Optimus SBR buys UiPath award-winner Greenlight Consulting to scale AI
What's the deal? Optimus SBRDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Canada's largest independent management consulting firm, has acquired Toronto-based agentic AI and intelligent automation firm Greenlight ConsultingDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The deal was announced on November 3, 2026; terms were not disclosed. Greenlight will operate as a division of Optimus SBR.
What's the endgame? Greenlight adds engineering expertise and delivery capacity to Optimus SBR's existing AI and automation offering. The combined team aims to help clients redesign and automate business processes, with a focus on measurable gains in operational performance.
Who's involved? Greenlight is a UiPathDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → Diamond Partner, recently named UiPath's Financial Services Partner of the Year. Its work spans process discovery, automation strategy, solution development, and ongoing support for clients across North America, with deep experience in banking, insurance, credit unions, and the public sector.
Why now? Financial institutions, public sector organizations, and healthcare providers face growing pressure to show returns on AI investments while controlling costs. For banks, insurers, and credit unions, the opportunity spans lending, client onboarding, fraud detection, and compliance; public sector uses include program administration and service delivery.
"Our clients need AI that measurably improves performance," said Kevin Gauci, founder and chief executive officer of Optimus SBR. "Together, we can now take our work further, putting the right mix of automation and AI on any process at enterprise scale."
What changes? Greenlight CEO Shameiz Hemani said clients want help applying agentic AI "where it matters most." Joining Optimus, he said, pairs Greenlight's hands-on engineering with "deeper process and subject matter expertise to tie every solution to a measurable business outcome and scale it across the enterprise."
The signal: The deal reflects a shift in enterprise AI from pilots to production, as consulting firms buy specialist engineering talent to help clients capture real returns. For Optimus SBR, it deepens a bet that process expertise plus automation tooling is what wins in regulated sectors.
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