Wednesday, 17 July 2019

L&T Infotech buys analytics firm Lymbyc

Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd, the IT services arm of infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro Ltd has signed a definitive agreement to acquire artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced analytics company Lymbyc.

This marks L&T’s fifth acquisition since its listing in 2016. In January, the firm acquired Ruletronics, which uses the Pega platform for business process management and customer relationship management solutions. A month later, it also acquired Germany-based Nielsen Partner, which specializes in Temenos WealthSuite, an integrated software solution for wealth managers.
Founded in 2012, Lymbyc is a Bengaluru-based firm, known for its capabilities in analytics and data-sciences space. The company leverages its proprietary product Leni, a virtual analyst that allows users to conversationally access information and insights, to solve descriptive to predictive business insights, leveraging deep learning, natural language processing, data visualization, and predictive analytics. The company has customers in the US, the UK, Africa, and India.

The acquisition will complement the analytics, natural language processing and data visualization capabilities of its in-house mosaic platform, helping it improve its data discovery, analytics and ability to process large datasets, the company said. Before Lymbyc acquisition both firms had also worked as strategic partners for a year.

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