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{"name":"Moonshot AI enterprise partner programme (Kimi)","website":"https://www.thestandard.com.hk/innovation/article/342426/Moonshot-AI-unveils-partner-program-driving-custom-AI-integration","hq_country":"China","year_founded":2026,"description":"Programme launched on 10 September 2026 in which Beijing-based Moonshot AI (Kimi) signs listed IT-services firms - Chinasoft International, Kingsoft Cloud and AsiaInfo Technologies in the first batch - to form joint teams of forward deployed engineers that embed Kimi models and agents in clients' core operations. Row covers the programme, not Moonshot overall.","delivery_model":"Joint forward-deployed-engineer teams with system-integrator partners at client sites; partner support on model and agent foundations, solution development and business-capability transformation","industries":"Energy; power; financial services; telecom (partner announcements)","platform_ecosystems":"Moonshot AI (Kimi K3 / K2.7 Code)","status":"independent","proof":"First signed partners per The Standard: Chinasoft International (HKEX 0354), Kingsoft Cloud (3896), AsiaInfo Technologies (1675); Caixin (paywalled) reports five partners incl. Beijing Teamsun and Beijing Asiacom","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"moonshot-ai-enterprise-partner-programme-kimi","layer":1,"tags":[],"hq_code":"CN","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.thestandard.com.hk/innovation/article/342426/Moonshot-AI-unveils-partner-program-driving-custom-AI-integration","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-09-11/moonshot-ai-expands-enterprise-push-through-it-services-partnerships-102483755.html","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://doc.irasia.com/listco/hk/asiainfo/announcement/a260825.pdf","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"SB OAI Japan","website":"https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20251105","hq_country":"Japan","year_founded":2025,"description":"SoftBank/OpenAI joint venture (50:50 via C Holdings and OpenAI) launched in November 2025 to sell 'Crystal intelligence' in Japan: a packaged enterprise AI offering that combines OpenAI's latest products with tailored implementation and system-integration services.","delivery_model":"Packaged OpenAI product plus tailored implementation and system integration; SoftBank Corp. is first internal user before customer rollout (availability planned 2026)","industries":"Cross-industry (Japan)","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI","investors":"C Holdings Corporation (50%; SoftBank Corp. 51% / SoftBank Group 49%); OpenAI (50%)","status":"independent","proof":"Listed in OpenAI Partner Network as SB OAI Japan GK","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"undisclosed","id":"sb-oai-japan","layer":1,"tags":[3],"hq_code":"JP","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20251105","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/news/press/sbkk/2025/20251105_02","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://convergedigest.com/softbank-and-openai-to-roll-out-enterprise-ai-crystal-intelligence/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Accenture-SAP forward deployed engineering programme","website":"https://newsroom.accenture.com/blogs/2026/accenture-launches-forward-deployed-engineering-program-with-sap","hq_country":"Ireland","year_founded":2026,"description":"Programme announced 8 June 2026 in which Accenture forward deployed engineers work with SAP teams and clients to build industry-specific AI solutions and agentic capabilities on the SAP Business AI Platform: discovery sprints, process redesign, data integration, rapid build and production activation, across hundreds of use cases in SAP's portfolio. Row covers the programme, not Accenture or SAP overall.","delivery_model":"Joint Accenture / SAP teams run discovery sprints, redesign processes, integrate data, build AI and activate it in production with feedback loops to SAP product teams","industries":"Cross-industry (example: oilfield services)","platform_ecosystems":"SAP (Business AI Platform, Autonomous Suite, S/4HANA Cloud Private, Joule, AI Core); Accenture","status":"independent","proof":"Accenture release dated 2026-06-08; number of engineers not disclosed; one unnamed client example (oilfield-services company prioritising drilling work orders)","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"accenture-sap-forward-deployed-engineering-programme","layer":2,"tags":[3],"hq_code":"IE","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://newsroom.accenture.com/blogs/2026/accenture-launches-forward-deployed-engineering-program-with-sap","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Accenture-Workday forward deployed engineering programme","website":"https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/accenture-launches-forward-deployed-engineering-program-with-workday-to-reinvent-work-for-the-agentic-ai-era","hq_country":"Ireland","year_founded":2026,"description":"Programme announced 13 October 2026 in which Accenture forward deployed engineers work alongside client HR and finance teams, and with Workday's product and technology teams, to take Workday agents into production inside the client's own processes, data, policies and controls. Row covers the programme, not Accenture or Workday overall.","delivery_model":"Accenture function, industry and engineering experts embedded with client HR and finance teams; feedback loop from client work into Workday agent development","industries":"HR and finance functions, cross-industry","platform_ecosystems":"Workday (agents); Accenture","status":"independent","proof":"Accenture release dated 2026-10-13; number of engineers not disclosed","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"accenture-workday-forward-deployed-engineering-programme","layer":2,"tags":[3],"hq_code":"IE","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/accenture-launches-forward-deployed-engineering-program-with-workday-to-reinvent-work-for-the-agentic-ai-era","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Atlassian forward deployed engineering programme","website":"https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-10-7-atlassian-launches-forward-deployed-engineering-program-to-scale-enterprise-ai-transformation","hq_country":"United States","year_founded":2026,"description":"Programme announced 7 October 2026 in which Atlassian engineers work inside customer environments, typically for 12 weeks, to build custom AI agents (IT helpdesk, HR support, routing, reporting) on Jira, Confluence and Rovo and to lead enterprise rollouts and governance; customers assign their own engineers alongside so they can keep building independently. Row covers the programme, not Atlassian overall.","delivery_model":"Roughly 12-week embedded engagements inside the customer; customer engineers paired with Atlassian engineers; work done in Atlassian's own codebase so fixes reach all customers","industries":"Cross-industry (named: Expedia, Reddit)","platform_ecosystems":"Atlassian (Jira, Confluence, Rovo, Teamwork Graph)","status":"independent","proof":"Company-reported: Expedia archived 600,000 Confluence pages (~3,200 hours a year saved) and runs 10,000+ agent invocations a month across 50 live projects; Reddit working with the engineers (no metrics)","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"atlassian-forward-deployed-engineering-programme","layer":2,"tags":[],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-10-7-atlassian-launches-forward-deployed-engineering-program-to-scale-enterprise-ai-transformation","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"ServiceNow forward deployed engineering","website":"https://newsroom.servicenow.com/press-releases/details/2026/ServiceNow-and-Accenture-launch-forward-deployed-engineering-program-to-scale-agentic-AI-across-the-enterprise/default.aspx","hq_country":"United States","year_founded":2026,"description":"ServiceNow's AI-native forward deployed engineering team, which works with industry-led Accenture FDEs (programme announced 6 May 2026 at Knowledge 2026) inside customers' environments to build agentic workflows on the ServiceNow platform and scale them enterprise-wide, one dedicated pod per customer value chain. Row covers the programme, not ServiceNow overall.","delivery_model":"Dedicated FDE pod per customer built around its value chain; results tracked in ServiceNow AI Control Tower","industries":"Cross-industry","platform_ecosystems":"ServiceNow; Accenture","status":"independent","proof":"Joint ServiceNow / Accenture programme press release, 6 May 2026 (number of FDEs not disclosed)","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"servicenow-forward-deployed-engineering","layer":2,"tags":[3],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://newsroom.servicenow.com/press-releases/details/2026/ServiceNow-and-Accenture-launch-forward-deployed-engineering-program-to-scale-agentic-AI-across-the-enterprise/default.aspx","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/servicenow-and-accenture-launch-forward-deployed-engineering-program-to-scale-agentic-ai-across-the-enterprise","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://pulse2.com/servicenow-and-accenture-forward-deployed-engineering-program-launched-to-scale-agentic-ai/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Accenture Federal Services","website":"https://www.accenturefederal.com/","hq_country":"United States","description":"Arlington, Virginia-based Accenture subsidiary serving US federal agencies (15,000 staff); named OpenAI Implementation Partner for the federal market on 14 May 2026, with an agentic lab at The Forge, OpenAI-trained solution architects and forward deployed engineers, and FedRAMP- and IL6+-aligned Codex pathways.","delivery_model":"Agentic lab for agencies; OpenAI-trained solution architects and forward deployed engineers moving PoCs to production; reference architectures and integration blueprints; training and governed model access","industries":"US federal government","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI (Implementation Partner); Anthropic (Claude Partner Network)","headcount_range":"15,000","headcount_source":"https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/accenture-federal-services-and-openai-partner-to-accelerate-secure-ai-adoption-across-the-federal-government","status":"subsidiary","acquirer":"Accenture","proof":"3,000+ AFS practitioners to use latest Codex models and 1,500 to get ChatGPT Enterprise for client delivery (release); no agency named","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"accenture-federal-services","layer":3,"tags":[2],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"subsidiary","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/accenture-federal-services-and-openai-partner-to-accelerate-secure-ai-adoption-across-the-federal-government","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://pulse2.com/accenture-federal-services-and-openai-announce-partnership-to-accelerate-secure-ai-adoption/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://aventis-advisors.com/the-claude-partner-network-explained/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"adesso","website":"https://www.adesso.de/","hq_country":"Germany","description":"Dortmund IT services group (12,000+ staff) named a Select Partner in Anthropic's Claude Partner Network Services Tier on 10 August 2026; its adSCAILE model has AI agents do the implementation while people guide it, with Claude Code for generation, refactoring and testing (cycles of two to four days instead of weeks) and more than 200 staff working towards the Claude Certified Architect Foundation certificate.","delivery_model":"Agent-based software engineering (adSCAILE); code analysis and generation; architecture support; process automation","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (Select Partner, Services Tier)","headcount_range":"12,000+","headcount_source":"https://www.adesso.de/en/news/presse/adesso-partners-with-anthropic-to-scale-agent-based-software-engineering-for-its-customers.jsp","status":"independent","proof":"Company release 2026-08-10; one SaaS project reported up to 60% productivity gain (company claim)","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"adesso","layer":3,"tags":[7],"hq_code":"DE","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.adesso.de/en/news/presse/adesso-partners-with-anthropic-to-scale-agent-based-software-engineering-for-its-customers.jsp","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.organisator.ch/en/?p=50802","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"AsiaInfo Technologies","website":"https://www.asiainfo.com/","hq_country":"China","description":"HKEX-listed (1675) Beijing telecom-software and IT services group that signed a 'Moonshot Plan' framework agreement with Moonshot AI on 25 August 2026 for enterprise agentic AI: token operations, private large-model deployment and tuning, industry agent deployment, model/agent security and joint forward-deployed-engineer delivery; Moonshot's preferred telecom partner.","delivery_model":"Token operations (metering, billing, optimisation); private model deployment and parameter tuning; industry AI-agent deployment; FDE joint delivery incl. implementation and operations","industries":"Telecom; enterprise","platform_ecosystems":"Moonshot AI (Kimi)","status":"independent","proof":"HKEX voluntary announcement dated 2026-08-25; named among first signed Moonshot partners (The Standard, 2026-09-10)","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"asiainfo-technologies","layer":3,"tags":[2],"hq_code":"CN","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://doc.irasia.com/listco/hk/asiainfo/announcement/a260825.pdf","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.thestandard.com.hk/innovation/article/342426/Moonshot-AI-unveils-partner-program-driving-custom-AI-integration","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Capco (Wipro)","website":"https://www.capco.com/","hq_country":"United Kingdom","year_founded":1998,"description":"London-headquartered financial-services consultancy and technology integrator (6,500+ staff) owned by Wipro since 2021; member of the OpenAI Partner Network.","industries":"Banking; capital markets; insurance; wealth","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI (Partner Network)","headcount_range":"6,500+","headcount_source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capco","status":"subsidiary","acquirer":"Wipro","acq_date":"2021-04-29","acq_price":"$1.45bn","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"capco-wipro","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"UK","status_norm":"subsidiary","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capco","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://openai.com/business/partners/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Ciklum","website":"https://www.ciklum.com/","hq_country":"United Kingdom","year_founded":2002,"description":"London-headquartered engineering services firm (c.4,500 staff) that repositioned around 'AI-first' delivery: PRODIGY modular enterprise AI platform, a 52-step AI-First Delivery Method, agentic automation and an AI incubator.","delivery_model":"AI-First Delivery Method; PRODIGY enterprise AI platform accelerators; agentic automation; AI incubator","industries":"Travel; fintech; retail; transport","headcount_range":"4,500 (Wikipedia)","headcount_source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciklum","status":"independent","proof":"Case studies: Santander, Just Eat, TUI, Stena Line, Betsson","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"ciklum","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"UK","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.ciklum.com/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciklum","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Codurance","website":"https://www.codurance.com/","hq_country":"United Kingdom","description":"Software-craft consultancy with offices in London, Barcelona, Manchester, Lisbon, Madrid, Leeds, New York and Sao Paulo, accepted into the Claude Partner Network in July 2026; works on agentic coding, spec-driven development, AI-assisted delivery and AI-first software modernisation for clients and expects to announce its next partner tier.","delivery_model":"Agentic coding; spec-driven development; AI-assisted delivery; AI-first modernisation; AI-in-engineering assessments","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (Claude Partner Network; tier not stated)","status":"independent","proof":"Company article dated 2026-07-30","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"codurance","layer":3,"tags":[7],"hq_code":"UK","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.codurance.com/publications/codurance-joins-anthropics-claude-partner-network","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"CreateFuture","hq_country":"United Kingdom","year_founded":2010,"description":"Digital and AI consultancy (formerly xDesign, founded 2010 by Euan Andrews; about 550 staff; offices in Edinburgh and Leeds) serving regulated sectors such as banking and gaming; Version 1 agreed to acquire it in May 2026 to form a 4,250-person AI-first services group. Soho Square held a minority stake.","delivery_model":"Digital transformation and digital/AI consulting","industries":"Financial services; media; gaming","headcount_range":"~550","headcount_source":"https://www.consultancy.uk/news/43997/version-1-acquires-500-person-digital-consultancy-createfuture","status":"acquired","acquirer":"Version 1","acq_date":"2026-05-06 (announced)","acq_price":"Not disclosed","proof":"Clients named by consultancy.uk: MoneySavingExpert, Yorkshire Building Society, Flutter Entertainment Group","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_total_disclosed_usd":0,"fs_rounds_count":1,"fs_last_round_date":"2026-05-06","fs_last_round_lead":"Version 1","fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"createfuture","layer":3,"tags":[4],"hq_code":"UK","status_norm":"acquired","flags":{"acquired":true,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.consultancy.uk/news/43997/version-1-acquires-500-person-digital-consultancy-createfuture","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.version1.com/news/version-1-acquires-ai-business-createfuture/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"DataArt","website":"https://www.dataart.com/","hq_country":"United States","year_founded":1997,"description":"Software engineering firm founded in New York in 1997 (6,000+ engineers across 40+ locations) that joined the Claude Partner Network as a Select Partner in the Services Track on 30 June 2026; sells Claude for Enterprise deployments, API integrations, AI-enabled engineering and production-readiness consulting, and its Artisyn AI-enabled delivery model.","delivery_model":"Claude for Enterprise projects; Claude API integrations; AI-enabled software engineering (Artisyn); enterprise AI consulting","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (Select Partner, Services Track); OpenAI (Select Partner per a DataArt press-release headline - page not opened)","headcount_range":"6,000+ engineers","headcount_source":"https://itbrief.co.uk/story/dataart-joins-anthropic-s-claude-services-partner-network","status":"independent","proof":"Artisyn claims: up to 70% faster prototyping, 30% better development efficiency, >90% accuracy in defined use cases (company claims)","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"dataart","layer":3,"tags":[7],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://itbrief.co.uk/story/dataart-joins-anthropic-s-claude-services-partner-network","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.dataart.com/company/newsroom/press-release/dataart-joins-anthropic-s-claude-partner-network","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"ELEKS","website":"https://eleks.com/","hq_country":"Estonia","year_founded":1991,"description":"Software and AI engineering company (2,000+ specialists; says it has served clients for 35 years) named an OpenAI Select Partner on 12 August 2026; cites conversational AI, intelligent document processing, AI knowledge assistants and software-engineering acceleration alongside data, ML and legacy modernisation services.","delivery_model":"Engineering, advisory, data and AI, and optimisation services; AI consulting","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI (Select Partner)","headcount_range":"2,000+","headcount_source":"https://eleks.com/news/eleks-named-an-openai-select-partner/","status":"independent","proof":"Company release 2026-08-12; no forward-deployed model mentioned","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"eleks","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"EE","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://eleks.com/news/eleks-named-an-openai-select-partner/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
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{"name":"Fujitsu","website":"https://global.fujitsu/","hq_country":"Japan","year_founded":1935,"description":"Kawasaki-based Japanese IT services group (TYO: 6702) in both the OpenAI Partner Network and the Claude Partner Network (Global Premier); July 2026 physical-AI initiative with Nvidia, FANUC, Yaskawa and Kawasaki Heavy Industries.","delivery_model":"Uvance transformation offering; AI services for Japanese enterprises","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (Global Premier); OpenAI; Nvidia","headcount_range":"99,000 (2026 infobox) / c.124,000 (article text)","headcount_source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu","status":"independent","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"fujitsu","layer":3,"tags":[5],"hq_code":"JP","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://partnerhub.claude.com/directory","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://openai.com/business/partners/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"GDIT (General Dynamics Information Technology)","website":"https://www.gdit.com/","hq_country":"United States","description":"Falls Church, Virginia-based General Dynamics subsidiary serving US federal agencies, named an OpenAI Select Partner on 3 September 2026 to deploy OpenAI models in agents for IT service desks, multi-agency case processing and data analysis, run Codex securely for code review, testing and COBOL/Fortran modernisation, and connect agency systems to the models.","delivery_model":"Agent deployment, secure Codex-assisted development and modernisation, integration of agency systems with data controls and compliance","industries":"US federal government","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI (Select Partner)","status":"subsidiary","acquirer":"General Dynamics","proof":"Release dated 2026-09-03 (dateline Falls Church, Va.); no agency named; forward-deployed engineers not mentioned","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"gdit-general-dynamics-information-technology","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"subsidiary","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.gdit.com/about-gdit/press-releases/gdit-has-been-named-an-openai-select-partner-to-modernize-federal-systems-with-cutting-edge-ai-models/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"GFT Technologies","website":"https://www.gft.com/","hq_country":"Germany","description":"SDAX-listed IT services group (11,772 staff at end-2025; 2025 revenue EUR 888.3m) selling 'AI-native' engineering plus its Wynxx Agentic AI platform (92 clients in eight countries, mainly banking and insurance), which mainly uses Anthropic Claude, OpenAI and Gemini models; launched global AI-native Centres of Excellence for Claude Code and GitHub Copilot.","delivery_model":"Wynxx Agentic AI platform plus delivery teams; Claude Code and Copilot centres of excellence; AI coding-assistant rollouts at US financial-services firms","industries":"Banking; insurance; automotive","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic Claude; OpenAI; Google Gemini; GitHub Copilot","headcount_range":"11,772 (31 Dec 2025)","headcount_source":"https://www.gft.com/dam/jcr:669da636-d81e-4999-93fa-18a6f03016ea/gft-pr-gfts-ai-centric-strategy-delivers-es.pdf","status":"independent","proof":"FY2025 results release dated 2026-03-09: Wynxx used in 8 countries, 92 clients, >EUR 70m influenced contract value (company claims)","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"gft-technologies","layer":3,"tags":[7],"hq_code":"DE","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.gft.com/dam/jcr:669da636-d81e-4999-93fa-18a6f03016ea/gft-pr-gfts-ai-centric-strategy-delivers-es.pdf","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"GlobalLogic (Hitachi)","website":"https://www.globallogic.com/","hq_country":"United States","description":"Silicon Valley digital-engineering services firm (30,000+ engineers) owned by Hitachi since 2021; sells GenAI-assisted engineering through its VelocityAI SDLC suite with usage-, scope- and outcome-linked pricing.","delivery_model":"VelocityAI SDLC suite (GenAI integration across build, test, deploy, support), consulting, IP-security and training","pricing_model":"Usage-based, scope-driven and outcome-linked models","industries":"Education software; telecom; smart buildings (client results cited)","headcount_range":"30,000+ engineers","headcount_source":"https://www.hitachi.com/en/press/articles/2025/07/0711/","status":"subsidiary","acquirer":"Hitachi","acq_date":"2021","acq_price":"$9.6bn (per Wikipedia Hitachi article)","proof":"Hitachi release 10 Jul 2025: 3x rise in full-scale GenAI production rollouts; 70% of test cases automated for an education software provider","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"globallogic-hitachi","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"subsidiary","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.hitachi.com/en/press/articles/2025/07/0711/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Gorilla Logic","website":"https://gorillalogic.com/","hq_country":"United States","description":"Boulder, Colorado nearshore engineering firm providing engineering services for AI-accelerated digital platforms and products; Select partner in the Claude Partner Network Services Track.","delivery_model":"Nearshore engineering teams","industries":"Financial services & insurance; media & entertainment; private equity","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (Claude Partner Network - Select)","investors":"Sverica Capital (PE round per Crunchbase; amount/date obfuscated)","headcount_range":"501-1,000 (Crunchbase)","headcount_source":"https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gorilla-logic","status":"independent","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"undisclosed","id":"gorilla-logic","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://gorillalogic.com/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gorilla-logic","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://itbrief.co.uk/story/wipro-launches-applied-ai-centre-for-claude-models","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Hitachi (Lumada / Frontier AI Deployment Center)","website":"https://www.hitachi.com/","hq_country":"Japan","description":"Tokyo conglomerate (about 290,000 staff) that on 19 May 2026 announced a strategic partnership with Anthropic: a Frontier AI Deployment Center (about 100 experts at first, planned 300) pairing Anthropic Applied AI specialists with Hitachi IT, OT and cybersecurity staff to co-create physical-AI use cases, Claude built into its HMAX solutions, and about 100,000 staff to be trained. Row covers Hitachi's digital and AI services, not the whole group; Hitachi is also listed as a Global Premier Claude partner.","delivery_model":"Joint Anthropic-Hitachi team co-creating physical-AI use cases; Claude integrated into HMAX (equipment management and maintenance optimisation) and cyber-defence offerings","industries":"Energy; mobility; industrial; critical infrastructure","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (Global Premier partner)","headcount_range":"~290,000 (Hitachi group)","headcount_source":"https://www.hitachi.com/en/press/articles/2026/05/0519b/","status":"independent","proof":"Release dated 2026-05-19; Claude Partner Hub lists Hitachi as Global Premier; forward-deployed model not described","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"hitachi-lumada-frontier-ai-deployment-center","layer":3,"tags":[1],"hq_code":"JP","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.hitachi.com/en/press/articles/2026/05/0519b/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://partnerhub.claude.com/directory","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"ICF","website":"https://www.icf.com/","hq_country":"United States","description":"Reston, Virginia advisory and technology services firm named an OpenAI Select Partner on 9 September 2026; will build AI-enabled citizen and customer applications, AI-assisted software development and modernisation for government and commercial clients, and apply its governance and risk-management practice to choosing LLM use cases.","delivery_model":"AI-enabled applications; AI-assisted development and modernisation; governance and human-centred implementation","industries":"Government and commercial","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI (Select Partner)","status":"independent","proof":"Release dated 2026-09-09 (dateline Reston, Va.); headcount not stated","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"icf","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://icf.mediaroom.com/2026-09-09-ICF-Named-OpenAI-Select-Partner?asPDF=1","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Intellias","website":"https://intellias.com/","description":"Product-engineering and AI services firm (mobility, retail, financial services, healthcare, software, iGaming) named an OpenAI Select Partner on 17 September 2026; says it has completed 120+ AI projects in the last 12 months and plans repeatable accelerators for RAG, agentic AI, tool use and multimodal solutions on OpenAI models.","delivery_model":"Opportunity identification; solution design (RAG, agentic AI); prototyping; production monitoring; AI-enabled engineering and data services","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI (Select Partner)","status":"independent","proof":"Company release 2026-09-17 (dateline Chicago, IL); 120+ AI projects in 12 months (company claim)","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"intellias","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://intellias.com/intellias-named-an-openai-select-partner/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Kyndryl","website":"https://www.kyndryl.com/","hq_country":"United States","year_founded":2021,"description":"NYSE-listed IT infrastructure services company (spun out of IBM in November 2021, c.73,000 staff) that sells an Agentic AI Framework to orchestrate, secure and scale clients' technology into agentic workflows, delivered through co-created 'Kyndryl Vital' projects.","delivery_model":"Agentic AI Framework (ingestion, guardian concepts, agent builder and catalog); co-created projects via Kyndryl Vital; AI consult methodology","industries":"Insurance; government; banking","headcount_range":"c.73,000 (2025)","headcount_source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyndryl","status":"independent","proof":"1 Oct 2025 release: about a quarter of recent signings include AI-related content; unnamed insurance, government and banking use cases","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"kyndryl","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.kyndryl.com/ca/en/about-us/news/2025/10/agentic-ai-capabilities","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyndryl","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Leidos","website":"https://www.leidos.com/","hq_country":"United States","description":"Reston, Virginia federal contractor (about 47,000 staff) that in January 2026 partnered with OpenAI to embed generative and agentic AI in customer workflows across digital modernisation, health, national security and defence and move federal customers from pilots to operational deployments; also on the Claude Partner Network roster as a government-focused partner (onshore, cleared delivery).","delivery_model":"Embeds OpenAI models in customer mission workflows; custom agentic workflows; onshore cleared delivery for government","industries":"US federal government (digital modernisation, health, national security, defence, infrastructure)","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI; Anthropic (Claude Partner Network roster - tier not stated)","headcount_range":"47,000","headcount_source":"https://pulse2.com/leidos-openai-partnership/","status":"independent","proof":"Pulse2 article dated 2026-01-24 on the OpenAI partnership; Aventis Claude Partner Network roster as of 2026-07-10","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"leidos","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://pulse2.com/leidos-openai-partnership/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://aventis-advisors.com/the-claude-partner-network-explained/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
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{"name":"MFEC","website":"https://www.mfec.co.th/","hq_country":"Thailand","description":"Bangkok IT services group (styled 'MFEC Public Company Limited') that calls itself a 'Strategic Technology & AI Enabler' helping organisations move to agentic-AI-driven operations; services cover IT infrastructure, data modernisation, managed services, business consulting and AI; named Google Cloud Partner of the Year for Thailand on 22 April 2026.","delivery_model":"IT infrastructure; data modernisation; managed services; business consulting; AI","platform_ecosystems":"Google Cloud (Partner of the Year, Thailand, 2026)","status":"independent","proof":"Company release 2026-04-22","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"mfec","layer":3,"tags":[9],"hq_code":"TH","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.mfec.co.th/en/?p=42315","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.mfec.co.th/en/tag/ai-en/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Mphasis","website":"https://www.mphasis.com/","hq_country":"India","year_founded":1998,"description":"Bengaluru-based IT services company (c.31,600 staff, Blackstone-controlled) that brands itself 'AI-led, platform-driven': Mphasis.ai unit, NeoIP orchestration platform and the Tria 'Enterprise Agency Platform' for agentic AI.","delivery_model":"Mphasis.ai unit with AI-powered \"Tribes\"; NeoIP platform; Tria agentic platform","headcount_range":"31,645 (June 2024)","headcount_source":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mphasis","status":"independent","proof":"Blackstone holds 39.85% after committing up to $2.8bn in April 2021","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"mphasis","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"IN","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.mphasis.com/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mphasis","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"N-iX","website":"https://www.n-ix.com/","hq_country":"Malta","year_founded":2002,"description":"Valletta-headquartered engineering and AI services company (2,400+ engineers, 10 countries) selling 'Pragmatic AI Software Engineering': a phased Assess/Pilot/Expand/eXceed model that measures AI gains against the client's own delivery baseline; Claude Partner Network Select-tier member.","delivery_model":"Assess (2 weeks) -> Pilot (4-6 weeks) -> Expand -> eXceed; AI agent development, RAG, computer vision, MLOps","industries":"Manufacturing; retail; fintech; automotive","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (Claude Partner Network Select); Microsoft; AWS Premier; Google Cloud; Palantir; Snowflake; Cursor","headcount_range":"2,400+ engineers","headcount_source":"https://www.n-ix.com/","status":"independent","proof":"Clients named on site: Bosch, Siemens, eBay, Inditex, TotalEnergies, Crédit Agricole","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"n-ix","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"MT","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.n-ix.com/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-iX","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"NEC","website":"https://www.nec.com/","hq_country":"Japan","description":"Tokyo IT and network group (about 110,000 staff) that on 23-24 April 2026 became Anthropic's first Japan-based global partner: Claude for about 30,000 NEC employees, a Center of Excellence, joint industry solutions starting with finance, manufacturing and local government, and Claude built into its BluStellar Scenario offerings and Security Operations Center services delivered to customers.","delivery_model":"Joint industry solutions deployed to customers; Claude Code in NEC engineering; Claude in SOC and cybersecurity services; Anthropic provides enablement and training for the CoE","industries":"Finance; manufacturing; local government","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (global partner)","headcount_range":"~110,000 (NEC Group)","headcount_source":"https://www.nec.com/en/press/202604/global_20260423_01.html","status":"independent","proof":"NEC release 2026-04-23 and Anthropic announcement 2026-04-24; embedded Anthropic engineers not mentioned","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"nec","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"JP","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.nec.com/en/press/202604/global_20260423_01.html","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropic-nec","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Nomura Research Institute (NRI)","website":"https://www.nri.com/","hq_country":"Japan","description":"Tokyo consulting and systems-integration group that from January 2026 widened its Claude support for Japanese enterprises from the model to Claude Code and enterprise products, covering use-case consulting, system design and implementation, and ongoing operations; reports Claude-based solutions already delivered to several Japanese enterprises.","delivery_model":"Business-use consulting; system design and implementation; operational support; internal Cowork trial","industries":"Japanese enterprises (financial services core)","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (Claude; Amazon Bedrock)","status":"independent","proof":"NRI release dated 2026-03-06 (announcement 2026-02-24); customers not named; engineer count not stated","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"nomura-research-institute-nri","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"JP","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.nri.com/en/news/newsrelease/20260306_1.html","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
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{"name":"Reply","website":"https://www.reply.com/en","hq_country":"Italy","description":"Turin-based consulting and systems-integration group (10,001+ staff) with AI as a core service line: AI-powered software engineering, Reply Model Factory, prebuilt AI apps and industrial agentic AI (Brick Cognitive); partners include Mistral AI, OpenAI, Microsoft, Google Cloud, AWS and NVIDIA.","delivery_model":"Symbiosis operating model for AI-accelerated organisations; AI-powered software engineering; Reply Model Factory","platform_ecosystems":"Mistral AI; OpenAI; Microsoft; Google Cloud; AWS; NVIDIA","headcount_range":"10,001+ (Crunchbase)","headcount_source":"https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/reply","status":"independent","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"reply","layer":3,"tags":[],"hq_code":"IT","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.reply.com/en","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/reply","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
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{"name":"Version 1","website":"https://www.version1.com/","hq_country":"Ireland","description":"Dublin-headquartered IT services group (about 4,250 staff after buying CreateFuture in May 2026) designated a Preferred Partner in Anthropic's Claude Partner Network (Services Tier) in July 2026; runs an Applied AI practice and a forward-deployed-engineering practice that embeds specialists in client organisations across iGaming, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and the public sector.","delivery_model":"Applied AI practice (prototype to production); FDE practice embedding specialists in clients with a change-and-adoption framework; AI strategy, data and cloud services","industries":"iGaming; financial services; healthcare; manufacturing; public sector","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (Preferred Partner)","headcount_range":"~4,250 (after CreateFuture)","headcount_source":"https://www.consultancy.uk/news/43997/version-1-acquires-500-person-digital-consultancy-createfuture","status":"independent","proof":"Version 1 release dated 2026-07-23; says it has deployed generative AI for 3+ years for 100+ clients (company claim)","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"version-1","layer":3,"tags":[4],"hq_code":"IE","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.version1.com/?p=12415","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.techmarketview.com/ukhotviews/archive/2026/07/23/version-1-secures-preferred-status-in-anthropics-claude-partner-network","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.consultancy.uk/news/43997/version-1-acquires-500-person-digital-consultancy-createfuture","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
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{"name":"Heyra","website":"https://heyra.io/","hq_country":"Denmark","year_founded":2021,"description":"Copenhagen AI and data consultancy founded in 2021 (about 50 specialists) focused on operational AI for clients such as Danske Bank, the Novo Nordisk Foundation and Carlsberg; merged with Pyne earlier in 2026, then acquired by Solita on 1 September 2026 and continues as an independent entity.","delivery_model":"Operational AI and data consulting","industries":"Banking; life sciences foundation; consumer goods","headcount_range":"50 AI and data specialists","headcount_source":"https://www.solita.fi/news/nordic-ai-market-continues-to-consolidate-solita-acquires-danish-ai-and-data-consultancy-heyra/","status":"acquired","acquirer":"Solita","acq_date":"2026-09-01","acq_price":"Not disclosed","proof":"Clients named by Solita: Danske Bank, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Carlsberg","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_total_disclosed_usd":0,"fs_rounds_count":1,"fs_last_round_date":"2026-09-01","fs_last_round_lead":"Solita","fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"heyra","layer":4,"tags":[10],"hq_code":"DK","status_norm":"acquired","flags":{"acquired":true,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.solita.fi/news/nordic-ai-market-continues-to-consolidate-solita-acquires-danish-ai-and-data-consultancy-heyra/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Insurgence","website":"https://www.insurgence.ai/","hq_country":"Australia","description":"Australian AI-native services company pairing ChatGPT Enterprise enablement programmes with engineering teams that build agentic solutions on the OpenAI API platform and Codex; OpenAI Select Partner.","delivery_model":"Enablement programmes plus engineering teams","industries":"Cross-industry; large retail and consumer enterprises","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI (Select Partner)","headcount_range":"11-50 (Crunchbase)","headcount_source":"https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/insurgence-ai","status":"independent","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"insurgence","layer":4,"tags":[],"hq_code":"AU","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://openai.com/business/partners/insurgence/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.insurgence.ai/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/insurgence-ai","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"ML2Grow","hq_country":"Belgium","year_founded":2017,"description":"Belgian AI and machine-learning firm (computer vision, NLP, MLOps, AI engineering) with 100+ client organisations including UZ Gent; acquired by delaware Belux in January 2026, taking delaware's AI team past 85 experts.","delivery_model":"Project-based computer vision, NLP, MLOps and AI engineering","status":"acquired","acquirer":"delaware Belux","acq_date":"2026-01-30","acq_price":"Not disclosed","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_total_disclosed_usd":0,"fs_rounds_count":1,"fs_last_round_date":"2026-01-30","fs_last_round_lead":"delaware Belux","fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"ml2grow","layer":4,"tags":[],"hq_code":"BE","status_norm":"acquired","flags":{"acquired":true,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.delaware.pro/en-be/news/delaware-belux-strengthens-ai-capabilities-with-the-acquisition-of-ml2grow","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.consultancy.eu/news/13099/belgian-ai-consultancy-ml2grow-acquired-by-delaware","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Modulai","website":"https://www.modulai.io/","hq_country":"Sweden","year_founded":2018,"description":"Swedish machine-learning and agentic-AI consultancy (about 35 engineers) building custom AI systems for start-ups, scale-ups, PE portfolio companies and Fortune 1000 clients; acquired by Analysys Mason in October 2026.","delivery_model":"Project-based ML and agentic AI engineering (generative AI, computer vision, NLP, recommender systems, robotics)","industries":"Start-ups and scale-ups; PE portfolio companies; Fortune 1000","headcount_range":"~35 engineers","headcount_source":"https://www.analysysmason.com/press/analysys-mason-acquires-modulai/","status":"acquired","acquirer":"Analysys Mason","acq_date":"2026-10-01","acq_price":"Not disclosed","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_total_disclosed_usd":0,"fs_rounds_count":1,"fs_last_round_date":"2026-10-01","fs_last_round_lead":"Analysys Mason","fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"modulai","layer":4,"tags":[],"hq_code":"SE","status_norm":"acquired","flags":{"acquired":true,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.analysysmason.com/press/analysys-mason-acquires-modulai/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://letsdatascience.com/news/analysys-mason-acquires-swedish-ai-consultancy-modulai-dcdc8bd6","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Moov AI","website":"https://moov.ai/","hq_country":"Canada","description":"Montreal AI consultancy that Publicis Groupe agreed to acquire in March 2025.","status":"acquired","acquirer":"Publicis Groupe","acq_date":"2025-03-28","acq_price":"Not disclosed","confidence":"Low","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_total_disclosed_usd":0,"fs_rounds_count":1,"fs_last_round_date":"2025-03-28","fs_last_round_lead":"Publicis Groupe","fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"moov-ai","layer":4,"tags":[],"hq_code":"CA","status_norm":"acquired","flags":{"acquired":true,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.consulting.ca/news/expertise/ai-genai","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Percepta","website":"https://percepta.ai/","year_founded":2025,"description":"General Catalyst-owned AI transformation company launched October 2025 that places researchers, engineers and product managers inside enterprises (healthcare payers and providers first; also manufacturing, financial services, government) and runs a research lab on foundation models and decision-making.","delivery_model":"Embedded researchers, engineers and product managers inside client organisations; in-house research lab","industries":"Healthcare; manufacturing; financial services; government","platform_ecosystems":"AWS; Anthropic (strategic partnerships)","status":"subsidiary","acquirer":"General Catalyst (fully owned)","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"percepta","layer":4,"tags":[],"hq_code":"","status_norm":"subsidiary","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/general-catalyst-launches-percepta-ai-modernization-across-enterprises","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://percepta.ai/blog","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://caritas.ventures/ai-rollup-market-map/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Quandary Consulting Group","website":"https://www.quandarycg.com/","description":"Consultancy and certified Claude partner (announced 11 June 2026) offering AI data engineering, strategy, governance, business-process automation and MLOps, with Claude-powered applications, workflow integration, copilots, knowledge systems, document intelligence, change management and training; also a Quickbase Elite, Workato Silver and Pipefy partner.","delivery_model":"Custom Claude applications; workflow integration; automation; copilots; training","industries":"Healthcare; construction; finance; logistics; public sector","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (Claude Partner Network; tier not stated); Quickbase; Workato; Pipefy","status":"independent","proof":"Company blog post by CEO Kevin Shuler, 2026-06-11","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"quandary-consulting-group","layer":4,"tags":[],"hq_code":"","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.quandarycg.com/quandary-joins-anthropic-s-claude-partner-program","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Quantum Rise","hq_country":"United States","description":"Chicago start-up founded by Alex Kelleher (previously Cognitive Match) that sells 'Consulting 2.0': roadmaps and tailored AI workflow automation delivered hands-on to client companies rather than as a software product; raised a $15m seed in July 2024 and bought Brazilian statistics consultancy Dhauz in January 2026, its first expansion into Brazil.","delivery_model":"Consulting-style AI deployment into client workflows with a hand-holding approach","funding_total":"$15m seed (Jul 2024)","last_round_date":"2024-07-05","last_round_amount":"$15m","investors":"Erie Street Growth Partners (only investor named)","funding_sources":"https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/05/quantum-rise-grabs-15m-seed-for-its-ai-driven-consulting-2-0-startup","status":"independent","proof":"Dhauz acquisition closed 2026-01-30 (Lex Legal, 2026-02-09); Kirkland & Ellis international counsel","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_total_disclosed_usd":15000000,"fs_rounds_count":1,"fs_last_round_date":"2024-07-05","fs_last_round_amount_usd":15000000,"fs_funding_status":"disclosed","id":"quantum-rise","layer":4,"tags":[],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":15000000},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/05/quantum-rise-grabs-15m-seed-for-its-ai-driven-consulting-2-0-startup","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://lexlegal.com.br/?p=56316","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
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{"name":"WinWire","website":"https://www.winwire.com/","hq_country":"United States","description":"Santa Clara, California Microsoft-ecosystem AI engineering firm (agentic AI services, AI on Azure, data engineering; healthcare and software focus) with delivery centres in India; NTT DATA signed a definitive agreement to acquire it in May 2026, adding 1,000+ Azure engineers.","delivery_model":"Agentic AI Services; Foundational AI Services (data estate / BI modernisation); Operational AI Services; Agentic AI @ Scale framework","industries":"Healthcare; software and digital platforms","platform_ecosystems":"Microsoft Azure","headcount_range":"1,000+ Azure engineers and Microsoft specialists (to join NTT DATA)","headcount_source":"https://www.nttdata.com/global/en/news/press-release/2026/may/051800","status":"acquired (pending close)","acquirer":"NTT DATA","acq_date":"2026-05-15","acq_price":"Not disclosed","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_total_disclosed_usd":0,"fs_rounds_count":1,"fs_last_round_date":"2026-05-15","fs_last_round_lead":"NTT DATA","fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"winwire","layer":4,"tags":[],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"acquired","flags":{"acquired":true,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.nttdata.com/global/en/news/press-release/2026/may/051800","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://pulse2.com/ntt-data-to-acquire-winwire-to-scale-ai-adoption-and-microsoft-cloud-transformation/amp/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
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{"name":"AIQ","hq_country":"United Arab Emirates","description":"Abu Dhabi AI company (reported as a Presight subsidiary) that holds a US$340m contract with ADNOC Group to deploy its ENERGYai agent and other AI solutions across exploration, development and production operations; ENERGYai was co-developed with ADNOC experts, G42 and Microsoft.","delivery_model":"Deployment of ENERGYai agent and AI solutions into ADNOC upstream operations","industries":"Oil and gas","platform_ecosystems":"G42; Microsoft","status":"subsidiary","acquirer":"Presight","proof":"US$340m ADNOC Group contract (Bridge MENA article dated 2025-03-09)","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"aiq","layer":5,"tags":[],"hq_code":"AE","status_norm":"subsidiary","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://bridgemena.com/news/aiq-an-ai-pioneer-secures-landmark-340-million-contract-with-adnoc","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://jpt.spe.org/aiq-announces-340-million-contract-from-adnoc-for-deployment-of-agentic-ai","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Chinasoft International","website":"https://www.chinasofti.com/en/","hq_country":"China","description":"Hong Kong-listed Chinese IT services group that now sells AI products and services (AI ERP, token operations, AI-native application development) with industry solutions for energy, finance, manufacturing, city, transport, healthcare and education; signed a token revenue-share and joint forward-deployed-engineer innovation lab agreement with Moonshot AI.","delivery_model":"AI ERP (allmeta), token operations, AI-native application development; joint innovation lab with Moonshot AI (energy, power, financial services) combining allmeta with Kimi K2.7 Code / K3; revenue shared on Kimi token consumption","industries":"Energy; finance; manufacturing; city; transport; healthcare; education","platform_ecosystems":"Moonshot AI; Silicon Flow (strategic investment)","status":"independent","proof":"HKEX announcement 2026-07-20 (via FilingReader): joint innovation cooperation agreement with Moonshot AI; named among first Moonshot partner-programme signees (The Standard, 2026-09-10)","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"chinasoft-international","layer":5,"tags":[],"hq_code":"CN","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.chinasofti.com/en/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://filingreader.com/news-wire/hongkong/2026-07-20/chinasoft-and-moonshot-ai-partner-for-revenue-sharing-ai-model","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.thestandard.com.hk/innovation/article/342426/Moonshot-AI-unveils-partner-program-driving-custom-AI-integration","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
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{"name":"Comnexa","hq_country":"Jersey","year_founded":2016,"description":"Jersey-based Salesforce Summit Partner (founded 2016; teams in London, Portugal and Poland) serving financial and professional-services firms with AI advisory and implementation; says it was named an OpenAI Select Partner and uses OpenAI Codex (Comnexa X) to turn consultant instructions into Salesforce configuration under human review.","delivery_model":"AI advisory and implementation on Salesforce; Codex-assisted configuration with consultant review","industries":"Financial and professional services","platform_ecosystems":"Salesforce (Summit Partner); OpenAI (Select Partner - company claim)","status":"independent","confidence":"Low","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"comnexa","layer":5,"tags":[],"hq_code":"JE","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://windowsforum.com/windows-news.4/openai-select-partner-comnexa-offers-salesforce-ai-services.441692/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Corca","website":"https://www.corca.ai/","hq_country":"South Korea","description":"Seoul company that builds its own AI products and leads enterprise AI transformation: ChatGPT Enterprise adoption, AI training, coaching for internal AI champions, custom AI solutions and AI-native team building for financial services, proptech and education clients; OpenAI Select Partner.","delivery_model":"ChatGPT Enterprise adoption, AI training and champion coaching, custom solutions","industries":"Financial services; proptech; education","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI (Select Partner)","status":"independent","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"corca","layer":5,"tags":[11],"hq_code":"KR","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://openai.com/business/partners/corca/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://f4.fund/startups/corca-667010","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Datalabs.id (PT Data Labs Analytics)","hq_country":"Indonesia","year_founded":2017,"description":"Indonesian data-analytics and Google Cloud partner (founded 2017, Google Cloud partner since 2019, Premier tier) with 400+ clients; offers cloud infrastructure, data analytics, machine learning, AI, security and migration, and built PRISMO, a sentiment-analysis platform, for the financial regulator OJK; won the 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year award for Indonesia.","delivery_model":"End-to-end data analytics, cloud and AI services on Google Cloud","industries":"Financial regulation (OJK); Indonesian enterprises","platform_ecosystems":"Google Cloud (Premier Partner; Partner of the Year, Indonesia, 2026 and 2024)","status":"independent","proof":"detik.com, 2026-04-22: 400+ clients, headcount doubled, 99% of staff certified (company claims reported by the paper); PRISMO built for OJK","confidence":"Low","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"datalabs-id-pt-data-labs-analytics","layer":5,"tags":[10],"hq_code":"ID","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://inet.detik.com/cyberlife/d-8455837/datalabs-id-raih-penghargaan-2026-google-cloud-partner-of-the-year-award","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://elioplus.com/profiles/channel-partners/147913/pt-data-labs-analytics-datalabs","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"eCloudvalley","year_founded":2013,"description":"AWS cloud and AI consultancy (founded 2013) that earned the AWS AI Competency in the Agentic AI Consulting Services category in May 2026 and describes its mission as taking enterprises 'from zero to AI'; named AWS Consulting Partner of the Year for both Hong Kong and Taiwan in 2026 (Hong Kong win announced 25 June 2026, its second year running).","delivery_model":"AWS cloud adoption and AI applications; agentic-AI consulting","platform_ecosystems":"AWS (AI Competency, Agentic AI Consulting Services, May 2026; Consulting Partner of the Year Hong Kong and Taiwan 2026)","status":"independent","proof":"PR Newswire Asia release 2026-06-25 (Hong Kong award, presented at AWS Partner Summit Hong Kong); AWS APJ regional winners list","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"ecloudvalley","layer":5,"tags":[9],"hq_code":"","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://technode.global/prnasia/ecloudvalley-named-aws-consulting-partner-of-the-year-2026-in-hong-kong-accelerating-enterprise-cloud-evolution/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://aws.amazon.com/jp/blogs/apn/announcing-the-regional-2026-aws-partners-of-the-year-for-asia-pacific-and-japan/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Gofore","website":"https://gofore.com/","hq_country":"Finland","description":"Finnish digital-transformation consultancy that in December 2025 became majority shareholder and founding partner of a new independent AI-native consulting firm in Finland, set up by two experienced digitalisation leaders to support clients' AI transformation.","status":"independent","confidence":"Low","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"gofore","layer":5,"tags":[3],"hq_code":"FI","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.mainsights.io/ma-news/finnish-consultancy-firm-gofore-publ-acquires-majority-stake-in-new-ai-consulting-company","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.placera.se/externa-analyser/gofore-gofore-becomes-founding-partner-in-ai-focused-venture-seb-20251215","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Knowit","website":"https://www.knowit.eu/","hq_country":"Sweden","description":"Nordic IT consultancy (Stockholm Stock Exchange-listed per a Swedish market guide) with AI and data, generative AI, MLOps and governance offerings; issued a strategic update on 16 July 2026 with new leadership, framed by Futurum as pointing to AI consulting and software as growth areas.","delivery_model":"AI and data, GenAI, MLOps, governance and design consulting","industries":"Cross-industry (Nordics)","status":"independent","confidence":"Low","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"public","id":"knowit","layer":5,"tags":[3],"hq_code":"SE","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":true,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://futurumgroup.com/insights/knowits-leadership-transition-signals-strategic-shift-amid-ai-integration/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://alicelabs.ai/sv/insights/basta-ai-konsultbolag-sverige-2026","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"MOZN","website":"https://www.mozn.ai/","hq_country":"Saudi Arabia","description":"Riyadh enterprise-AI company for financial institutions and public-sector bodies (financial-crime prevention, knowledge and decision intelligence) that embeds forward deployed engineers with clients (150+ customers); HUMAIN made a strategic investment in August 2026 to co-build enterprise AI solutions and sell them via the HUMAIN ONE agent marketplace.","delivery_model":"Co-developed solutions with early clients on a shared roadmap; embedded forward deployed engineers","industries":"Financial services; public sector","funding_total":"Undisclosed strategic investment (Aug 2026)","last_round_date":"2026-08-03","last_round_amount":"Undisclosed","last_round_lead":"HUMAIN Ventures","investors":"HUMAIN (HUMAIN Ventures)","funding_sources":"https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/humain-makes-investment-in-mozn-and-partners-to-co-build-enterprise-ai-solutions-locally-and-globally-813628131.html","status":"independent","proof":"150+ customers across financial services and the public sector (company claim in HUMAIN release)","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_total_disclosed_usd":0,"fs_rounds_count":1,"fs_last_round_date":"2026-08-03","fs_last_round_lead":"HUMAIN Ventures","fs_funding_status":"undisclosed","id":"mozn","layer":5,"tags":[8],"hq_code":"SA","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/humain-makes-investment-in-mozn-and-partners-to-co-build-enterprise-ai-solutions-locally-and-globally-813628131.html","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.wamda.com/index.php/2026/08/saudi-ai-firm-mozn-secures-strategic-investment-humain","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
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{"name":"POSCO DX","website":"https://newsroom.posco.com/en/","hq_country":"South Korea","description":"POSCO Group's IT and automation arm, repositioned in July 2026 as an 'AI Native Company': Agentee agentic platform (200+ agents running for POSCO group companies), plus AX consulting, robot automation consulting, design, construction and operation for external industrial clients.","delivery_model":"AX consulting to redesign human/AI task splits; physical-AI robot automation; Agentee platform to be supplied externally","industries":"Steel and heavy industry; manufacturing","status":"subsidiary","acquirer":"POSCO Group","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"posco-dx","layer":5,"tags":[3],"hq_code":"KR","status_norm":"subsidiary","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://newsroom.posco.com/en/posco-dx-makes-major-transformation-into-an-ai-native-company-leading-the-ai-market-with-physical-ai-and-agentic-ai/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
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{"name":"Quantium","website":"https://quantium.com/","hq_country":"Australia","year_founded":2002,"description":"Australian AI and data-analytics company (founded 2002, 1,200+ staff across 13 locations) that builds and deploys enterprise AI combining models with a client's own data and workflows; joint ventures with Commonwealth Bank (CommBank iQ) and Telstra; OpenAI Select Partner and Claude Partner Network member.","delivery_model":"AI transformation and data analytics; GenAI in production on proprietary data","industries":"Retail and consumer goods; banking; telco; healthcare; government","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI (Select Partner); Anthropic (Claude Partner Network)","headcount_range":"1,200+ across 13 locations","headcount_source":"https://openai.com/business/partners/quantium/","status":"independent","proof":"Clients named on site: Woolworths Group, Commonwealth Bank, Telstra, Wells Fargo, Lloyds Bank, NHS, Walmart, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"quantium","layer":5,"tags":[10],"hq_code":"AU","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://openai.com/business/partners/quantium/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://quantium.com/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://aventis-advisors.com/the-claude-partner-network-explained/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Recursive (Japan)","website":"https://recursiveai.co.jp/","hq_country":"Japan","description":"Tokyo-based firm that builds custom AI products, agentic workflows and decision-support systems (logistics, scientific review, compliance, energy planning) pairing LLMs with simulation and optimisation; works in Japan and Saudi Arabia; OpenAI Advanced Partner.","delivery_model":"Custom AI products and agentic workflows combining LLMs with simulation, optimisation and domain data","industries":"Logistics; science; education; compliance; energy","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI (Advanced Partner)","status":"independent","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"recursive-japan","layer":5,"tags":[],"hq_code":"JP","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://openai.com/business/partners/recursive/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Sarana AI","website":"https://sarana.ai/","hq_country":"Indonesia","year_founded":2024,"description":"Jakarta AI engineering firm (PT Nararya Semesta Gemilang, founded 2024, 35+ AI engineers) selling AI strategy, forward-deployed engineering embedded in customer teams and long-term operation of the systems it builds, deployed inside the customer's own cloud account; named an OpenAI Select Partner on 14 August 2026; serves Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines.","delivery_model":"Forward-deployed engineers; deployment in the customer's cloud account with customer-held keys and audit logs; long-term operation","industries":"Financial services; healthcare; manufacturing; logistics; retail; education","platform_ecosystems":"OpenAI (Select Partner); AWS partner","headcount_range":"35+ AI engineers","headcount_source":"https://sarana.ai/blog/openaiselectpartner","status":"independent","proof":"Company page dated 2026-08-14; ~9bn tokens processed in one production month (company claim)","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"sarana-ai","layer":5,"tags":[],"hq_code":"ID","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://sarana.ai/blog/openaiselectpartner","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Solita","website":"https://www.solita.fi/","hq_country":"Finland","description":"Finnish digital-transformation and data consultancy (about 2,200 staff across eight countries, 700+ data and AI professionals, Generative AI Studio since May 2023) that is consolidating the Nordic AI market, acquiring Danish AI consultancy Heyra in September 2026.","delivery_model":"Data, AI and cloud consulting; Generative AI Studio","headcount_range":"2,200+ (Sep 2026); 2,100 (2023)","headcount_source":"https://www.solita.fi/news/nordic-ai-market-continues-to-consolidate-solita-acquires-danish-ai-and-data-consultancy-heyra/","status":"independent","proof":"EUR 237m pro forma revenue in 2023; Denmark team >300 after Heyra","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"solita","layer":5,"tags":[10],"hq_code":"FI","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://www.solita.fi/news/solitas-2023-in-review-strong-performance-and-forward-momentum/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.solita.fi/news/nordic-ai-market-continues-to-consolidate-solita-acquires-danish-ai-and-data-consultancy-heyra/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"TechForce","hq_country":"Australia","description":"Sydney systems-integration and consulting firm (offices in Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide; ISO 9001 and 27001 certified; approved NSW Government supplier) that joined Anthropic's Claude Partner Network in August 2026 as a consulting and implementation partner for agentic workflows, document intelligence, Claude Code and governance.","delivery_model":"Vendor-neutral assessment first; then Claude implementation across five areas; fees for services, not model access","industries":"Education; financial services; public sector; healthcare; media","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (Claude Partner Network)","status":"independent","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"techforce","layer":5,"tags":[],"hq_code":"AU","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://securitybrief.news/story/techforce-joins-anthropic-s-claude-partner-network","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
{"name":"Temus","website":"https://temus.com/","hq_country":"Singapore","year_founded":2021,"description":"Singapore AI and digital-transformation company set up by Temasek in 2021 (about 500 staff) offering full-stack AI transformation (cloud, application engineering, consulting, design, AI Foundry) for healthcare, defence, financial services, education and government; bought into Thinking Machines Data Science in July 2026.","delivery_model":"Full-stack AI transformation incl. AI Foundry delivery infrastructure; Applied AI & Data team co-led with Thinking Machines","industries":"Healthcare; defence; financial services; education; government","investors":"Temasek (founder / owner)","headcount_range":"~500","headcount_source":"https://temus.com/press-releases/temus-thinking-machines-data-science/","status":"subsidiary","acquirer":"Temasek","confidence":"High","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"unit-of-group","id":"temus","layer":5,"tags":[3],"hq_code":"SG","status_norm":"subsidiary","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://temus.com/press-releases/temus-thinking-machines-data-science/","retrieved":"2026-10-20"},{"url":"https://www.crnasia.com/news/2026/artificial-intelligence/temus-makes-a-strategic-investment-in-thinking-machines-data","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
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{"name":"First Line Software","website":"https://firstlinesoftware.com/","hq_country":"United States","description":"Boston-datelined AI-native engineering company (500+ professionals) named a Select Partner in the Claude Partner Network Services Track in June 2026; sells an AI Enablement Program, Managed AI Services, Agentic SDLC Transformation (it says it will embed for eight weeks), Rapid AI Delivery with full-team AI-native squads embedded in the client's product, and Claude Skills enablement.","delivery_model":"AI-native squads embedded in the client product; eight-week embedded agentic-SDLC transformation; managed AI services; Claude skills enablement","platform_ecosystems":"Anthropic (Select Partner, Services Track)","headcount_range":"500+","headcount_source":"https://firstlinesoftware.com/press-releases/first-line-software-named-select-partner-in-claude-partner-network","status":"independent","proof":"Company release, June 2026 (page metadata last modified 2026-06-08; no day given in the text); the page does not use the term forward deployed","confidence":"Medium","last_checked":"2026-10-20","fs_rounds_count":0,"fs_funding_status":"not found","id":"first-line-software","layer":7,"tags":[4],"hq_code":"US","status_norm":"independent","flags":{"acquired":false,"public":false,"funding_usd":null},"sources_list":[{"url":"https://firstlinesoftware.com/press-releases/first-line-software-named-select-partner-in-claude-partner-network","retrieved":"2026-10-20"}]},
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{"acquirer":"Artefact","target":"Finor","date":"2025-09-30","price_if_public":"Not disclosed","layer":"Target L10 (data/AI consultancy for financial services, Porto Alegre); acquirer L4 (Paris)","source":"https://www.artefact.com/news/artefact-acquires-finor-leadership-data-ai-consulting-financial-services-latin-america ; https://www.research-live.com/article/news/artefact-acquires-brazilian-ai-consulting-company/id/5143323","confidence":"high","acquirer_id":"artefact","target_id":"finor"},
{"acquirer":"Artefact","target":"Agilytic","date":"2026-07-23","price_if_public":"Not disclosed","layer":"Target L10 (data/AI consultancy, Brussels); acquirer L4 (Paris)","source":"https://www.artefact.com//wp-content/uploads/2026/07/PR-Artefact-acquires-Agilytic-to-strengthen-its-Data-AI-leadership-in-Belgium-and-accelerate-its-momentum-in-Europe.pdf","confidence":"high","acquirer_id":"artefact","target_id":"agilytic"},
{"acquirer":"Quantum Rise","target":"Dhauz","date":"2026-01-30 (closed)","price_if_public":"Not disclosed (confidential)","layer":"Target L10 (Brazilian statistics / results consultancy); acquirer L4 (Chicago)","source":"https://lexlegal.com.br/?p=56316","confidence":"medium","acquirer_id":"quantum-rise","target_id":null},
{"acquirer":"Accenture","target":"Halfspace","date":"2025-03-04 (announced)","price_if_public":"Not disclosed","layer":"Target L4 (Danish AI consultancy, ~80 practitioners); acquirer L3","source":"https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2025/accenture-acquires-halfspace-to-bolster-ai-capabilities-in-the-nordic-region","confidence":"high","acquirer_id":"accenture","target_id":"halfspace"},
{"acquirer":"PwC UK (Strategy&)","target":"Datasparq","date":"2026-08-26 (agreed)","price_if_public":"Not disclosed","layer":"Target L10 (UK data and AI consultancy); acquirer L3","source":"https://www.pwc.co.uk/press-room/press-releases/corporate-news/pwc-uk-to-acquire-datasparq-to-strengthen-ai-and-data-led-value-.html","confidence":"high","acquirer_id":null,"target_id":"datasparq"},
{"acquirer":"Rallyday Partners","target":"Nimble Gravity","date":"2025-01-07","price_if_public":"Not disclosed (growth investment)","layer":"Target L10 (AI/data/software consultancy, Denver); acquirer is a PE firm","source":"https://www.privsource.com/acquisitions/deal/aYS8lJ","confidence":"medium","acquirer_id":null,"target_id":"nimble-gravity"},
{"acquirer":"Accenture (Accenture Song)","target":"Sagacity","date":"2026-10-13","price_if_public":"Not disclosed","layer":"Target L10 (London data and customer-intelligence firm, 140+ staff, founded 2005); acquirer L3","source":"https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/Markets/Equity/accenture-acquires-sagacity-to-expand-ai-driven-customer-services-in-uk-ireland/cZxBLMKRBor","confidence":"low","acquirer_id":null,"target_id":null},
{"acquirer":"Wipro","target":"Alpha Net Group (key contracts, employees and AI consulting capabilities)","date":"2026-04","price_if_public":"$71m including deferred earn-out (reported)","layer":"Target L4 (agentic-AI consulting; HQ not stated); acquirer L3 (India)","source":"https://finder.techleap.nl/news/feed/wipro-buys-71m-alpha-net-contracts-to-expand-ai-consulting-services","confidence":"low","acquirer_id":"wipro","target_id":null},
{"acquirer":"Qubika","target":"Tryolabs","date":"2026-08-12","price_if_public":"Not disclosed","layer":"Target L5; acquirer L4","source":"https://tryolabs.com/newsroom/qubika-acquires-tryolabs ; https://www.prweb.com/releases/qubika-acquires-ai-pioneer-tryolabs-and-appoints-alan-descoins-as-chief-ai-officer-302849345.html","confidence":"high","acquirer_id":"qubika","target_id":"tryolabs"},
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{"acquirer":"Citrin Cooperman","target":"Rosetree Solutions","date":"2026-10-01 completed; 2026-10-06 announced","price_if_public":"Not disclosed","layer":"Target L4; acquirer L3 (accounting and advisory firm)","source":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/citrin-cooperman-acquires-ai-consultancy-rosetree-to-help-middle-market-companies-put-ai-to-work-302899078.html ; https://insidepublicaccounting.com/2026/10/06/citrin-cooperman-acquires-rosetree-solutions/ ; https://www.citybiz.co/article/914522/citrin-cooperman-acquires-rosetree-solutions-to-expand-ai-consulting-capabilities/","confidence":"high","acquirer_id":null,"target_id":"rosetree-solutions"},
{"acquirer":"First Intuition (FI Group Holdings Ltd; Apiary Capital-backed)","target":"Decoded","date":"2026-09-28","price_if_public":"Not disclosed","layer":"Target L11; acquirer L11 (accountancy training provider)","source":"https://www.firstintuition.co.uk/fihub/first-intuition-acquires-decoded-to-build-a-uk-leader-in-financial-data-and-ai-capability/ ; https://www.apiarycapital.com/post/first-intuition-acquires-decoded","confidence":"high","acquirer_id":null,"target_id":"decoded"}
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