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About DOJO

The place to find the path

DOJO Technology is an independent AI and data consultancy based in Florianópolis that takes Brazilian enterprises from AI Awareness to an AI-Data-Decision-Driven operation.

Facts

DOJO at a glance

  • Founded in 2019.
  • Headquartered in Florianópolis, SC.
  • Approximately 35 people.
  • Experience in supply chain, retail, manufacturing, financial services, agriculture, and education.
  • Recognition: As 100+ Inovadoras no uso de TI (2021 and 2024) and Case de Sucesso IT 4CIO (2022).

  • Databricks
  • ElevenLabs
  • Lovable
  • Vercel
  • Microsoft
  • AWS
  • Google
  • Oracle

How we think

Three convictions that guide every project

Data without decisions is a cost.

A data lake that changes no decisions is just a cloud bill. We start every project with the decision that needs to improve and work backward to the data.

AI that is not used does not exist.

A model generates value only when it becomes part of decision-makers' daily work. That is why we measure adoption, not deliverables, and stay until it is in use.

We choose the tool based on the problem, not the partner.

We are vendor-independent and earn no commissions on licenses. We recommend the architecture that solves your problem at the lowest total cost.

Founders

Who leads DOJO

Matheus Anversa

CEO and founder

Matheus Anversa

Turning data into decisions for 20+ years — and founder of three companies along the way.

+20
years in data & tech
3
companies founded
R$ 1,2 mi
saved through in-house R&D
  • Former Data Director at Neoway, leading data while revenue grew from R$70M to over R$100M.
  • Cut cloud costs by 20% and built the data structure for US expansion.
  • Visiting researcher at Western University (Canada) and R&D manager for a UFSC–Petrobras project.

Education & certifications

  • MIT CDO Foundations
  • MBA Executivo Insper
  • MSc Sistemas Distribuídos UFSC
  • Ciência da Computação UFSM
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Gustavo Castanheira

CTO and co-founder

Gustavo Castanheira

Helps companies stop piloting AI and start transforming with it — with real governance.

+27%
annual revenue for a media client
-95%
processing time in manufacturing
7
countries of experience
  • Executive AI governance (NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act, ISO 42001) combined with agent and MCP engineering.
  • Technical lead on agents, orchestrators and predictive models: 2x retail conversion, -40% financial back-office overload.
  • Global career at IBM, HP and Whirlpool; Data Governance Top Voice 2023 and IT4CIO Award 2022.

Education & certifications

  • CCDO Professional
  • Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer
  • Anthropic AI Agents & MCP
  • Oracle OCI AI Foundations
  • DPO certificado
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • Scrum Master
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Adoption method

Five stages, one definition of done

Before we begin, we establish the Definition of Adopted with the client: the observable behavior that proves the solution is in use, including who uses it, how often, and for which decision. The project ends only when this criterion is met.

Proposal and kickoff

Scope, success metrics, and the Definition of Adopted agreed upon with the client.

Build

Short cycles with deliverables tested by those who will use the solution daily.

Launch

Go-live with team training and monitoring of initial decisions.

30-day hypercare

A DOJO team dedicated to adjustments, questions, and fixes as usage becomes established.

Ongoing Support

Monitoring, development, and continuous improvement of the solution in production.

Work with us

Come build with us

We look for people who enjoy solving difficult problems, working with real data, and seeing solutions in use. Small teams, autonomy, and clients that make a difference in the country's economy.

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