Intel And DigitalBridge Unveil Articul8: A New Enterprise Generative AI Venture

Intel and DigitalBridge Group have jointly established Articul8 AI, Inc. (Articul8), an independent firm dedicated to providing enterprise customers with a comprehensive, vertically-optimised, and secure generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software platform.

This platform ensures that AI capabilities, encompassing customer data, training, and inference, remain safeguarded within the confines of the enterprise security perimeter.

Additionally, Articul8 offers customers the flexibility to choose between cloud, on-premises, or hybrid deployment options.

Leveraging intellectual property (IP) and technology developed at Intel, Articul8 is the result of this collaboration.

Both Intel and DigitalBridge will maintain strategic alignment on go-to-market initiatives and continue their collaboration to propel GenAI adoption within the enterprise.

Arun Subramaniyan, formerly the vice president and general manager in Intel’s Data Center and AI Group, has taken on the role of CEO at Articul8.

“With its deep AI and HPC domain knowledge and enterprise-grade GenAI deployments, Articul8 is well positioned to deliver tangible business outcomes for Intel and our broader ecosystem of customers and partners. As Intel accelerates AI everywhere, we look forward to our continued collaboration with Articul8,” said Pat Gelsinger, Intel CEO.

DigitalBridge Ventures, the venture initiative of DigitalBridge, served as lead investor of Articul8. In addition, Intel, along with a syndicate of established venture investors, including Fin Capital, Mindset Ventures, Communitas Capital, GiantLeap Capital, GS Futures and Zain Group, has taken an equity stake in the company.

“Every global enterprise today is challenged to integrate GenAI capabilities into their workflows. Articul8 has built a scalable and easy-to-deploy GenAI software platform that is already enabling enterprises to unlock value from their proprietary data. We see GenAI as a pivotal force driving digital infrastructure, and we are pleased to collaborate with Intel to support Articul8’s growth,” said Marc Ganzi, DigitalBridge CEO.

Articul8 offers a turnkey GenAI software platform that delivers speed, security and cost-efficiency to help large enterprise customers operationalise and scale AI.

The platform was launched and optimised on Intel hardware architectures, including Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Intel Gaudi accelerators, but will support a range of hybrid infrastructure alternatives. Following the technology’s early deployment at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the team has scaled the platform to enterprise customers in industry segments requiring high levels of security and specialised domain knowledge, including financial services, aerospace, semiconductors and telecommunications.

“GenAI is at the forefront of our clients’ business strategy and needs. Our collaboration began nearly two years ago while the venture was still in the incubation stage at Intel. Since then, we have deployed Articul8 products for multiple clients seeking production-ready platforms with rapid time to market,” said Rich Lesser, global chair of BCG.

As an independent company supported by industry investment, Articul8 will be able to accelerate its go-to-market strategy and scale its product offerings for the broader GenAI ecosystem.