IBM acquires consultancy Hakkoda in continued AI investment push

IBM on Monday Declared that it has been earned HackA New York -based data and AI suggestion for an undefined amount.

IBM’s mentor SVP and chief Mohammed Ali said that the acquisition of IBM and the AI ​​would “extend” the IBM’s skills to customers, especially the financial services, public sector, and health care and life science.

Ali said in a statement, “Hakodar data skills, deep technology partnerships and resource -centric distribution models,” IBM clients will be in a better position to faster price as soon as the AI ​​is converted. “

IBM’s Hakkoda is purchased when the former company is investing in AI and automation technology. In February, IBM earned DetastaxA platform for creating AI apps and recently clothing The final of its purchase Infrastructure and Protection Automation Farm Hashikarp.

This is a technique that did well for IBM. In Q4 2024, the company, which starts most of its AI income suggestions, Has recorded the biggest revenue jump Five years – its stock is increasing by 10%. In Q4, IBM says that AI bookings and sales were more than $ 10 billion.

Former Deloit GM Eric Duffel is co-founded in 2021, Hakoda helps customers to remove data in the cloud-especially, Snowflake Data Cloud. Startup provides various tools to help transfer and convert data to data, as well as products help “modernize” data from old systems.

Before its departure Hakkoda was able to raise $ 5.6 million in Venture Capital, According to the crunchThe Supporters include Tereshera, lead Edge Capital and Casimir Holdings.

Daffield said that hundreds of Hakoda consultants across the United States, Latin America, India, Europe and the United Kingdom will join the IBM consulting, IBM consulting, IBM as part of the acquisition agreement.

“From the very beginning, ‘Hakkoda’ is committed to being in the arena, not observing the biggest transformation of history, but by transforming it,” Dofield said in a press release. “Heritage of IBM innovation, their promise to their invention and deep partnership with clients in their most technical challenges [are] Hakoda is a perfect pair to advise the industrial-centered modern data advice in the world market. “