Ingenio and XANT Announce Global Partnership

DUBLIN, Ireland—September 12, 2017 — Irish consultancy business Ingenio has joined the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sales revolution by partnering with global “sales acceleration platform provider” XANT. XANT, headquartered in Provo, Utah, has developed an artificial intelligence-based growth acceleration platform for sales organisations. It plans to create over 100 jobs in Ireland over the next 3 years after raising more than €47 million from various investors, including the Irish Strategic Investment Fund. This new partnership enables XANT to utilize Ingenio as a consultancy partner for its Enterprise clients deploying XANT products, as well as utilize Ingenio’s recruitment speciality to fill leadership, technical and commercial roles in the U.K and Ireland.   “Ingenio works exclusively with technology businesses to accelerate sales performance by providing niche consultancy and recruitment services,” said Ingenio Consulting Director James Kearns. “The technology XANT provides is exactly what our clients have been crying-out for across Europe to increase their outbound sales performance. We’re delighted to work with such an exciting business that can completely transform the way organizations across Europe approach sales. The partnership with XANT allows Ingenio to grow our client base within the technology space, and it accelerates our employment plans in Ireland substantially. We hope to bring on between 8–10 new hires to help support our consultancy and recruitment requirements for XANT over the next 18 months. The relationship with the team at XANT also gives us an opportunity to learn from an incredible business in the rapidly growing AI space.”   XANT Managing Director Martin Moran commented that he was “delighted to work with such a niche consultancy partner that can enable our customers to use our technology the way it is intended to be used. Ingenio’s founders commercial background working in and running international technology businesses gives our growing client base additional expertise to improve their performance with XANT technology.”    The new partnership between both businesses will enable more technology companies across Europe to avail of XANT’s revolutionary AI product and reinforces the fact that AI is leading the way in new technology products and services. It also means major employment opportunities across Ireland and the U.K as both Ingenio and XANT are planning to hire significantly over the next 18 months.       About Ingenio;   Ingenio is a specialist management consultancy and recruitment business with offices in both Dublin and London. Founded by Rob Magee and James Smith in 2015, Ingenio works exclusively with businesses that sell technology products and services.    The Management Consultancy arm of the business provides advisory services to clients in the technology space. Ingenio Consulting help clients improve performance in the areas of sales, operations and delivery. Their team of consultants have come from working in and running international technology businesses and provide clients with their expert know-how and guidance, specialising in sales process design, international market entry and go-to market planning.    The Recruitment arm of the business operates exclusively in the technology industry also. Its purpose is to source exceptional talent for leading service providers and enterprise companies in a variety of markets. Ingenio attracts, recommends and places experienced professionals in client’s businesses on a permanent or contract basis.   About XANT XANT offers the industry’s leading AI-fueled sales acceleration platform powered by Neuralytics™, a predictive and prescriptive self-learning engine that drives revenue growth. The platform helps companies acquire new customers faster, improve cross-sell/upsell conversions, and rep performance. XANT has received numerous industry awards for its technology and is included in Forbes Cloud 100 list, CNBC Disruptor 50, AlwaysOn On Global 250, OnMedia 100 Top Private companies, and more. XANT accelerates sales for enterprise customers like ADP, Bank of America, CA, Caesars Entertainment, CenturyLink, DexYP, Fidelity Investments, Groupon, Microsoft, Waste Management, and Workday. Media Contact: David Hunt SVP Marketing david.hunt@www.xant.ai 801.361.4501