IBM Services and C3.ai Announce Strategic Alliance for Digital Transformation with AI - C3.ai

ARMONK, NY & REDWOOD CITY, CA – February 27, 2020 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) and C3.ai, a leading enterprise AI software provider, today announced a global strategic alliance to bring enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) solutions across industries globally. With the combined expertise of the IBM Services global delivery network and C3.ai's platform, this alliance is designed to help fast-track the delivery of enterprise-scale industry and domain specific AI applications, shorten the time to value and accelerate the scaling of mission-critical solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, IBM will become the first preferred global systems integrator for the C3.ai platform. "It takes a sophisticated ecosystem of partners to help companies realize the promise and opportunity of digital transformation," said Thomas M. Siebel, CEO, C3.ai. "C3.ai and IBM Services offer a powerful platform for companies seeking to dramatically reduce cost and risk, accelerate deployment, and quickly generate financial returns from their digital transformation programs."