Argility – a member of the Argility Technology Group – has revealed it has made a substantial investment in artificial intelligence (AI) solutions business Ashanti AI, a BBBEE level two start-up.
This is the enterprise software solutions group’s fifth investment in two years.
Argility CEO Marko Salic says due to the alignment of a mutual vision and mission, the company sees this as a strategic investment to bring Ashanti AI into the Argility ecosystem.
“This emerging business will be a strong addition to our current retail, supply chain, Internet of things (IoT) and fleet expertise, and we feel it will serve to drive our focus on combining analytics with trending 4IR technologies supported by our current products and solutions.
“The synergies between Argility’s vision and Ashanti AI’s mission made this investment very appealing to us and a good fit that will augment our goal of digitally transforming our core business focus arenas using intelligent software, data science/AI, and IoT. Ashanti AI assists companies to increase revenues, make decisions faster and improve processes using AI.
“Combining these strengths will serve to enhance the Argility Technology Group’s portfolio and thus expand our solutions and service delivery for current and future customers,” confirms Salic.
Ashanti AI CEO and founder Takalani Madzhadzhi is an actuary with a financial services background. He heads up a team of data scientists with a vision to provide the best AI solutions for partners and customers. The company’s current customer base includes a number of blue-chip corporates plus partnerships with strong international consultancy firms.
“We started as part of an incubation hub linked to a data science academy. Since leaving the hub, we have grown our client base and developed a number of proprietary solutions,” notes Madzhadzhi.
He adds that going forward, the company is focused on building predictive analytic products for the retail, supply chain and financial services sectors.
Ashanti AI, strategic partner & associate of Argility Technology Group
Source: IT Web
