Laniakea (company)

Laniakea Technologies, S.A. de C.V., trading as Laniakea, is a Mexican Software company headquartered in Zapopan, Jalisco. It develops a mobile and web platform that combines social-networking and electronic-commerce functions with tools for digital content, events, accommodation, mobility and payments.

History

Laniakea Technologies was established in Mexico in 2021. A company-published profile identifies Erick Rosado as the founder. The company identifies Rosado as its chair and José Gerardo Rosado Ortega as its chief operating officer.

Mobile-application analytics publication MWM lists 21 March 2025 as the first release date of the company's iOS application. The application was subsequently distributed through several mobile-software stores. Its current store descriptions emphasize a combination of social interaction and online commerce.

Platform

The Laniakea platform is organized around user profiles, posts and marketplace listings. Users can publish and comment on content, follow other accounts, list products and services, and attach commercial or payment functions to posts.

The platform's store listings describe the following groups of services:

• Social and content tools, including profiles, posts, comments, stories, mentions and paid digital content;
• Electronic commerce, including retail and wholesale listings, product catalogues, inventory controls, coupons and order management;
• Events and travel, including event discovery, accommodation listings and transportation-related tools; and
• Payments, including support for several digital and locally available payment methods.

Individual services, catalogues and payment providers vary by country and availability.

Business model

The platform supports marketplace activity, paid content, subscriptions and in-app purchases. The iOS version is offered without an initial download charge and includes optional in-app purchases. Its listings describe tools through which creators and sellers can charge for content or sell products and services.

Distribution

Laniakea is distributed for Android through Google Play and for iPhone and iPad through Apple's App Store. Listings have also been published through the Huawei AppGallery and Samsung Galaxy Store.

As of July 2026, MWM reported 32 ratings for the iOS application and estimated fewer than 1,000 downloads through the App Store.

Name

The company's name refers to the Laniakea Supercluster, the large-scale astronomical structure that includes the Milky Way. The company uses the supercluster as a metaphor for combining multiple digital services within a single platform.