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Bounteous
Builds and runs AI agents and AI-led digital experiences for large enterprises, with embedded engineers
The firm calls itself an AI services business whose engineers and consultants sit alongside client staff. Its work covers AI engineering, agent deployment and AI-driven experiences, delivered partly on its own Bounteous Arc platform. It joined the Claude Partner Network as a Preferred Services Partner in June 2026.
- Type of firm
- Forward-deployed engineering
- Known for
- Agentic AI engineering and AI-led experiences
- Based in
- Chicago, United States
- Founded
- 2003
- Employees
- 1,001 to 5,000
- Funding
- Private equity (Strategic investment (growth/PE))
- Ownership
- PE-owned · New Mountain Capital
- Status
- Active
- Generalist or specialist
- Generalist
- Built on
- Anthropic, AWS, Databricks
- Own product
- Yes: Bounteous Arc
- Delivery model
- Embedded team, Runs it after launch
- Founders
- Keith Schwartz
- Website
- bounteous.com
Funding and deals
- 2021-08: Strategic investment, not disclosed, led by New Mountain Capital
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