Accenture, through Accenture Ventures, has made a strategic investment in CLIKA, a high-performance AI compression platform provider. The move enhances Accenture’s edge computing and infrastructure engineering capabilities while enabling faster, more efficient deployment of AI at the edge.
With enterprises increasingly looking to harness edge AI, many face challenges such as complex deployment requirements, infrastructure limitations, and a fragmented hardware ecosystem. CLIKA addresses these issues through a unified platform that streamlines the optimization and deployment of AI models to edge devices including smartphones, IoT endpoints, autonomous vehicles, and industrial robots.
By joining forces, Accenture and CLIKA will deliver enterprise-ready AI solutions designed for secure, large-scale edge deployments. This collaboration aims to bring compact, high-performance AI models to real-world devices across sectors, creating new business opportunities and competitive advantages for global enterprises.
Raj Wickramasinghe, global lead for Infrastructure Engineering, Accenture, said, “Edge computing is now a critical part of the AI lifecycle. Today’s enterprises need seamless intelligence at the edge. Through this investment and collaboration, we can bring CLIKA’s technology which allows intelligent models to run on devices not originally designed for AI to our enterprise clients, delivering the efficiency and precision needed to make edge AI practical and scalable.”
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At the heart of CLIKA’s offering is its proprietary software development kit (SDK), which automatically compresses and optimizes AI models to run efficiently on diverse hardware, from CPUs to low-power devices. Each deployment is tailored to its environment, ensuring speed and accuracy without requiring extensive manual tuning. This partnership not only strengthens Accenture’s AI infrastructure expertise but also expands CLIKA’s ability to scale its technology worldwide.
“At CLIKA, we believe powerful AI belongs on everyday devices,” said Nayul Lina Kim, co-founder & CEO, CLIKA. “This investment and collaboration with Accenture Ventures allow us to bring that vision to life, offering enterprises a smooth and efficient way to deploy AI in real-world, real-time scenarios where it can make the biggest impact.”
“The rapid growth of AI and the complexity that comes with demands faster, simpler and smarter deployment,” said Tom Lounibos, global lead for Accenture Ventures. “With this investment, we are providing CLIKA with strategic market access to enterprise clients, teaming to deploy advanced models at the edge and put intelligence where it matters most.”
As part of the investment, CLIKA will also join Accenture Ventures’ Project Spotlight, an accelerator program focused on data and AI startups. Project Spotlight provides startups with access to Accenture’s deep industry expertise and global client network, helping them scale innovation and deliver on the promise of their technology.
