Accenture announces investment in CLIKA, a company specializing in a powerful AI compression platform. This investment aims to advance Accenture’s ability to use smart technology at the edge and help businesses deploy AI more quickly on devices like smartphones, IoT machines, self-driving cars, and robots used in industries.
Together, Accenture and CLIKA will create AI solutions ready for businesses, ensuring that AI can be securely deployed on a large scale. This partnership will help clients from different industries bring small, high-performing AI models to their devices, giving them new advantages and business opportunities around the world.
Raj Wickramasinghe, who leads Infrastructure Engineering at Accenture, stated that using edge computing is essential for businesses today. He emphasized the need for smooth intelligence at the edge. With this investment and partnership, Accenture can provide CLIKA’s technology to clients, helping them run intelligent models on devices that weren’t originally made for AI, which enhances efficiency and precision.
CLIKA’s platform includes a software toolkit known as an SDK that automatically makes AI models smaller and more efficient for different types of hardware, including low-power devices. Each AI model is customized for the specific environment, ensuring speed and accuracy without needing much manual work.
This partnership will strengthen Accenture’s ability to create the next generation of AI solutions for edge devices while helping CLIKA expand globally.
Nayul Lina Kim, co-founder and CEO of CLIKA, said that they believe powerful AI should be used on everyday devices. The investment and collaboration with Accenture will help them achieve this vision, making it easier for businesses to use AI in real life, where it can make a significant difference.
Tom Lounibos, who leads Accenture Ventures, mentioned that the fast growth of AI brings challenges that need quicker and simpler ways to deploy it. With this investment, Accenture will help CLIKA reach more business clients and work together to put advanced AI models to use where they are most needed.
