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Professional services automation (PSA) provider Kantata has unveiled the Kantata Enterprise Engine, a new AI solution tailor-made for professional services firms. The engine transforms a firm’s data, including deliverables, conversations, outcomes, and projects, into actionable intelligence that can be applied across the entire services lifecycle.
Leveraging AI for maximum growth
In its official press release, Kantata highlighted findings from the upcoming State of the Professional Services Industry Report, which reveal that 89 percent of industry leaders believe future revenue growth will rely more on scaling AI than on scaling headcount.
“The industry doesn’t need more generic copilots or one-off AI agents,” said Michael Speranza, chief executive officer at Kantata. “What it needs is an engine that understands how services firms actually operate. That’s what makes the Kantata Expertise Engine different—it learns from every project, every proposal, every engagement, and turns that knowledge into an advantage no competitor can match.”
Kantata is framing its new AI solution as a foundational tool that service firms can use to drive “the new era in services,” touting it as the only vertically-focused AI platform for service organizations.
Here’s an overview of the Kantata Expertise Engine’s key features:
- Professional Services-Specific Language Models – A proprietary Services Language Model tuned for professional services workflows, covering the process from sales through delivery.
- Continuous Learning Flywheel – Each engagement contributes to a growing knowledge base that informs future work.
- Human and AI Orchestration – Coordinates professionals and AI agents with guided Next Best Actions.
- Exclusive Benchmarking Data – Draws from a comprehensive industry performance dataset.
According to Kantata, the Expertise Engine will also serve as the foundation for a new family of Accelerators currently in development. Accelerators are Kantata offerings that package institutional knowledge into actionable resources.
The first in the series, the Sales Accelerator, is planned for release in 2026. It aims to turn delivery experience and history data into proposals that highlight case studies, risks, and optimal human–AI resource mixes within minutes of an RFP.
Constant improvement powered by AI
With more than 1,500 professional services firms as customers, the Kantata Expertise Engine is positioned to help organizations leverage their accumulated experience and apply AI in ways that reflect the specific language of their industry.
“Kantata’s Expertise Engine puts a firm’s entire history of success—every proposal, every project, every outcome—to work to improve every future engagement,” said Vikas Nehru, chief technology officer at Kantata. “Unlike generic AI tools, the Kantata Expertise Engine learns continuously from people, processes, and past engagements so firms don’t just get faster—they get better.”
Simon Goldsmith of UK-based consulting firm FOIL echoed Nehru’s sentiments and emphasized how the new AI solution could help their firm unlock institutional knowledge.
“For years, too much of our expertise was locked in decks or the heads of consultants,” he said. “The Kantata Expertise Engine changes that. It makes our experience reusable—proposals practically build themselves—and that will change how we compete and grow.”
As of today, the Kantata Expertise Engine is in beta with select customers. Meanwhile, the first set of Accelerators are slated to roll out in the first quarter of 2026.
In September, Kantata appointed Jesse Weber as its new Vice President of Partner Alliances. Learn more about this appointment and other leadership shifts across the channel.
