What Elder Research does

Elder Research, Inc. is a U.S.-based data science and AI consulting firm founded in 1995 in Charlottesville, Virginia by Dr. John Elder. The company delivers analytics consulting, proprietary software, and training services to Fortune 500 enterprises and U.S. federal agencies, with a stated 90% implementation success rate versus an industry average below 20%. Its professional services span data strategy, analytics delivery, and custom training, while six proprietary products—RADR (data visualization), Aegir (predictive maintenance), CEPtor (event processing), Glyphic (text extraction), Blackmarker (PII redaction), and DARWIN (material analysis)—package portions of its methodology into licensable software. A Statistics.com division extends the offering into online courses in statistics, data science, and operations research. Differentiated methodologies include See It Solved™ (a three-pillar project delivery framework) and Target Shuffling (a statistical validation technique developed by Dr. Elder).

The business model combines project-based professional services revenue, one-time software licensing, and training fees under custom enterprise pricing with multi-year contracts; no standard pricing is publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is direct enterprise and federal sales, led by a dedicated VP of Growth for federal and a VP of Commercial Services, supported by content marketing, a published podcast, white papers, and a 'Tools We Like' partner network. Named customers span insurance (Geico, Allstate, Aflac, Genworth), financial services (Capital One, Fannie Mae), pharmaceuticals (Pfizer, AstraZeneca), energy (bp, Castrol Oil), consumer goods (Anheuser-Busch, Hamilton Beach, HP), government (CBP, SEC), and nonprofit research (Michael J. Fox Foundation). Headcount is reported in the 101–250 range, with offices in Charlottesville, Baltimore, Raleigh, Washington DC, Herndon, and London. On December 10, 2025, Elder Research was acquired by MANTECH International Corporation, a Carlyle-backed provider of cyber and AI technology solutions for U.S. government and commercial clients, and its team was integrated into MANTECH's Data and AI Practice.

Name

Elder Research

Legal name

Elder Research, Inc.

Website

https://elderresearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Elder Research is a 30-year-old U.S. data science and AI consulting firm serving Fortune 500 enterprises and federal agencies with analytics services, six proprietary software products, and training programs, acquired by MANTECH in December 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlottesville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services / Consulting: Data science and AI consulting services for Fortune 500 and government clients. Includes analytics strategy, implementation, and project delivery.
2. Training Services: Custom-designed analytics training programs for organizations. Includes instructor-led sessions, remote learning, mentoring, and certification programs. Statistics.com division provides online courses in statistics, data science, and operations research.
3. Software Products: Proprietary software products including RADR (data visualization), Aegir (predictive maintenance), CEPtor (event processing), Glyphic (text extraction), Blackmarker (text redaction), and DARWIN (material analysis).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Elder Research provides data science, AI, and machine learning consulting services combined with proprietary analytics software products (RADR, Aegir, CEPtor, Glyphic, Blackmarker, DARWIN). It delivers end-to-end analytics solutions—from data strategy and project delivery to training and change management—for Fortune 500 enterprises and U.S. government agencies, employing its See It Solved™ methodology to convert data into measurable business outcomes.

Product overview

Elder Research provides a unified analytics platform combining six proprietary software products (RADR, Aegir, CEPtor, Glyphic, Blackmarker, DARWIN) with professional services including Data Strategy, Analytics Delivery, and Training. The product portfolio covers the full analytics lifecycle: data visualization (RADR), predictive maintenance (Aegir), real-time event processing (CEPtor), text extraction (Glyphic), PII redaction (Blackmarker), and material analysis (DARWIN). These tools are complemented by consulting services to help clients define data strategies, implement solutions, and upskill teams—delivering an integrated approach to AI and data science with a claimed 90% implementation success rate versus industry average below 20%.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RADR – Data Visualization: Data visualization product
• Aegir – Predictive Maintenance
• CEPtor – Event Processing
• Glyphic – Text Extraction
• Blackmarker – Text Redaction
• DARWIN – Material Analysis
• Statistics.com

Products and services

• RADR Data visualization platform enabling organizations to visualize complex datasets and analytical results for decision-making.
• Aegir Predictive maintenance solution that uses machine learning models on sensor and IoT data to predict equipment failures and optimize maintenance schedules.
• CEPtor Event processing platform for real-time stream analytics, enabling immediate detection and response to events and anomalies.
• Glyphic Text extraction tool using NLP to automatically identify and extract entities, keywords, and structured information from unstructured text documents.
• Blackmarker Text redaction solution using machine intelligence to automatically detect and redact personally identifiable information (PII) in legal and compliance documents at scale.
• DARWIN Material analysis platform using computer vision to analyze materials through video processing for quality control and scientific research.
• Data Strategy Consulting Advisory consulting service that helps organizations define an analytics roadmap, identify high-value use cases, and align data initiatives with business objectives. Targeted at executives and senior decision makers at Fortune 500 and government clients.
• Analytics Delivery Consulting Hands-on consulting engagement that delivers custom data science and AI solutions from data exploration through model deployment, implementation, and adoption support, executed by experienced data scientists and engineers.
• Analytics Training Programs Custom-designed analytics training programs delivered via on-site intensives, instructor-led sessions, remote learning, mentoring, and certification, with the Statistics.com online course division covering statistics, data science, and operations research.

Quantifiable outcome

• $67M saved through fraud detection
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability13 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Slalom: Slalom is a mid-sized, relationship-led management and technology consultancy with a substantial data and analytics practice serving Fortune 500 clients. It is the closest analogue to Elder Research in GTM motion, vertical mix (including financial services and healthcare), and end-to-end delivery model.
• Fractal Analytics: Fractal is a pure-play AI and analytics services firm combining data science consulting with proprietary AI products (e.g., Qure.ai, Eugenie.ai). It directly competes for the same enterprise AI implementation work that Elder Research's See It Solved™ methodology targets.
• Tiger Analytics: Tiger Analytics is a data science and AI consultancy focused on Fortune 1000 enterprises across financial services, retail, healthcare, and insurance. Its delivery model and vertical coverage closely mirror Elder Research's commercial practice.
• Tredence: Tredence is an AI and analytics services firm combining consulting with verticalized data products (e.g., Atom, NuGen). It is a direct competitor for the same enterprise ML implementation, predictive maintenance, and customer analytics engagements Elder Research delivers.
• Palantir Technologies: Palantir's AIP and Foundry platforms compete with Elder Research's analytics delivery for government and Fortune 500 AI engagements, particularly in defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure where both firms have marquee customers.

Broad incumbents

• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen is a leading federal and defense consulting incumbent with a large data analytics and AI practice. It directly overlaps with Elder Research's U.S. Government segment and competes for the same intelligence and federal civilian analytics contracts.
• Accenture Federal Services: Accenture's federal arm is a dominant systems integrator for U.S. Government analytics and AI programs and competes head-to-head with Elder Research's federal practice while offering scale Elder cannot match.
• SAS Institute: SAS combines an analytics software platform with a large services organization serving regulated industries. Its fraud detection, predictive maintenance, and text analytics offerings overlap directly with Elder Research's product set and consulting delivery.

Emerging players

• DataRobot: DataRobot is an enterprise AI/ML platform with an attached services practice. It competes with Elder Research on predictive analytics implementations and increasingly on GenAI, particularly with regulated enterprises that value its governance story.
• Domino Data Lab: Domino provides an enterprise MLOps platform used by large organizations to standardize data science workflows. It is comparable to Elder Research as an enabling layer for the same enterprise analytics buyers that Elder serves with its services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/elderresearch

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments1 record

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