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Worker-Owned Tech Consultancy

Bocoup's company logo, which is a hand illustrated rooster in red, yellow and brown, with purplish hues in the brown. The illustration was made by the Boston based artist Billy Nunez in 2009. The rooster's name is Bob.
We partner with tech companies, nonprofits, and other institutions on projects to develop web standards, software tools, and digital projects. Our team is uniquely positioned to build technologies that resist capture, safeguard privacy, and interoperate intentionally.
We are a multicultural team of product and standards developers working with partners on engineering projects that align with our mission and values. We are committed to making tech spaces safer for marginalized people in our projects and on our team.

Why Bocoup

Even superheroes need a secret weapon. For the team at the Algorithmic Justice League, Bocoup is ours. As a tiny but mighty non-profit, we have worked with Bocoup for years to build internal and external systems, custom visualizations, prototypes and more. Not only do they provide excellent development services, but they also have proven to be invaluable thought partners and co conspirators. If you want to work with a values-based organization that values attention to detail and robust execution, Bocoup will rise to the occasion and exceed your expectations.

Dr. Joy Buolamwini

Author of Unmasking AI and founder of the Algorithmic Justice League

Bocoup has been a tremendous support in building our digital capacity at Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. Their attention to detail and collaborative spirit ensuring community participation has been an important factor in creating products that are accessible, inclusive, and deeply engaging. We highly recommend Bocoup and wish them success.

Hamid Khan

Organizer at Stop LAPD Spying Coalition

We went to Bocoup because of their demonstrated success in the world of Scratch. From design to hand-off they delivered the knowledge, creativity, and technical expertise needed to meet our short-term goals and ultimately, the tools and knowledge we need to continue to grow the project into the future.

Ian Honohan

Software Development Manager at Vernier

Your team has shown the same productivity, independent drive for excellence, and good judgment under ambiguity that I expect from Googlers!

Rick Byers

Web Platform Area Tech Lead on Chrome at Google

It was really fruitful working with Boaz [Sender] and the Bocoup team for the ongoing WPT Accessibility Interop project. Bocoup’s efforts contributed to the group tripling its expected test authoring output in 2023, and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish together in 2024.

James Craig

Accessibility Standards Manager at Apple

Recent Projects

p5.js logo on a pink background

We built a documentation platform for p5.js that serves its vibrant open-source community with lightning-fast performance, multilingual support, and a flexible content authoring system—all while maintaining the project's commitment to accessibility and inclusivity

Learn Moreabout p5.js Documentation Platform
The Firefox logo with a drop shadow on a beige background

Mozilla invited us into their process to identify and prioritize developer-facing features that were missing from Firefox.

Learn Moreabout Researching Browser Capability Gaps
An illustration of a computer where a test is being performed

We built an app that tests how the ARIA accessibility patterns are rendered in assistive technologies (like screen-readers) and browsers. The project started with manual testing and has now evolved to include an innovative system to automatically record the behavior of the ATs.

Learn Moreabout An app that tests how browsers and Assistive Technologies (ATs) render ARIA accessibility features
Screenshot of wpt.fyi that displays results for “cross origin opener policy“

Recent from the Blog

Feb 27 2025

Bocoup Is Now Worker-Owned

Illustration by Isaac Durazo tl;dr Bocoup has transitioned to a cooperative model, with each team member serving as a worker-owner of the consultancy. We are sharpening our focus to capture-resistant, privacy-preserving, public-interest technology. Interoperability, accessibility, and testing will continue to be a core part of our work. We’re keeping the same corporate entity, so our […]

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Bocoup Is Now Worker-Owned
Feb 27 2025

Ciao Bocoup

Today is my last day as the owner of and Founding Principal at Bocoup. Please join me in congratulating the six new owners of the company: the Bocoup Workers Collective! The Collective has taken over leadership and operations. The Collective has prepared a post with FAQs and a group statement to answer questions we’ve gotten […]

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Ciao Bocoup
Feb 13 2025

Interop 2025 Launch

Interop is turning 4 this year! (Well, 5 actually if you count its inception as Compat 2021). Browser interoperability remains an important value for us at Bocoup. We view interoperability as an essential counter to monopolization of the web. Interoperability makes the web more accessible and inclusive for all. In 2024, the collective efforts of […]

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Interop 2025 Launch

Our Clients

AJC
Boston College
Climate Central
Disney
Duolingo
Ebay
Google
Harvard Business Review
Harvard University
Hasbro
Intuit
JSI Research & Training Institute
Knight Foundation
LinkedIn
LogMeIn
London Olympics
MassMutual
Microsoft
MIT
Mozilla
New America
Newsweek
Riot Games
The Concord Consortium
The Guardian
Travelers
United Nations
University of Chicago
University of Washington Interactive Data Lab
Vernier
Vidyo

Contact Us

We'd love to hear from you. Get in touch!

Email

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