to fully-launched product.
📍 Labs across Manchester · Liverpool · Cumbria · London
The world doesn't work
the way it used to.
Neither do we.
Old organisations were built to optimise — to standardise, scale, and protect what they know. That worked when change was slow and direction was clear. It doesn't work anymore.
Technology is now rewriting itself every few months. AI, immersive media, spatial computing, realtime systems — these aren't tomorrow's problems. They're this morning's. And they reward organisations that can move, sense, and adapt in weeks, not years.
DreamLab is our answer to that. A network, not a hierarchy. A collective, not a roster. Assembled around every brief, tuned to every signal — and designed to stay useful no matter how fast the ground shifts.
These aren't taglines. They're the working rules that shape how every DreamLab project is run — and the reason we deliver things that seem impossible inside traditional structures.
DreamLab launched in June 2024 with a simple conviction — that the North West UK could host a world-class creative technology ecosystem. Less than two years in, the collective has supported over 100 businesses, delivered 35+ projects, and channelled £2.7M of investment and new business directly into the north west.
We're only just getting started. Scroll the timeline for what we've built so far — and what we're building next.
Six reasons ambitious teams choose DreamLab over a traditional agency, consultancy or in-house build.
No pitching teams, no junior handoffs. You work with the people who actually build the thing — every call, every sprint.
We draw the right specialists from a 44+ network for your exact brief — AI, XR, creative, production, research. Not an org chart trying to force-fit.
Concepts in days. Working prototypes in weeks. Shippable products in months. Our residency model compresses quarters into sprints.
We ship with agentic AI, LLMs, realtime engines and spatial computing — with the engineering rigour and governance to put them in production.
Our team scans the AI and creative-tech landscape weekly. You get what actually works right now — not last year's stack repackaged.
One contract covers strategy, creative, engineering, production and training. Less wrangling, faster outcomes, clearer accountability.
Pick the shape that fits your challenge. We'll help you find the right one on the first call.
You have a clear brief. We scope, build and ship it — on a fixed timeline and price. Ideal for prototypes, products, campaigns and launches.
Your team comes to our Lake District facility — or we embed with yours. High-intensity co-creation that collapses months of R&D into days.
A rolling creative-tech partnership. Strategy, builds and insight on tap — so you can move on opportunities as they appear, not six months later.
Enterprise AI programmes, bespoke workshops and our AI Commander masterclass. Build the capability inside your organisation to carry on without us.
The winners of the next ten years won't be the biggest companies — they'll be the fastest to sense, integrate and deploy new capability. That's why DreamLab is built as a live network, not a fixed firm. Our job is to stay at the frontier — so our clients never have to wonder what's coming next.
Tell us what you're trying to build, explore, or figure out. We'll come back within one working day with a way to move it forward.