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 and synthesis; also a founding consulting investor in OpenAI's $4B Deployment Company.
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 to September 2026 (TechCrunch, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fortune, PR Newswire, firm newsrooms). Relationship years are first-public-announcement years; long-tail partnerships without a public record carry era estimates (flagged yearEstimated). Rumored or unclosed rounds are excluded.
Cite as: "Global AI Ecosystem, September 2026 Strategy Update, Mantu (https://ai-ecosystem.pages.dev)". Full dataset: llms-full.txt · Talk to Mantu