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AlixPartners announced its completed acquisition of agentic AI consultancy Artium on 4 August 2026. Your build partner now sits inside a restructuring firm that advises creditors, takes CRO seats, and files Rule 2014 connection disclosures naming its clients.
August 5, 2026 · 15 min read
Microsoft just dropped $2.5 billion on a 6,000-person AI deployment army. AWS committed $1 billion two days earlier. OpenAI and Anthropic launched PE-backed deployment ventures in May. Google put $750 million into partner-led deployment. That's over $9 billion in 90 days, all aimed at the same problem: the enterprise AI deployment gap that kills 73-95% of pilots before they reach production.
July 2, 2026 · 18 min read
Anthropic and OpenAI both launched PE-backed enterprise AI services firms on May 4. Combined: $11.5B. The Big Three consulting model has 18 months.
May 4, 2026 · 12 min read