Here’s a look at what the first two months of 2026 brought to Mellow.
Meet Indie Launchpad – Our Support Program for Indie Studios
Who It’s For: Independent Game Development Teams
Picture this: launch day is almost here, and you have promises to keep – to your players, your publisher, your investors, or perhaps all three at once. You’re hiring new people, rethinking how your team works, and somehow still finding time to build the game itself. In financial terms, that means money going out faster than ever, with no sales yet to bring any in. A tough place to be.
Here’s our answer: small indie teams can use Mellow’s products for just $1 a month.
What you get:
Contractor Management – a service for handling contracts and payments. Onboard new team members, send payments to 100 countries in 30 currencies, and automate contracts and invoices.
AI Scout – find the specialists you need anywhere in the world and invite them directly into Contractor Management. Every day, the service sends you a fresh selection of candidates matched to your requirements.
The New Project Radar, Now in the Same Multiverse as AI Scout
Who It’s For: Freelancers Actively Looking for Projects
Finding the right projects is only half the job. The other half is not losing track of them in the steady stream of chats, emails, spreadsheets, and everyday work. That’s why we’ve added the first version of a CRM to Project Radar. Freelancers can now see where each project stands, manage their applications, and move projects through the funnel from first interest to final result.
And then comes the most important step: writing the application itself. How many projects have you missed because you put off sending that message? To help make sure it doesn’t happen again, try the new AI Cover Letter feature – apply to any project in seconds, and then carry on as usual in your CRM.
And how’s Project Radar performing overall? Quite well, actually – our internal surveys show that the share of well-matched projects has more than doubled. We’re also steadily expanding the list of places where the service searches for work on your behalf: Working Nomads was added recently, with Telegram, Slack, and Discord next in line.
On top of that, the roles companies post through our other service, AI Scout, are now discoverable in Project Radar too. These two clearly go well together.
Bonus Observation: Freelancers Love Getting Paid by Invoice
In January, invoices became more popular than offers, and February kept the momentum going: 63.2% of contractor payouts went through invoices. Curious how it works? Our Knowledge Hub article covers everything you need to know about getting paid by a client this way.
