Indicium And Mesh-AI Disclose Merger Plan Creating New Data And AI Service Powerhouse

With operations across North America, Latin America and Europe, the new company, Indicium AI, will provide advanced data and AI services and expertise at a time when organizations are looking to expand AI initiatives from narrow use cases to enterprise-wide business processes.

Solution providers Indicium and Mesh-AI are merging to create Indicium AI, a new powerhouse data and AI consultancy, the companies said Tuesday.

The new strategic service provider, combining New York-based Indicium and London-based Mesh-AI, will provide data and AI services across North America, Latin America and Europe, giving the new company the ability to serve multinational businesses and organizations.

The Indicium and Mesh-AI merger is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2026 with the official launch of the new Indicium AI brand and the integration of the two companies’ business operations. Until then the two companies will continue to operate independently.

The rapid adoption of AI by many businesses and organizations—and the need for data to support those systems—is fueling the demand for the kind of services and expertise provided by Indicium and Mesh-AL, said Matheus Dellagnelo (pictured), Indicium co-founder and CEO, in an interview with CRN.

“What’s happening right now with AI, with data, with the boom in the market that we are seeing, there is a major demand for what we do across the board,” Dellagnelo said. “Big enterprises need a partner that can deliver very specialized data and AI work.”

Dellagnelo said that in the wake of the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, businesses and organizations spent 2023 and 2024 trying to understand what the new generative AI technology meant for them and developing early proof-of-concept and chatbot-type systems. This year, after trying to apply AI to narrow use cases, he said many organizations now understand that to get the real benefits of AI, it needs to be applied across end-to-end business processes—supply chain management being an example.

“That’s where we stand right now, bigger initiatives, thinking more broadly regarding how the operation of a company works and applying AI to really change the game and get the benefit,” Dellagnelo said.

“And that’s a huge opportunity we have to be part of this change, to be a part of this process and be able to implement [AI] and guide companies on the way to getting there,” he said. With the combination of Indicium and Mesh-AI, “We can provide an end-to-end solution, not only in terms of technical ability and the solution lines we provide, but also across [multiple] regions for those big companies, big enterprises.”

“It’s very exciting because we’re going to be creating something very unique,” Dellagnelo said. “We want to be able to provide [services] globally for our clients.”

Indicium and Mesh-AI both have deep expertise in the financial services sector and related vertical industries and in applying AI to financial business processes such as capital management. Indicium also offers its data engineering expertise and frameworks for quickly implementing and scaling data modernization, migration and governance systems.

The new entity will also target its AI and data services toward customers in energy and utilities, pharmaceuticals, retail and consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, and media. The client roster of the new company includes National Grid, PepsiCo, Roche and Experian.

Financial details of the merger were not disclosed. Indicium and Mesh-AI today are partly owned by their respective founders/principals with Columbia Capital, a venture capital firm focused on digital infrastructure, enterprise technology and mobility, owning a stake in both companies. Once the merger is complete, the founders/principals and Columbia Capital will each own part of the new Indicium AI.

Kelly Manthey, previously Americas CEO at global digital consultancy Valtech, has been hired to be global CEO of the new company. Manthey held the post at Valtech for just over one year: She previously served as global CEO of Kin + Carter for nearly five years before its acquisition by Valtech in April 2024.

“By uniting the exceptional talents of Indicium and Mesh-AL, we are creating an unparalleled customer proposition,” Manthey said in the announcement of the merger. “We combine world-class expertise, technology and talent to accelerate enterprise transformation and unlock measurable value from data and AI for the enterprise with unmatched clarity, speed, and capability.”

Dellagnelo will serve as CEO Americas in the newly combined company while Jacob Parsons, currently CEO of Mesh-AI, will be CEO Europe. The company will have its main offices in New York and London as well as offices in Lisbon, Portugal, and in Sao Paulo and Florianopolis in Brazil where Indicium got is start.

Indicium is closely aligned with Databricks, offering a number of AI and data asset governance services around the company’s data and AI platform. (Databricks, through its Databricks Ventures arm, made an equity investment in Indicium in September, given the importance of their partnership.) Mesh-AI works closely with AI company Anthropic. And Indicium and Mesh-AI both have ties to Amazon Web Services, OpenAI and Microsoft.