CARBON IT

What CARBON IT does

CARBON IT is a French IT consulting firm, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, that sells expert technical consulting services to enterprise clients through long-term missions in which its consultants are embedded inside client engineering teams. The firm operates exclusively in France under the legal form of a SAS (RCS Nanterre B 792 692 758, share capital €30,000) and discloses €17M in annual revenue generated by 130 consultants. Its service portfolio is organized into two branches of five modules each: an Artificial Intelligence branch covering AI strategy and roadmapping, MLOps platform design, RAG and document intelligence, agent architectures, and team enablement; and a Software Engineering branch covering technical strategy, architecture and DevOps/cloud, data and analytics, specialized expertise and development, and team coaching. A separate sub-brand, Hexacademy, functions as an in-house training academy delivering a Boot Camp for new consultants, continuous internal training, engineering school interventions in partnership with EFREI, ESGI, and UTT, and paid client training programs.

Name

CARBON IT

Legal name

CARBON IT

Website

https://carbon-it.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CARBON IT is a French IT consulting firm that embeds expert consultants in enterprise engineering teams to deliver AI transformation, MLOps, RAG, agent architecture, and Software Engineering services, with 130 consultants, €17M in annual revenue, and an in-house Hexacademy training sub-brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuilly-sur-seine

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

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. IT consulting services (Conseil et expertise): Primary revenue stream — long-term consulting engagements where CARBON IT places expert consultants in client teams to deliver AI transformation, MLOps, RAG/Document, agent architecture, software engineering, DevOps/cloud, data, and coaching projects. Revenue of 17 M€ generated by 130 consultants. Billed on a per-mission / per-consultant basis (time-and-materials model typical of French IT consulting).
2. Training services (Hexacademy): Revenue from client-facing catalog and bespoke training programs for corporate clients and partner engineering schools (EFREI, ESGI, UTT). Includes Boot Camp onboarding (internal) and external paid formations. 5% of revenue reinvested in training, 15% of headcount are trainers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CARBON IT is a French IT consulting firm that places expert consultants inside client engineering teams to deliver AI transformation, MLOps platform design, RAG/document intelligence, autonomous agent architecture, and Software Engineering coaching projects. The firm is organized into an Artificial Intelligence branch (Conseil & Transformation, Orchestration & MLOps, RAG & Documents, Agents & Intégration, Accompagnement & Transmission) and a Software Engineering branch (Conseil & Stratégie, Architecture DevOps & Cloud, Data & Analyse, Expertise & Développement, Coaching & Formation). It also operates Hexacademy, an in-house training sub-brand for boot camps, internal training, engineering-school partnerships, and client-facing corporate training.

Product overview

CARBON IT is structured as a platform-plus-modules architecture of specialized IT consulting and expertise services, organized around two main branches. The Artificial Intelligence branch groups five service modules: Conseil & Transformation (AI strategy and roadmap), Orchestration & MLOps (industrialization of AI model lifecycles), RAG & Documents (retrieval-augmented generation solutions), Agents & Intégration (autonomous agent architectures), and Accompagnement & Transmission (AI adoption guidance). The Software Engineering branch groups five service modules: Conseil & Stratégie (technical and organizational decisions), Architecture DevOps & Cloud (scalable architectures and CI/CD), Data & Analyse (data structuring and indicators), Expertise & Développement (specialized technical interventions), and Coaching & Formation (developer practices and team mentoring). Hexacademy is the company's training sub-brand, offering four programme formats (Boot Camp, internal training, school training with partners EFREI/ESGI/UTT, and client training). All modules are delivered by a community of around 130 expert consultants with continuous learning and knowledge sharing at the core.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hexacademy: Carbon's in-house training academy, delivering boot camps for new consultants, internal continuous-learning programs, partner-school interventions (EFREI, ESGI, UTT) and client-tailored training services.

Products and services

• Conseil & Transformation (AI) AI consulting service that helps organizations structure their AI ambitions, clarify priorities, establish a decision framework based on analysis of needs, uses, and opportunities, and build sequenced AI roadmaps aligned with business and IT objectives. For enterprise clients seeking AI strategy guidance.
• Orchestration & MLOps Design of durable MLOps platforms that industrialize AI model lifecycles from training through deployment to production supervision, including automated pipelines, data quality and governance, performance and drift monitoring, GPU resource sharing, and fine-tuning governance. For enterprise clients seeking to operationalize ML at scale.
• RAG & Documents Design of indexing strategies and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions that deliver rapid, relevant, and contextualized access to information across heterogeneous documents (web, wikis, FAQs, PDFs), reducing search time and improving response quality. For enterprise clients needing production-ready RAG systems.
• Agents & Intégration Design and deployment of autonomous software architectures composed of specialized agents with explicit roles, clear decision rules, and mastered action capabilities, orchestrated within robust architectures to automate complex processes. For enterprise clients needing autonomous AI systems.
• Accompagnement & Transmission (AI) AI adoption guidance that explains key concepts, makes the right technical choices, and transmits essential reflexes to make enterprise teams autonomous in designing, evolving, and maintaining their AI solutions long-term.
• Conseil & Stratégie (Software Engineering) Software engineering consulting that supports organizations in their structuring technical and organizational decisions, analyzing existing architecture, code, uses, and organization to identify strengths, fragilities, and blind spots and clarify investment priorities. For enterprise clients needing strategic technical guidance.
• Architecture, DevOps & Cloud Design of simple, readable, and scalable architectures guided by business flows and operational constraints, with complete DevOps chains (CI/CD, observability, security) connecting technical metrics to business and operational indicators. For enterprise clients needing platform modernization.
• Data & Analyse Data structuring service that identifies data useful to business uses, structures flows and models to produce readable, comparable, and exploitable indicators that support product, technical, and organizational decisions over time. For enterprise clients needing data-driven decision support.
• Expertise & Développement Specialized technical interventions on sensitive subjects such as stabilization of existing systems or support on specific technologies, with attention to quality, testability, and robustness, and AI-augmented developers using AI to accelerate analysis, design, and production. For enterprise clients with complex technical stabilization needs.
• Coaching & Formation (Software Engineering) Coaching of technical teams through mentoring of technical profiles, structuring of team rituals, improvement of code reviews, and diffusion of best practices to consolidate team autonomy and reinforce quality requirements. For enterprise clients seeking team capability uplift.
• Hexacademy Carbon IT's in-house training program offering four formats: Boot Camp (intensive onboarding to Carbon developer standards), internal training (continuous learning for Carbon employees), school training (with partner schools EFREI, ESGI, UTT), and client training (catalog or bespoke programs targeting client needs).

Quantifiable outcome

• 17 M€ annual revenue generated by 130 consultants
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EFREIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering school partner for Hexacademy. CARBON trainers help design training modules, deliver lectures, run full semester-scale modules, and organize hackathons within the school.
• ESGIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering school partner for Hexacademy. CARBON trainers help design training modules, deliver lectures, run full semester-scale modules, and organize hackathons within the school.
• UTT (Université de Technologie de Troyes)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering school partner for Hexacademy. CARBON trainers help design training modules, deliver lectures, run full semester-scale modules, and organize hackathons within the school.
• LangChain (LangChain AI)coreTechnology or IntegrationCARBON IT contributes extensively to the LangChain open-source ecosystem, including accepted PRs for async PGVector, SQLChatMessageHistory async, EmbeddingsFilters async, LLMFilter async, and SelfQueryRetriever pgvector support. They also proposed the resilient transactional index() pattern.
• Automattic Inc.minorOthersWebsite hosting provider for carbon-it.fr. Located at 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
• Mathieu BILLAUD (mathieubillaud.com)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGraphic design and development partner credited for the carbon-it.fr website (Conception graphique et développement).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Devoteam: French-headquartered IT consulting group with a strong, explicit AI and cloud transformation practice serving European enterprises. Closely comparable on boutique-to-mid-size positioning, AI/MLOps delivery focus, and French enterprise client base.
• Talan: French international consulting firm focused on innovation and emerging technologies, including data, AI, and digital transformation. Highly comparable on AI consulting services, French enterprise customer base, and hybrid boutique/enterprise positioning.
• Xebia: International tech consultancy with strong French presence (Xebia France) and an in-house training academy (Xebia Academy). Directly comparable on software engineering excellence, AI/data practice, training-as-marketing model, and selective boutique culture.
• Zenika: French boutique IT consultancy with a strong craftsmanship culture, in-house academy model, and focus on open-source technologies. Closely comparable on boutique size, software craftsmanship positioning, training sub-brand, and selective client engagement philosophy.
• Ippon Technologies: French IT consulting firm specializing in Java, Cloud, Data, and AI, with a comparable expert-consultant delivery model and active technical content practice. Directly comparable on French AI/SE consulting market, technical blog footprint, and enterprise mission-based engagements.
• Younup: French boutique IT consulting firm positioned on software craftsmanship and selective client engagement. Closely comparable on boutique size, French enterprise focus, software engineering excellence positioning, and training/community-driven talent model.
• Quantmetry: French AI and data consulting boutique specialized in MLOps, data science, and AI industrialization for large enterprises. Directly comparable on French AI/MLOps consulting positioning, enterprise focus, and similar boutique scale.
• Ekimetrics: French AI and data science consulting firm combining strategy and AI engineering delivery for enterprise clients. Comparable on French enterprise AI consulting, AI industrialization, and boutique-to-mid-size consulting model.
• SFEIR: French tech consultancy with a Cloud, Data, AI, and DevOps practice plus an in-house training academy. Comparable on French boutique IT consulting footprint, AI/data engineering services, training sub-brand, and content-led marketing.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini Engineering: Global engineering services and digital transformation incumbent with a large French presence and significant AI/MLOps delivery practice. Comparable as a broader incumbent competing for the same French enterprise AI/SE consulting budgets, but at much larger scale and with a broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/carbonparis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carbon-it

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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