The operating system for live event production.
We turn 12 years of head-role production expertise into software that tells producers what every show will cost, who's coming, and what they'll spend — before the truck arrives.
What's broken in live event production.
Spreadsheet sprawl
Critical cost data lives in forty crew chiefs' spreadsheets, none of which talk to each other.
Vendor opacity
Two identical IATSE classifications quote $4–5/hr apart depending on the employer — and producers can't see it.
No benchmarking
Producers make seven-figure decisions on gut because the data exists everywhere except where they need it.
Three layers. One system.
01 / Cost
Production Cost Layer
Real IATSE labor rates indexed by employer, gear costs by vendor, expendables by venue. The numbers your CBA spreadsheet doesn't surface.
02 / Revenue
Revenue Layer
Ticket math, sponsor takes, F&B yields — modeled against the cost layer so producers see margin before they sign the contract.
03 / Intelligence
Intelligence Layer
Demographic and market data joined to your show profile. Who's coming, what they spend, where to put the next event.
Built from inside the trade.
Wavemist is built by an IATSE Local 16 Journeyperson with 12+ years of head-role experience in live event production — head LED tech, V1, head carpenter. Built by someone who's run the shows we're building software for.
Become a design partner.
We're looking for production companies that run between $15K and $5M in shows annually and want to be the first to use Wavemist in production.
What we offer: free access to the platform for 12 months, hands-on integration support from the founder, and meaningful input into roadmap. Two-way NDA. Reasonable scope.
What we ask: real production data on real shows, candid feedback, willingness to be a named reference customer when you're happy with what we've built.
If that sounds like you, drop a line below.