BigBear.ai [BBAI] on Monday said it has agreed to acquire Pangiam in a $70 million stock transaction that will add new capabilities in artificial intelligence and customers.
BigBear.ai and Pangiam are both portfolio companies of the private equity firm
AE Industrial Partners.
BigBear.ai provides customers with predictive analytics using artificial intelligence for supply chain and logistics, cybersecurity, and computer vision for autonomous systems. The company’s customers include commercial companies and defense and intelligence agencies.
Pangiam has AI-based computer vision capabilities for facial recognition, image processing, machine learning models for security detection, and customs inspection. The company’s customers include airlines, airports, and identify verification companies, and the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
“Vision AI has long been considered the holy grail of applied AI because of its potential to perceive and interact with the world in a human way,” Mandy Long, CEO of BigBear.ai, said in a statement. “BigBear.ai’s acquisition of Pangiam will create one of the industry’s most comprehensive Vision AI portfolios, combining capabilities in support of both localized and global scale environments. The integration of these two businesses will result in significant operational benefits for our shared customers.”
The pending acquisition is subject to approvals by regulators and BigBear.ai shareholders and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024.
The company had $155 million in sales and 650 employees at the end of 2022.