IBM Acquires Hakkoda Inc.

NTT DATA Services Acquires Hashmap

December 11, 2020

Data & Analytics

NTT DATA Services has agreed to acquire Hashmap, a data engineering and analytics consultancy headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, to strengthen its cloud data, analytics and AI capabilities. Hashmap— a Snowflake Premier Partner with Databricks and other cloud partnerships—will expand NTT DATA Services' ability to help clients accelerate cloud data modernization and operationalize AI.

Accenture Acquires Tenbu to Expand Data & AI Capabilities

August 1, 2022

Data & Analytics

Accenture has acquired Tenbu, a São Paulo-based cloud data firm specializing in analytics, big data and machine learning. The Tenbu team of about 170 data specialists will join Accenture Cloud First to expand the company's data and AI capabilities across the cloud continuum; terms were not disclosed.

Hitachi Vantara Acquires Io-Tahoe

June 23, 2021

Data & Analytics

Hitachi Vantara has acquired Io-Tahoe, a data automation and governance software company that was a subsidiary of Centrica. The acquisition will integrate Io-Tahoe’s AI-driven data quality, lineage and governance capabilities into Hitachi’s Lumada DataOps Suite to strengthen enterprise and industrial IoT data management and compliance offerings.

Accenture Acquires ALBERT Inc.

November 15, 2022

AI & Machine Learning

Accenture completed a tender offer to acquire Japanese data science company ALBERT Inc., bringing ALBERT's ~250 data scientists and contractors into Accenture's Applied Intelligence practice. The acquisition strengthens Accenture's data and AI capabilities globally and furthers its ability to support Japanese companies with advanced analytics and AI.

IBM Acquires Taos to Boost Hybrid Cloud Consulting Capability

January 14, 2021

IT Services

IBM agreed to acquire Taos, a multi-cloud consulting and managed services provider headquartered in San Jose, California, to strengthen IBM's hybrid cloud consulting, migration and managed services capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed; the deal was announced in January 2021 (expected to close Q1 2021). Taos brings deep public-cloud partnerships (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure) and experience across technology, financial services, healthcare, retail, transportation and education.

IBM Acquires Seek AI

June 2, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

IBM has acquired Seek AI, a New York–based startup that provides a natural-language AI platform for querying and analyzing enterprise data, for an undisclosed sum. Seek AI will join IBM’s new Watsonx AI Labs in New York City and relocate its headquarters to One Madison, with the technology integrated into IBM’s enterprise AI offerings to accelerate its AI capabilities.