Indicium CEO on Mesh-AI Merger & Global Future

Data consultancies Indicium and Mesh-AI have announced plans to merge into a new global brand, Indicium AI. The unified consultancy aims to help enterprises worldwide accelerate digital transformation through advanced data and AI solutions.

Channel Insider spoke with Indicium co-founder and CEO Matheus Dellagnelo about the merger, his roots in data consulting, and the company’s next phase of global growth.

Merger details and timeline: Indicium AI to launch in Q1 of 2026

Both companies drive enterprise transformation through AI and serve clients across financial services, energy, healthcare, and retail, among others. 

Indicium’s expertise in data modernization and AI implementation complements Mesh-AI’s strategic capabilities in enterprise data and AI. Together, they plan to deliver end-to-end solutions that help Fortune 500 and global enterprises unlock measurable value from data and AI.

“We are creating something very unique to the market in combining our strengths,” Dellagnelo said. “We are, truly, the most advanced company to work with to implement AI because we have the complete mindset around what needs to be done for these projects to be successful.”

“Everything Mesh has done and built is now ours, and vice versa,” he continued. “We’ll be able to bring more to our existing clients and tap into expertise across the board in a really exciting way, even before we fully unite into one company next year. Our customers are already benefitting from this.”

Both brands will continue to operate independently until Q1 2026, when the new brand, Indicium AI, will be officially launched and business operations will be integrated. Kelly Manthey has been appointed Global CEO of Indicium AI.

“I am thrilled to be leading this business. By uniting the exceptional talents of Indicium and Mesh-AI, we are creating an unparalleled customer proposition,” said Manthey in a statement. “We combine world-class expertise, technology, and talent to accelerate enterprise transformation and unlock measurable value from data and AI for the enterprise with unmatched clarity, speed, and capability.”

Dellagnelo will now serve as CEO Americas, and Jacob Parsons, former CEO of Mesh-AI, will serve as CEO Europe.

Dellagnelo on Indicium’s growth and global strategy until this point

Indicium is headquartered in New York and operates across the Americas. Dellagnelo founded the company in Brazil following work and study opportunities in the U.S. and Hong Kong, and grew it into one of Latin America’s largest consultancies before setting his sights on global expansion.

“I saw what was happening [in the U.S.] and in Hong Kong around the importance of data, even then, to AI, which at the time was mostly machine learning. When I got back to Brazil, I saw an opportunity to build what businesses would need,” Dellagnelo said.

He told Channel Insider that he and his team first considered global expansion in 2021 and have been steadily working toward that goal since. Indicium expanded into the U.S. in 2024 and, in 2025, received investment from Databricks Ventures.

Now, he views the merger with Mesh-AI as the next phase in that evolution.

“This merge with Mesh-AI is really a validation of our strategy and all that has gone into getting here,” said Dellagnelo.

Why data and AI consultancy is still a need at many enterprises

The unified company will emerge at a time when data-related technology projects are underpinning many businesses’ core priorities. As AI demand continues to grow, Dellagnelo says many enterprises still need partners who can guide them from idea to execution.

“With all of the motion around AI, we have a massive market opportunity now and we’re really talking about a much bigger market than before,” Dellagnelo said. “Nobody really knows the extent of the impact AI will have and how fast that impact will come, but everyone agrees that AI will change how companies and people approach technology. That’s where we can help.”

Dellagnelo’s team can draw on experience across various markets when delivering solutions to clients. He has seen the nuances of markets everywhere from Brazil to Germany, and while he notes that cultural expectations around communications and delivery style may vary, all enterprises ultimately want very similar things.

“Technically, most people are experiencing the same challenges, and enterprise tools are pretty standard across the board,” said Dellagnelo. “How companies are using AI has changed a lot over the past two years, and it will continue to. The second half of this year really focused on how we can leverage AI to fully change how a company works across departments and workflows. I think 2026 is going to see challenges in how people respond to those changes.”