Summary

  • Chicago-based AI data firm Ocient has raised $42.1m in funding to accelerate the development of energy-efficient solutions for costly and unwieldy operational data and AI workloads.
  • The extension to the company’s series B funding increases total investment to $159.4m.
  • The funding will help Ocient expand into new areas, including automotive telemetry and climate modelling.
  • The firm boasts tripled revenues for three consecutive years and appointed former Loft Orbital CFO Henry Marshall to steer its financial operations, signalling its entry into the growth phase.
  • Ocient’s customer base includes telecoms operators, intelligence agencies, adtech exchanges and fintech firms.
  • The company shipped its first named solution, the Ocient Data Retention and Disclosure System, this year.

By Ujas Patel

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