AI deployment firms
17 AI-native services firms in AI Deployment, in 3 countries, with $5.9 billion raised. An AI-native services company sells a professional service, not a tool. Its own people deliver it, on technology it builds itself. AI does far more of the work than in a traditional firm. People stay in the loop and own the judgement.
- Ode (Ode with Anthropic): Enterprise AI implementation firm from Anthropic, Blackstone and H&F; $1.5B backing (San Francisco, United States)
- Distyl AI: Forward-deployed engineers rebuild core workflows around AI for Fortune 500 companies, using its Distillery platform. (San Francisco, United States)
- Unframe: Managed enterprise AI delivery: builds and runs custom AI solutions for large organisations on outcome-based pricing. (Cupertino, United States)
- Brain Co.: Builds and deploys AI applications for governments and large enterprises in permitting, healthcare and insurance. (San Francisco, United States)
- Ciridae: Redesigns, builds and runs AI systems for mid-market and PE-backed businesses; part-owns Drilling Mud Direct. (San Francisco, United States)
- Cogna: Builds custom AI-generated software for utilities, manufacturing and logistics firms. (London, United Kingdom)
- Tribe AI: AI engineering and implementation firm building production AI systems for large enterprises via a vetted expert network. (New York, United States)
- AuxoAI: Forward-deployed AI services firm building production AI for enterprises (San Francisco Bay Area, United States)
- Fractional AI: Senior engineers who build and deploy custom generative AI systems for enterprises. (San Francisco, United States)
- Heizen: Builds custom AI and software for supply chains and CPG companies in weekly sprints, then hands it over. (San Francisco, United States)
- Hyde: Forward-deployed teams and a platform that build specialist AI models on enterprise data for large companies. (New York, United States)
- Implement AI: Managed AI workers for calls, email and admin in SMEs and large UK firms, set up and run on its AIOS platform. (London, United Kingdom)
- Quantum Rise: 'Consulting 2.0' AI-driven consulting for workflow automation (Chicago, United States)
- The Deployment Company (OpenAI): OpenAI-controlled PE-backed forward-deployed AI deployment firm (San Francisco, United States)
- Tomoro: AI consulting and engineering firm acquired by OpenAI (London, United Kingdom)
- Turgon AI: Data modernization and system integration projects for enterprises, delivered with AI agents and human experts. (San Francisco, United States)
- Walm Innovations: Indian firm whose engineers embed in manufacturers' plants to build AI systems on their existing ERPs, at a fixed fee tied to an agreed metric. (Bengaluru, India)
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