What Dataside does

Dataside is a privately held Brazilian IT consultancy founded in 2015 by Caio Amante, succeeding his earlier infrastructure services firm AKSource (founded 2011). Headquartered in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, the firm specializes in data, analytics, and artificial intelligence services for enterprise customers across verticals such as financial services, retail, manufacturing, agribusiness, healthcare, and consumer technology. It employs 300+ data and AI professionals and claims operations in 17 countries, anchored by premier/select-tier partnerships with Microsoft, Databricks, Snowflake, and AWS — credentials that include first-in-Brazil status for Microsoft AI & ML Specialist certification and Microsoft MVP for Open AI, and one of only two Databricks Select Partners in Brazil.

The company's core offering combines three service engagement formats — a monthly retainer (Pacote), full-time team allocation (Alocação), and fixed-scope projects delivered under its proprietary DDF methodology (Projeto Fechado) — alongside a proprietary product, Belake.ai. Belake.ai is a corporate GPT and conversational BI platform whose Brainlake NLP engine orchestrates Azure OpenAI, Databricks Mosaic AI, Snowflake Cortex AI, and AWS Bedrock to enable natural-language querying of business data, dynamic visualizations, and proactive recommendations across more than 200 data sources. Named enterprise deployments include Belake.ai with Involves on Snowflake, Databricks data centralization at iFood, AI governance programs at Hyundai, oncology decision support at Oncoclinicas, financial data consolidation at Electrolux, and e-commerce personalization at CRMBonus.

Dataside's revenue model is professional services billing through direct enterprise sales and hyperscaler co-sell, supplemented by Belake.ai licenses as the product matures. The firm is recognized as an ISG Provider Lens Leader in Advanced Analytics & AI (2025) and Databricks Ecosystem Partners (2026) for Brazil, alongside Accenture, Deloitte, and NTT DATA, and has held Great Place to Work certification for six consecutive years with a 98% approval rating. The company is founder-controlled, with no disclosed institutional investors, M&A activity, or IPO plans, and no public revenue disclosure.

Name

Dataside

Legal name

Dataside

Website

https://dataside.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Dataside is a Brazil-based data and AI consultancy serving enterprises across financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and consumer technology through advisory, implementation, and its proprietary Belake.ai conversational BI platform, leveraging premier partnerships with Microsoft, Databricks, Snowflake, and AWS.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Data and AI Consulting Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Platforms & Modern Data Stack Services (Lakehouse, DW, MDM) (BPAEAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Strategy & Governance Services (BPAEAHAA), Data Platform (Unified Data & Analytics) Suites (HDAEABAD), Data Governance Platforms (Policies, Stewardship, Workflows) (HDAEADAB)

Keywords

• Data analytics consulting
• AI consulting services
• Cloud database support
• Data governance consulting
• Conversational BI platform

Headquarters

HQ city

São José Dos Campos

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Consulting: Dataside generates revenue through professional consulting services for data and AI transformation. The company offers multiple engagement models including monthly retainer packages (Pacote), full-time team allocation (Alocação), and fixed-scope projects (Projeto Fechado). Each model provides access to multidisciplinary teams spanning Analysts, Project Managers, and Data Scientists.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Dataside is a Brazilian data and AI consultancy that sells professional services spanning the entire data journey — data analytics, data governance, database and analytics support, AI & Gen AI implementation, Microsoft Copilot Studio development, and team outsourcing — to enterprise clients across 17 countries. Alongside its consulting practice, Dataside sells Belake.ai, a proprietary conversational BI/corporate GPT platform that lets users query business data in natural language over 200+ data sources with built-in governance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Belake.ai: Corporate GPT and conversational BI platform with AI that answers business questions and queries data in natural language.
• Brainlake

Products and services

• AI & Gen AI Agents Consulting and implementation service for designing, deploying, and operationalizing AI and Generative AI agents (including Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft AI Foundry for Business, Databricks Mosaic AI, Amazon Bedrock with LangChain, and Snowflake Cortex AI) for enterprise clients seeking AI-driven automation and intelligence.
• Data Analytics Data analytics consulting service covering the design and implementation of BI, reporting, and advanced analytics solutions using Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, Databricks SQL, and Snowflake for enterprise decision-making.
• Database Support Remote DBA / database support service providing outsourced administration, performance tuning, observability, and operational reliability for enterprise database environments, with reported outcomes of up to 77% reduction in operational costs through outsourced data observability.
• Data Governance Data governance consulting service helping enterprises establish data quality, data lineage, regulatory compliance, master data management, and governance frameworks across their data estate.
• Analytics Support Ongoing analytics support service for BI and analytics environments, covering performance tuning, issue resolution, and continuous improvement of enterprise analytics platforms.
• Copilot Studio Microsoft Copilot Studio consulting and implementation service, building enterprise-grade Copilots and AI agents connected to internal data and client APIs within the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Outsourcing Full-time team outsourcing service providing dedicated multidisciplinary teams (Analysts, Project Managers, Data Scientists) embedded in client operations, delivered through the Alocação engagement model.
• Belake.ai Proprietary conversational BI and corporate GPT platform that lets enterprise users ask business questions in natural language and receive analytical answers, dynamic tables and graphs, CSV/Excel exports, and intelligent recommendations based on detected patterns in data. Integrates with Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Azure (incl. Azure OpenAI), AWS, and downstream BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker), and transforms queries that previously took hours into seconds (e.g., Involves case study).

Quantifiable outcome

• 15,000+ data projects delivered and tested
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability8 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationPremier technology partnership with Microsoft as Solutions Partner for Data & AI with advanced specializations. Dataside is the first Brazilian company certified as Microsoft AI & ML Specialist, holds Advanced Specialization in Data & Analytics, and was the first Microsoft MVP for Open AI in Brazil. The partnership covers Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Copilot Studio, and Azure OpenAI implementations.
• DatabrickscoreTechnology or IntegrationDatabricks Select Tier Partner, one of only 2 Select partners in Brazil. Specializes in Lakehouse architecture, MLflow, Data Engineering & ETL, Machine Learning & AI, Data Governance (Unity Catalog), RAG & LLMOps, and Cortex & Model Serving. Delivered over 56,000 hours of Databricks projects.
• SnowflakecoreTechnology or IntegrationManaged Partner with Snowflake specializing in Data Migration & Modernization, Cost Optimization, Analytics Integration (Power BI, Tableau, Looker), RAG and AI Apps, and Snowflake Cortex AI. Delivered over 16,000 hours of Snowflake projects.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS Select Tier Partner Services specializing in Data Lakes and scalable pipelines, Advanced Analytics & ML with SageMaker and Redshift, AWS Cloud Migration, Data Lakehouse, GenAI and Agents (Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, Genie AI), and FinOps. Delivered over 24,000 hours of AWS projects.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini Brazil: Global SI named alongside Dataside in ISG's 2025 Brazil Advanced Analytics and AI report; competes for the same enterprise data modernization and AI mandates through its Brazil delivery centers.
• Accenture Brazil: Global SI explicitly named alongside Dataside in the 2025 ISG Provider Lens Advanced Analytics and AI Services report for Brazil. Overlaps on data/AI strategy, modernization, and GenAI consulting for large Brazilian enterprises.
• Deloitte Brazil: Big Four firm explicitly listed alongside Dataside in the 2025 ISG Brazil Advanced Analytics and AI Leaders quadrant; competes on data governance, analytics, and AI transformation work for large Brazilian clients.
• NTT DATA Brazil: Global SI named alongside Dataside in ISG's 2025 Brazil Advanced Analytics and AI Leaders quadrant; broader portfolio but overlaps in data modernization and AI services for Brazilian enterprises.

Direct peers

• CI&T: Brazil-born digital and data engineering consultancy serving global enterprises; competes head-to-head with Dataside for Brazilian enterprise data modernization, AI, and analytics engagements.
• Semantix: Brazil-headquartered data, analytics, and AI specialist offering consulting plus proprietary data platform software — direct overlap with Dataside's data/AI consulting plus Belake.ai offering in Brazil.
• Slalom: US-headquartered boutique data and AI consultancy with strong Microsoft, Databricks, Snowflake, and AWS partnerships — same GTM, same vendor ecosystem, same enterprise data modernization motion as Dataside.
• Compass UOL: Large Brazilian digital transformation and data engineering consultancy; competes with Dataside for enterprise data, cloud, and AI modernization work in Brazil.
• Powerup Tech (or similar local Databricks partner): Stefanini is a large Brazilian IT services group with significant data, AI, and cloud practices; competes for mid-market and enterprise data/AI modernization work in Brazil using similar hyperscaler alliances.

Others

• Databricks Professional Services: Strategic partner of Dataside; competes indirectly when clients buy Databricks-led engagements instead of partner-led ones, especially around Lakehouse, Genie, and Mosaic AI implementations that Dataside also delivers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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