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Ancilla Named Top 50 AI Services Firm

David Giambruno

AI operations
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Ancilla earned a place in Constellation Research’s Top 50 AI-Exponential Service Firms for 2026. We are not on the list because we pilot tools. We are on it because we redesign operating models.

The market is separating. Some firms are still talking about AI. Others are building with it.

We are proud to be recognized among the firms driving that shift.

The other firms recognized

This recognition was not arbitrary. Constellation Research conducted a structured evaluation of AI-first service firms using surveys, outreach, customer references, formal and informal briefings, and reference calls. The result is a data-backed list split across two distinct categories with clear performance thresholds.

AI-Exponential Service Firms

These firms have moved beyond experimentation and into scaled operational impact.

To qualify, firms demonstrated:

  • More than 20 percent digital to human labor mix
  • Revenue per FTE exceeding $200,000
  • More than 100 AI agents deployed in production
Recognized winners: Ancilla, Atrium, Credera, Distyl, Monks, Qubika, Soul of the Machine, Thoughtworks

AI-first Service Firms

These firms are embedding AI meaningfully into delivery and are scaling toward exponential models.

To qualify, firms demonstrated:

  • 10 to 20 percent digital to human labor mix
  • Revenue per FTE between $100,000 and $200,000
  • 25 to 100 AI agents deployed in production

Recognized winners: Auctor, Blackstraw, Blend 360, Cazton, Covasant, DataArt, DeepSense AI, DotKonnect, Echelon, Egen, Encora (CoForge), ExperienceFlow, Faculty (Accenture), Gruve, Lovelytics, Provectus, Quantiphi, Traversaal, Tredence, Tribe, Winwire, Veltris, PureInsights

The standards are rising. The bar is measurable. And the firms on this list are pushing real operational change, not surface-level adoption.

Congratulations to every team recognized. The ecosystem is stronger because of the work being done across it.

What “AI-Exponential” actually means

Not AI as a slide. Not AI as a feature. AI as leverage.

AI-exponential is what happens when AI stops being “a tool your team tries” and becomes part of the operating system. It is embedded in the way work moves, decisions get made, and outcomes get measured, not sprinkled on top when someone remembers to use it.

AI-exponential firms are being recognized because they are changing how work gets done, end to end:

  • AI embedded into delivery workflows, not bolted on after the fact
  • Tighter cycles from data to decision to execution, with fewer delays and fewer meetings
  • Less handoff tax, less rework, more throughput, and clearer accountability
  • Defined ownership and failure modes, with human escalation paths when confidence drops
  • Governance that enables speed, not governance that slows everything down
  • Systems that compound improvement over time, because feedback is captured and applied continuously

The difference is simple: AI-exponential teams do not “run pilots.” They build repeatable machinery.

That’s the point. Outcomes that improve with repetition.

Why THIS MATTERS

Most organizations are still stuck in the middle: pilots everywhere, impact nowhere.

The winners in this next era will be the ones that treat AI like an operating model decision, not a tooling decision. When AI is wired into core operations, you stop debating “use cases” and start building capability.

Speed changes. Cost changes. Reliability changes. And eventually, the competitive set changes too.

Moving Forward

Being named a Top 50 AI-Exponential Service Firm affirms our direction. But recognition is not the objective. Durable advantage is.

If your organization is evaluating how to embed AI into core operations and you want a partner who will tell you the truth about what it takes, we should talk.

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