HCLSoftware, the software program arm of IT titan HCLTech, mentioned on Monday that it’ll purchase Wobby, an Antwerp-based startup specializing in AI knowledge analyst brokers. The $5.2 million (€4.5 million) all-cash deal marks HCL’s newest transfer to embed “Agentic AI” — autonomous programs able to reasoning and executing duties — straight into its enterprise knowledge stack.
The startup supplies AI knowledge analyst ‘Brokers’ that allow customers to question advanced datasets by a pure language interface and obtain actionable insights immediately.
The acquisition, anticipated to shut by February 2026, is designed to bolster HCL’s Actian Information Intelligence Platform by increasing capabilities round metadata administration, knowledge catalog and knowledge governance options.
“Including Agentic AI Information Analyst capabilities will additional allow prospects to work together with their uncooked knowledge and get quick and correct enterprise insights on demand,” the corporate mentioned in a press release.
“Wobby supplies AI Information Analyst ‘Brokers’ that allow customers to question advanced datasets by a pure language inteęace and obtain actionable insights immediately. The answer is powered by a proprietary semantic layer and agentic structure that interprets enterprise context, automates advanced workflows and delivers high-quality analytical output at scale, complementing the data graph capabilities of the Actian Information Intelligence Platform,” the assertion added.
Marc Potter, CEO Actian & Portfolio Common Supervisor of HCLSoftware’s Information & AI division, mentioned: “Clients need self-service analytics with AI-driven insights that they will belief.”
“With Wobby, Actian supplies LLM-powered natural-language analytics on a unified, ruled semantic layer, enabling self-service analytics that delivers context-rich, correct insights and a basis for scaling GenAI initiatives with confidence,” he added.
Amra Dorjbayar, CEO and Co-Founder, Wobby mentioned: “Combining Wobby’s capabilities with Actian Information Intelligence platform will provide prospects a differentiated method to knowledge administration.”
HCLTech acquires Telco Options
The Wobby acquisition follows simply days after HCLTech’s large $160 million buyout of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) Telco Options enterprise. Whereas Wobby is a tactical “acqui-hire” concentrating on early-stage GenAI innovation, the HPE deal is a heavy-duty asset carve-out aimed toward dominating the 5G and autonomous networking segments.
Following an earlier transaction with HPE in 2024, HCLTech will, by this new acquisition settlement, additional acquire industry-leading mental property (IP), product engineering and R&D expertise, and shopper relationships with high world Communication Service Suppliers (CSPs), the corporate had mentioned.
Telco was previously a part of HPE’s Communications Expertise Group (CTG), from which HCLTech acquired sure belongings in 2024. The beforehand acquired CTG portfolio, spanning Enterprise Assist Programs (BSS), community functions, service cloudification, and knowledge intelligence, has been efficiently built-in and is now rising.
