Clarika

What Clarika does

Clarika is a Córdoba, Argentina-based nearshore software engineering and AI services firm founded in 2007 by Manuel Aliaga (CEO) and Carolina Lozada Allende (CMO). The company designs and builds production-grade AI systems and custom software for enterprise and mid-market clients, operating across 12+ industries from healthcare and retail to finance, logistics, and industrial sectors. Its primary customer footprint is North America (United States and Canada) with additional Latin American engagements, supported by 100+ lifetime clients and 22+ documented case studies that include enterprise logos such as McDonald's, AB InBev, Grundfos, DAC, SpecTec, and Sanatorio Allende.

The company's core offering consists of five service lines—Custom Software Development, AI Process Automation, AI Conversational Assistants & Copilots, AI Data Workflows, and Custom AI Systems—delivered through three engagement models: Staff Augmentation (embedding individual senior engineers), Dedicated Teams (full cross-functional squads covering product, AI, design, and DevOps), and Custom Projects (end-to-end build engagements from discovery to production). The technology approach emphasizes AI-accelerated development workflows with human engineer oversight, positioning AI as an applied and operational capability rather than a research endeavor. There is no evidence of proprietary foundation models; AI capability is delivered through application and integration layers across text, structured data, and code modalities.

Clarika generates revenue through professional services engagements: monthly recurring billing for Staff Augmentation and Dedicated Teams, and project-based (fixed-price or time-and-materials) billing for Custom Projects, all on quote-based pricing scoped by team composition and duration. The go-to-market is sales-led and combines enterprise field sales with inside sales, supported by free 30-minute AI Strategy Sessions and Discovery Calls as lead magnets, paid acquisition on Google/LinkedIn/Meta, content marketing, and Clutch verified reviews (4.9/5). The company is privately held, founder-controlled, with no disclosed institutional or PE/VC investors, and reports a 98% NPS, Great Place to Work certification, and a 93% employee approval rating.

Name

Clarika

Legal name

Clarika Group

Website

https://clarikagroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clarika is a Córdoba, Argentina-based nearshore firm that designs and builds production-grade AI systems and custom software, embedding senior engineers, dedicated squads, or full project teams into enterprise and mid-market clients across 12+ industries, primarily in North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Software Development

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Integration & Orchestration Platforms (Connectors, Workflow, iPaaS for AI) (HDAEANAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

CRM Implementation & Customization Services (BPAEAGAC)

Keywords

• Custom software development
• AI process automation
• Staff augmentation
• Dedicated development teams
• Software engineering services

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Staff Augmentation: Scale client teams with vetted senior engineers. Integrates top talent into existing workflows without full hiring cycle overhead. Revenue generated through hourly or monthly billing for embedded engineers.
2. Dedicated Teams: Complete cross-functional squads aligned to client roadmap, culture, and pace covering product, AI, design, and devOps under one roof. Full ownership model with revenue from team-based engagements.
3. Custom Software Projects: End-to-end project delivery from discovery to production. Architecture included, AI-powered, production-ready. Revenue generated through fixed-price or time-and-materials project engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Clarika is a software engineering and AI systems company that builds custom software and AI-powered solutions — including process automation, conversational assistants, and data workflows — for North American clients. It delivers through three flexible engagement models: Staff Augmentation, Dedicated Teams, and Custom Projects, enabling clients to scale engineering capacity on demand.

Product overview

Clarika is an AI systems and software engineering company offering a portfolio of AI-powered services and flexible engagement models. The core offering consists of five interconnected services: Custom Software Development (scalable platforms with AI integration), AI Process Automation (workflow automation), AI Conversational Assistants (intelligent chat/copilot systems), AI Data Workflows (real-time data pipelines), and Custom AI Systems (bespoke AI solutions). These are delivered through three engagement models: Staff Augmentation (adding senior engineers to client teams), Dedicated Teams (full cross-functional squads), and Custom Projects (end-to-end delivery). Supplementary services include free AI Strategy Sessions and Discovery Calls for initial consultation. The company operates across 12+ industries including Healthcare, Retail, Finance, and Logistics, serving clients in LATAM and global markets since 2007.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Staff Augmentation A flexible engagement model in which Clarika places engineers into a client's existing team to extend in-house capacity on demand, typically used when the client needs additional engineering talent without a full project scope.
• Dedicated Teams An engagement model in which Clarika provides a full cross-functional team — engineers, AI specialists, and delivery support — assigned exclusively to a client for ongoing software and AI development.
• Custom Projects A fixed-scope engagement model in which Clarika delivers a defined software or AI engineering project end-to-end, from requirements through deployment, for clients who want a managed outcome rather than embedded capacity.
• AI Process Automation A capability Clarika delivers to clients in which AI is applied to automate business processes, typically embedded into the client's existing operational workflows.
• Conversational Assistants (Chatbots) A delivered capability in which Clarika designs and builds conversational AI assistants (chatbots) for client use cases such as customer support, internal operations, or product workflows.
• Data Workflows A delivered capability in which Clarika designs and implements custom data engineering pipelines — ingestion, transformation, and operationalization — for client systems and analytics use cases.
• Custom Software Engineering A core delivery capability in which Clarika designs, develops, and maintains bespoke software applications and platforms tailored to client business requirements.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% Net Promoter Score - consistently above industry average
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments12 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy delivering custom software, AI, and digital platform engineering with nearshore delivery centers. Closely aligned with Clarika's custom software development and AI systems services for enterprise clients.
• Cognizant: Global IT services and consulting firm with broad enterprise custom software, digital engineering, and AI capabilities. Competes with Clarika for the same enterprise digital transformation budgets, though at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• EPAM Systems: Global nearshore engineering and digital platform services firm with deep roots in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Comparable to Clarika in staff augmentation, dedicated teams, and custom development delivery models, serving many of the same enterprise verticals.
• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS): Global IT services giant offering custom software development, application maintenance, and AI/analytics services to large enterprises. Competes with Clarika for enterprise custom development and AI engineering mandates, though at incomparably larger scale.
• Infosys: Global digital services and consulting firm with established enterprise custom software, AI, and digital engineering practices. Overlaps with Clarika's custom development and AI services offerings in the enterprise market, with Topaz serving as its AI platform.
• Globant: Argentina-founded global IT and digital services firm offering software engineering, AI, and digital transformation at significantly larger scale. Overlaps directly with Clarika's enterprise software and AI engineering services, but operates as a publicly traded multinational with a much broader portfolio.
• Accenture: World's largest IT services and consulting firm with deep enterprise software engineering and AI transformation practices. Overlaps with Clarika in custom software development and AI services for enterprise clients across multiple verticals.

Direct peers

• Andela: AI-augmented nearshore engineering talent platform connecting enterprises with vetted engineers from emerging markets. Direct competitor to Clarika's Staff Augmentation and Dedicated Teams offerings, with overlapping enterprise go-to-market.
• BairesDev: Argentina-headquartered nearshore software engineering firm delivering staff augmentation, dedicated teams, and custom software development primarily to North American clients. Highly comparable to Clarika in service model, nearshore positioning, and target enterprise/mid-market customer base.

Emerging players

• Turing: AI-powered platform for matching enterprises with vetted remote software engineers globally. Overlaps with Clarika's staff augmentation model and increasingly applies AI to engineer vetting and productivity, making it a partial competitor in the nearshore talent space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/clarikagroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/clarikagroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clarikagroup

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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