Tracked deals
34
34 tracked deals across 2020-2026.
AI & Machine Learning Buyers & Acquisitions in Texas
Buyer mix
Strategic-led
32 strategic · 15 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2026
11 tracked deals announced in 2026.
Primary Insight
What Stands Out
- Novi Labs acquired RBN Energy in Houston to combine upstream forecasting/data with RBN’s energy market intelligence, analytics, consulting, and education.
- Anaconda acquired Outerbounds to build an end-to-end, secure-by-default AI-native development platform that runs from experimentation through production.
- Several deals target orchestration and integration: Booz Allen Ventures backed NODA AI for autonomy orchestration, and Gloo acquired XRI Global to embed multilingual and low-resource language capabilities.
- Texas activity also extends to regulated and image-heavy AI use cases, including Voiant’s acquisition of Voxeleron to strengthen ophthalmic image analysis for clinical trial imaging.
| Buyer (recurring) | What stands out in Texas deals |
|---|---|
| Source Capital | Repeated presence among listed buyer names |
| Booz Allen Ventures / Booz Allen | Investments and strategic activity in autonomy/orchestration themes |
| Participates among backers for Texas-based robotics scaling |
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Top Buyers
Illustrative buyers pulled from tracked transactions on this page. This table is capped and intentionally non-exhaustive.
| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T Ventures | 1 | Corporate venture arm investing in technology and innovat... | Strategic |
| Adapti, Inc. | 1 | Develops AI technology to integrate sports and influencer... | Strategic |
| Adobe | 1 | Public creative software and digital media platform compa... | Strategic |
| Advent International | 1 | Global private equity investor focused on healthcare, tec... | PE |
| Anaconda Inc. | 1 | Developer of enterprise AI-native tooling and the Anacond... | Strategic |
| Atlassian Ventures | 1 | Venture investing arm of Atlassian supporting companies t... | PE |
| B Capital | 1 | Investment firm backing technology and AI/robotics compan... | PE |
| Booz Allen Hamilton (Booz Allen) | 1 | Advanced technology and defense contractor providing AI, ... | Strategic |
| Booz Allen Ventures | 1 | Corporate venture capital arm making strategic early-stag... | PE |
| Computer Modelling Group Ltd. | 1 | Publicly traded global software and consulting company fo... | Strategic |
Acquisition Volume in AI & Machine Learning in Texas by Year
Last 7 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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June 25, 2026
- Buyer
- Adobe
- Target
- Topaz Labs
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Adobe entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Topaz Labs, an AI company specializing in video and image enhancement models. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, and Topaz Labs’ technology will be integrated across Adobe’s creative AI portfolio including Adobe Firefly and Creative Cloud.
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- Buyer
- Fortitude Mining Holdings, Inc., Digital Currency Group (DCG)
- Target
- HeartSciences Inc.
- Seller
- Digital Currency Group (DCG) (sole owner of Fortitude, referenced as expected post-closing controlling shareholder)
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Fortitude Mining Holdings, Inc. and HeartSciences, Inc. entered into a definitive merger agreement in an all-stock transaction to combine the companies. The combined company is expected to operate under the Fortitude brand and trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under ticker TUDE, subject to Nasdaq approval, with closing expected in the second half of 2026. Fortitude, currently wholly owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG), is expected to control about 95% of the combined company at closing on a fully diluted basis, while HeartSciences’ CEO is expected to continue leading the healthcare business unit.
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- Buyer
- Quorum Software
- Target
- Streamba
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Quorum Software announced it has acquired Streamba, an AI-native logistics and supply chain platform purpose-built for the energy industry. The deal brings Streamba’s VOR (Visibility, Orchestration and Response) intelligence layer into Quorum’s unified energy data platform and will be combined with Quorum’s DaWinci to connect planning and execution in real time.
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June 23, 2026
- Buyer
- Syndio
- Target
- Embrace.ai
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Syndio, a Decision Intelligence for Pay company, announced the acquisition of Embrace.ai, an agentic AI company that deploys AI-driven automation across business workflows. The full Embrace.ai team will join Syndio’s product and go-to-market organization, with founders Derek Butts and Seth Halpern taking leadership roles to accelerate Syndio’s agentic AI roadmap for pay governance.
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May 31, 2026
- Buyer
- Novi Labs
- Target
- RBN Energy
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Novi Labs, an AI-driven energy intelligence company, announced the acquisition of RBN Energy, a Houston-based energy market intelligence, analytics, consulting, and education firm. The combined platform is intended to unify upstream forecasting and asset analytics with commodity market and midstream intelligence to provide a more complete view of energy asset economics across North America.
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May 1, 2026
- Buyer
- Atlassian Ventures
- Target
- Riffle Resilience
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Riffle Resilience, an AI company focused on operational resilience, launched its application on the Atlassian Marketplace during Team '26 with investment from Atlassian Ventures. The funding supports continued development of an Atlassian-native platform that embeds resilience into everyday operational workflows (e.g., Jira and Jira Service Management).
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April 29, 2026
- Buyer
- Anaconda Inc.
- Target
- Outerbounds
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Anaconda has acquired Outerbounds, the company behind Metaflow, an open-source AI/ML orchestration framework. The deal is intended to create an end-to-end, secure-by-default AI-native development platform spanning experimentation through production without disrupting existing enterprise workflows.
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April 24, 2026
- Buyer
- Booz Allen Ventures, Booz Allen Hamilton (Booz Allen)
- Target
- NODA AI
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Booz Allen Hamilton’s corporate venture arm, Booz Allen Ventures, made a strategic Series A investment in NODA AI, an Austin, Texas-based autonomy orchestration company. NODA AI provides an integration layer that enables military operators to orchestrate heterogeneous, multi-domain autonomous systems across platforms and providers.
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- Buyer
- Adapti, Inc.
- Target
- Levelution Sports Agency, LLC
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Adapti, Inc. completed the acquisition of Levelution Sports Agency, LLC on April 1, 2026. The deal expands Adapti’s multi-sport NIL and athlete representation platform by adding Levelution’s NIL-focused representation capabilities for athletes and brand partners.
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February 26, 2026
- Buyer
- Ithina Holdings Inc.
- Target
- Displaydata (UK), Agile Displays (U.S.), Altierre (Europe)
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Ithina Holdings Inc. completed the acquisitions of Displaydata (UK), Agile Displays (U.S.), and Altierre (Europe) to form a global AI operating platform for physical commerce and industrial operations. Backed by Kline Hill Partners, Probot Ventures, and Zebra Technologies, Ithina says the combined platform supports more than 50 million connected endpoints across retail, manufacturing, and warehouse environments.
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February 11, 2026
- Buyer
- B Capital, Google, Mercedes-Benz, PEAK6, AT&T Ventures, John Deere, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)
- Target
- Apptronik
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Apptronik, a human-centered robotics company, closed a $520 million Series A-X extension round following an oversubscribed initial Series A raise in 2025, bringing its Series A total to more than $935 million. The new funding will ramp production of its Apollo humanoid robot and expand global commercial and pilot deployments across manufacturing and logistics (with future expansion planned for retail and healthcare).
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November 25, 2025
- Buyer
- Gloo
- Target
- XRI Global
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Gloo (Nasdaq: GLOO), a technology platform serving the faith and flourishing ecosystem, has acquired XRI Global, an AI company specializing in multilingual and voice AI solutions. The acquisition embeds XRI's multilingual and low-resource language capabilities into Gloo's AI offerings to expand capability and unlock new international markets.
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October 7, 2025
- Buyer
- Rapport, Speech Graphics
- Target
- Aquifer Motion
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Rapport, the AI-powered avatar division of Speech Graphics, has acquired Aquifer Motion, an AI animation platform used by major entertainment brands. Aquifer Motion's team will join Rapport (remaining based in Austin, Texas) and CEO Chen Zhang will become Rapport's Chief Growth Officer as the companies integrate full-body animation and cinematic scene direction into Rapport's real-time avatar platform.
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August 25, 2025
- Buyer
- Culmen International
- Target
- Madison Springfield, Inc.
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Culmen International has acquired Madison Springfield, Inc., an AI/ML‑enabled predictive analytics firm and developer of the MOSAICS platform. The acquisition expands Culmen’s real‑time geopolitical analysis and predictive capabilities to better support U.S. government and international partners.
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August 2, 2025
- Buyer
- Voiant
- Target
- Voxeleron
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Voiant has acquired Voxeleron, an AI-driven ophthalmic image analysis company, to integrate advanced AI/ML imaging capabilities into its clinical trial imaging platform. The deal combines Voiant’s clinical trial imaging expertise with Voxeleron’s cloud-based image analysis tools to accelerate biomarker development, improve data accuracy, and enhance ophthalmology-focused clinical research services.
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- Buyer
- OpenTeams
- Target
- Quansight Consulting Division
- Seller
- Quansight
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
OpenTeams has acquired Quansight's Consulting Division, including its core engineering team, to accelerate development and delivery of open source AI systems for enterprises and government agencies. Quansight will transition to a Public Benefit Corporation (Quansight PBC) to focus on sustaining open source communities, while key Quansight leaders (including former CTO Dharhas Pothina) move to OpenTeams to support product and technical growth.
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- Buyer
- Tabhi Inc., TCW Asset Management Company LLC, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Wingspire Capital LLC, Prasad Gundumogula
- Target
- Mondee Holdings, Inc.
- Seller
- Mondee Holdings, Inc.
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Tabhi Inc. acquired substantially all assets of Mondee Holdings, Inc. as part of Mondee's Chapter 11 restructuring, with new equity and credit support from affiliates of TCW Asset Management, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Wingspire Capital. The transaction reduced Mondee's debt, strengthened liquidity, and resulted in Prasad Gundumogula taking a majority equity stake while Tabhi named Kumar R. Parakala CEO of North America to accelerate AI-powered travel offerings.
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January 16, 2025
- Buyer
- NewTide Development, Inc.
- Target
- Talentr Solutions
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
NewTide Development, Inc. has acquired innovation lab Talentr Solutions and is launching NewTide as an enterprise agentic AI company focused on the fuels and convenience retail industry. Vlad Collak (former Talentr founder/CEO) will assume the CEO role at NewTide as the company commercializes AI agents and related services for supply, trading, logistics, procurement, accounting, merchandising and retail operations.
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December 16, 2024
- Buyer
- Upbound Group, Inc.
- Target
- Brigit
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Upbound Group, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brigit, a financial health technology company, for total consideration of up to $460 million. The deal is expected to close in Q1 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, and will combine Brigit’s subscription cash-flow and credit-building platform with Upbound’s existing accessible financial solutions.
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October 18, 2024
- Buyer
- n2 Group
- Target
- X-ISS
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
n2 Group has acquired X-ISS, a specialist provider of managed High-Performance Computing (HPC) and AI services, adding the company to its portfolio of technical-computing businesses. X-ISS will operate as a standalone business within the n2 Group, retaining its brand while leveraging group synergies to expand its ManagedHPC offering and capabilities for customers in scientific and enterprise AI environments.
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August 7, 2024
- Buyer
- East11 Ventures
- Target
- Kronologic
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
East11 Ventures, the private equity arm of Austin-based East11 Ventures, has acquired Kronologic, an Austin-headquartered provider of AI-driven schedule orchestration for B2B sales teams. The acquisition will keep Kronologic headquartered in Austin and aims to accelerate product development and company growth through East11’s capital and operational support.
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September 25, 2023
- Buyer
- Computer Modelling Group Ltd. (CMG)
- Target
- Bluware-Headwave Ventures Inc. (Bluware)
- Seller
- EV Private Equity
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Computer Modelling Group Ltd. (CMG) acquired Bluware-Headwave Ventures Inc., a cloud-native AI and deep-learning software and services provider for subsurface decision-making, from majority owner EV Private Equity. CMG paid US$22 million with an additional earn-out of up to US$8 million; Bluware reported approximately US$23.5 million revenue in its most recent fiscal year and provides the InteractivAI product and proprietary VDS data format for seismic data.
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September 18, 2023
- Buyer
- Elixirr
- Target
- Responsum
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Elixirr has acquired Responsum, a generative AI and large-language-model acceleration platform founded in Austin, Texas, to strengthen its AI and digital capabilities. The acquisition brings Responsum's technical expertise and platform into Elixirr's consulting offering to accelerate client deployments of generative AI across sales, support and executive analytics use cases.
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August 22, 2023
- Buyer
- Trive Capital
- Target
- Hypergiant Industries
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Addon
Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital has acquired AI defense platform company Hypergiant Industries to complement its portfolio company Forward Slope. Hypergiant CEO Mike Betzer will remain in place as the company scales its cloud-based CommandCenter geospatial data visualization and AI-enabled C5ISR offerings; terms were not disclosed.
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March 6, 2023
- Buyer
- Digital Wave Technology, Inc.
- Target
- GoalProfit, Inc.
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Digital Wave Technology, an AI-powered omnichannel platform provider based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, has acquired GoalProfit, a retail AI and optimization SaaS company with operations in Austin, Texas and Helsinki, Finland. The acquisition brings GoalProfit's data science and low-code analytical architecture capabilities into Digital Wave to accelerate development of its omnichannel AI solutions for retailers and brands.
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December 9, 2022
- Buyer
- Tecnotree Corporation
- Target
- CognitiveScale
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Tecnotree Corporation (Espoo, Finland) has agreed to acquire CognitiveScale, an Austin-based AI engineering platform provider, to expand Tecnotree's AI/ML capabilities and accelerate 5G use-case monetization in North America. The deal is expected to contribute roughly EUR 5 million of ARR in 2023 and is subject to customary conditions, with closing expected in 2022.
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- Buyer
- Thomson Reuters
- Target
- ThoughtTrace, Inc.
- Seller
- Altira Group LLC
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Thomson Reuters has acquired Houston-based AI document analytics company ThoughtTrace from Altira Group. The acquisition brings ThoughtTrace's AI/ML-powered contract and document intelligence capabilities into Thomson Reuters' product portfolio; financial terms were not disclosed.
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- Buyer
- Advent International
- Target
- Iodine Software
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Advent International agreed to acquire a significant stake in Iodine Software in a strategic growth investment that values the company at over $1 billion. The capital will support Iodine's expansion of its AI-powered clinical documentation and revenue-cycle products (CognitiveML) and help scale its go-to-market reach across hospitals and health systems.
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November 23, 2021
- Buyer
- Source Capital, Source Capital Credit Opportunities IV, LP (SCCO IV), Source Capital SBIC Fund
- Target
- Nexus Cognitive Solutions
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Source Capital, via its credit fund (Source Capital Credit Opportunities IV, LP) and its SBIC fund, has made an investment in Nexus Cognitive Solutions by providing debt financing to support Nexus’s acquisition of a cloud solutions and software development services provider. Nexus Cognitive Solutions, a service-disabled veteran-owned AI, data analytics and software-development firm headquartered in Addison, Texas, will use the financing to deepen its cloud, systems-integration and software development capabilities and accelerate growth in the public sector and enterprise markets.
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August 30, 2021
- Buyer
- Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Target
- antuit.ai
- Seller
- Consortium led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Zebra Technologies has acquired antuit.ai, an AI-powered SaaS provider of demand forecasting and merchandising solutions for the retail and CPG industries. The acquisition (previously owned by a consortium led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management) expands Zebra's retail software portfolio by adding advanced AI forecasting capabilities to better connect planning and execution across customers' supply chains and store operations.
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February 23, 2021
- Buyer
- SparkCognition
- Target
- AIM2
- Seller
- Brevan Howard, Nomura
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
SparkCognition has entered into an agreement to acquire AIM2, a financial-technology company focused on AI-driven market-making and quantitative trading products, from Brevan Howard and Nomura. The deal brings AIM2 products (including ORCA/AI Trader, Alpha Cycles, and Alpha Waves) and its team into SparkCognition to expand the company's AI capabilities and offerings for the financial services vertical.
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October 27, 2020
- Buyer
- Navigate360
- Target
- Social Sentinel
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Navigate360 has acquired Social Sentinel, an AI- and linguistics-based software platform that scans digital conversations to identify potential safety threats and mental-health signals. The purchase integrates Social Sentinel’s threat-detection capabilities into Navigate360’s tip-reporting, behavioral threat assessment and safety training offerings to expand its proactive prevention tools for schools and businesses.
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July 9, 2020
- Buyer
- Planview
- Target
- Aptage
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Planview has acquired Aptage, an AI/ML specialist focused on applying machine learning to portfolio and work management to provide early insights into project value and delivery risk. The acquisition embeds Aptage's AI/ML IP across the Planview product portfolio and brings Aptage co-founders John Heintz and Dr. Murray Cantor into Planview to lead AI/product and data science roles.
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April 28, 2020
- Buyer
- KKR (KKR Next Generation Technology Growth Fund II)
- Target
- o9 Solutions, Inc.
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
KKR has made a minority equity investment in o9 Solutions, valuing the AI-powered integrated business planning platform at over $1 billion. The funding (from KKR Next Generation Technology Growth Fund II) is o9's first external capital raise and will be used to accelerate go-to-market initiatives, global expansion and continued product development.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which types of AI & machine learning deals are showing up in Texas?
The listed transactions include acquisitions and related events focused on AI platforms, orchestration/integration, and domain-specific deployments such as energy intelligence and clinical trial imaging.
Are the acquisitions limited to one AI application area?
No. The page facts span multiple areas, including energy market intelligence, AI/ML workflow and orchestration tooling, robotics, multilingual/voice AI, autonomy orchestration, and ophthalmic image analysis.
Do the deals cluster around Texas locations?
Yes. Each of the recent events shown is listed with Texas, United States as the location, including buyers and/or targets with Texas ties.
Do any deals involve AI development frameworks or developer tooling?
Yes. Anaconda acquired Outerbounds, the company behind Metaflow, described as an open-source AI/ML orchestration framework intended to support secure, end-to-end development through production.
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