Founded by Travis Oliphant, the entities have operated as sister companies since OpenTeams’ inception. The new partnership agreement will create a one-stop shop for customized, open source AI solutions for government and commercial sectors
AUSTIN, TX – March 12, 2025 – OpenTeams, an industry leader in tailored, open source AI that protects proprietary data while being flexible, transparent, and ethical, today announced that it has entered into a strategic share swap and asset purchase agreement with Quansight, a data, science, and engineering firm that solves complex, data-related problems by leveraging the open source software at the foundation of innovation in AI and machine learning.
The new partnership agreement will see the integration of Quansight’s AI engineering team into OpenTeams, in addition to obtaining key intellectual property developed by Quansight that will enable OpenTeams to better scale AI for national security clients. Technology resources from both companies will also be combined, allowing for expedited prototypes, testing, and deployment of AI solutions that meet the urgent needs of clients in the government and commercial sectors.
Both companies, founded by open source pioneer Travis Oliphant, share the mission of developing cutting-edge AI solutions while supporting the open source AI community. This new partnership agreement allows OpenTeams to expand its focus on delivering AI solutions for enterprise and government markets at scale, while Quansight can continue to be the premier leader in open source community building. The agreement aligns the strengths of both companies and keeps them focused on what they do best, while cementing seamless collaboration in tackling the most complex challenges in defense, intelligence, and other areas.
OpenTeams CEO, Joe Merrill, said, “OpenTeams and Quansight have always worked extremely well together, but ensuring that both companies were playing to their strengths was my first major priority as CEO. As OpenTeams experiences rapid growth and the value of custom, open source AI is recognized by both the government and commercial sectors, this new partnership creates a seamless one-stop shop for our clients to access these vital AI solutions.”
“OpenTeams and Quansight have been additive to each other’s success, furthering the shared mission of eliminating black-box AI and bringing trustworthy open source capabilities to market,” said Travis Oliphant, Founder, President, and Chief AI Architect at OpenTeams. “As AI continues to shape the future, working closely with the open source community is essential to ensuring that AI tools remain accessible and transparent. No companies have stronger ties to these groups than OpenTeams and Quansight.”
OpenTeams brings tailored, open source AI to companies in a way that protects their proprietary data while being flexible, transparent, and ethical. OpenTeams was founded by Travis Oliphant, the open source ML/AI pioneer and advocate who also founded Quansight and Anaconda, as well as the creator of NumPy and SciPy. OpenTeams is proud to work with changemakers and visionaries across tech, finance, government, and science, including Meta, Google, Amazon, Nvidia, and numerous government agencies.
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