# Kantata

> Kantata is a cloud software company that builds a purpose-built Professional Services Automation (PSA) platform for services organizations. Formed in 2021 through the merger of Mavenlink and Kimble Applications and backed by Accel-KKR, Kantata unifies project management, resource planning, time and expense tracking, billing, business intelligence and increasingly agentic AI so that consulting firms, agencies and other services businesses can scope, staff, forecast and deliver client work profitably. The company serves more than 2,000 organizations across 100+ countries, including Deloitte, Sage, Hitachi and NTT Data.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Irvine, California, United States (with a London, UK office)
- **Founders:** Ray Grainger (Mavenlink co-founder; Executive Chairman of Kantata), Sean Crafts (Mavenlink co-founder), Roger Neel (Mavenlink co-founder), Sean Hoban (Kimble Applications co-founder), Mark Robinson (Kimble Applications co-founder), David Scott (Kimble Applications co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 470-550 employees
- **Products:** Kantata OX, Kantata SX, Kantata Expertise Engine, Kantata Expertise Agent, Resourcing Agent
- **Notable:** Formed one of the largest purpose-built PSA vendors through the 2021 Mavenlink-Kimble merger, valued at over $1 billion., Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide AI-Enabled PSA Applications., Serves 2,000+ professional services organizations across 100+ countries.

## Products & services

- **Kantata OX** — The open-platform PSA product (formerly Mavenlink) with a flexible architecture and broad integration options for project management, resource management and financials.
- **Kantata SX** — The Salesforce-native PSA product (formerly Kimble Applications), built on the Salesforce platform for firms that run their business in the Salesforce ecosystem.
- **Kantata Expertise Engine** — An AI platform for professional services with embedded generative business intelligence, self-executing workflows and a proprietary PSA knowledge graph.
- **Kantata Expertise Agent** — An AI 'superagent' that understands cross-functional questions and dynamically spins up agents to orchestrate actions across project management, resourcing, financial systems and external tools.
- **Resourcing Agent** — An agentic AI capability that identifies best-fit resources based on skills and capacity to accelerate staffing decisions.

## Achievements

- Formed one of the largest purpose-built PSA vendors through the 2021 Mavenlink-Kimble merger, valued at over $1 billion.
- Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide AI-Enabled PSA Applications.
- Serves 2,000+ professional services organizations across 100+ countries.
- Launched Expertise Agent, positioned as the first AI superagent purpose-built for professional services (June 2026).
- Predecessor Kimble was repeatedly named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Launched Expertise Agent, an AI 'superagent' for professional services, with generative BI, self-executing workflows and a PSA knowledge graph.
- **2025-10** — Unveiled the Kantata Expertise Engine, an AI platform purpose-built for professional services transformation.
- **2025-09** — Expanded agentic AI with a new Resourcing Agent to accelerate staffing and delivery.
- **2025** — Reported a ~$39M funding round led by Accel-KKR, bringing total funding above $137M.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kantata.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gokantata/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/GoKantata
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Kantata
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamkantata/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoKantata

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Last updated: 2026-07-20