AI workforce: 7,000+ digital/tech | 5,000+ QuantumBlack | cutting 3,000-4,000 non-client-facing roles over 18-24 months (45K -> ~40K)
Revenue/impact: 40% client work includes AI | GenAI cut delivery times 30%+, compressing junior research
Platforms: QuantumBlack Horizon, Lilli, CausalNex
Acquisitions: Iguazio (MLOps), QuantumBlack
Key fact: Lilli: 70% adoption, 500K queries/mo. 2026: cutting ~10% of global staff as GenAI absorbs junior research & synthesis; the 'knowledge-work compression' bellwether.
Investment figures are declared/announced amounts. OpenAI's $122B includes conditional and vendor-linked components (~$37B immediate cash). Valuations are post-money where reported. Key claims externally validated June-July 2026 (TechCrunch, Bloomberg, CNBC, NYT, Quartz). Relationship years are first-public-announcement years; long-tail partnerships without a public record carry era estimates (flagged yearEstimated).
Cite as: "Global AI Ecosystem, June 2026 Strategy Update, Mantu (https://ai-ecosystem.pages.dev)". Full dataset: llms-full.txt · Talk to Mantu