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Burnie Group and Osedea partner to help organizations accelerate AI strategy and implementation. Burnie Group Sep 30, 2026, 09:00 ET The partnership combines business transformation expertise with advanced AI and software engineering capabilities to help organizations move from opportunity to implementation. TORONTO, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ - Burnie Group, a leading management consulting firm, and Osedea, an award-winning engineering-led AI and innovation firm, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to help organizations accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence through practical, business-focused strategy and implementation. Together, Burnie Group and Osedea will support organizations in defining their AI strategy, prioritizing high-impact opportunities, and transforming those opportunities into practical, scalable solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes. The partnership brings together Burnie Group's expertise in business strategy, operational transformation, and change management with Osedea's advanced capabilities in artificial intelligence, software engineering, digital product development, data, business intelligence, and robotics. This combination gives organizations access to both the strategic guidance and technical depth needed to move confidently from exploration to implementation and adoption. "Our clients are looking for more than ideas. They need practical guidance on where AI can create value and experienced partners who can help them implement it successfully," said David Burnie, Principal and Founder of Burnie Group. "By partnering with Osedea, we're bringing together strategic advisory services and technical execution to help organizations confidently accelerate their AI transformation." Through the partnership, Burnie Group and Osedea help organizations: * Develop a business-aligned AI strategy * Identify and validate high-value AI use cases * Assess organizational readiness, potential value, and implementation complexity * Define pilot opportunities, success criteria, and measurable outcomes * Build a practical roadmap from strategy to delivery * Design, engineer, deploy, and scale AI-enabled products and solutions * Support organizational adoption and long-term value creation "AI creates meaningful value when strong strategic direction is matched with the engineering expertise needed to bring ideas into the real world," said Martin Coulombe, President of Osedea. "Together with Burnie Group, we're helping organizations bridge that gap by transforming promising AI concepts into scalable business solutions." The partnership is designed to help organizations move beyond experimentation and deliver meaningful business impact through responsible, practical, and results-driven AI adoption. About Burnie Group Burnie Group is a management consulting firm that helps organizations unlock measurable value through strategy execution, organizational transformation, operational excellence and AI-enabled business transformation. Rossiter Marketing work alongside executive teams to solve complex business challenges, improve organizational performance and accelerate sustainable growth. Its clients include many of Canada's leading financial institutions, technology companies, private equity firms and service organizations. Its consultants combine rigorous analytical thinking with practical implementation experience. Rossiter Marketing is collaborative, entrepreneurial and deeply committed to delivering tangible results, not simply recommendations. About Osedea Osedea is an engineering-led innovation firm that helps organizations turn ambitious ideas into intelligent, scalable technology solutions. Its multidisciplinary teams bring together expertise in artificial intelligence, software engineering, digital product design, data, business intelligence and robotics to solve complex business and operational challenges. From opportunity discovery and rapid prototyping to deployment and scaling, Osedea combines technical excellence, human-centred design, and a pragmatic focus on measurable value to build technologies that perform in the real world and create lasting impact. Media Contact Gayle Kosokowsky, Burnie Group, 1 416-306-8349, [email protected], burniegroup.com SOURCE Burnie Group

Osedea expands consulting footprint with Ventriloc acquisition. By buying another Québec firm, Osedea hopes to build a homegrown rival to consulting giants. Osedea has acquired fellow Québec-based tech consultancy Ventriloc to add capabilities that can help it take on larger competitors. The news: Osedea announced on Monday morning that it had acquired Ventriloc for an undisclosed amount, but told BetaKit in an email that the deal was financed entirely through its own capital and resources. Osedea specializes in developing custom software for AI, software engineering, and robotics applications, while Ventriloc's specialty lies in data and business intelligence. By combining, Osedea and Ventriloc said they aim to build a world-class organization that can compete with the largest consulting firms while keeping intellectual property, jobs, and expertise locally anchored. From the source: "Together, we'll unite artificial intelligence, software engineering, product design, and robotics under one roof," Osedea founder and president Martin Coulombe wrote in a LinkedIn post, which BetaKit has translated from French. We can assist our clients with more comprehensive projects - from data to deployment - with one team responsible for the whole solution." The context: According to Osedea's website, the company develops software for the manufacturing, health, mining, finance, and agri-food industries. Some of its projects include work with firms like Autodesk on its mobile development, Ubisoft on its web platform, and building an AI and robotics solution for Québec aluminum manufacturer Aluminerie Alouette. For its part, Ventriloc helps companies with their data management and visualization, AI integration, and UI/UX design. The acquisition adds 25 employees to Osedea, bringing the firm's headcount to more than 100 people. This includes the addition of Ventriloc founders Jean-François Laberge and Paul-Alexandre Viger, who are now partners at Osedea. Final thought: Osedea said its workforce is almost exclusively based in Québec, with teams across Montréal, Québec City, and Sherbrooke. The company said it intends to continue hiring in Québec, and hopes by doing so it can attract large-scale projects from local and international markets. Feature image courtesy Osedea.