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An enterprise AI application development platform that enables large organizations to design, build, and operate predictive and generative AI applications at scale, leveraging a unique model-driven architecture for accelerated development.

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C3 AI provides a comprehensive end-to-end platform for enterprises to build and operate complex AI applications for digital transformation. The platform primarily serves large corporations and government agencies in asset-heavy industries such as energy, manufacturing, and aerospace. Its unique value proposition lies in its patented model-driven architecture, which drastically reduces the code and time required to build scalable, secure AI systems by abstracting underlying complexities. C3 AI offers both pre-built turnkey applications for use cases like supply chain optimization and predictive maintenance, as well as a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for developing custom solutions. This dual approach allows organizations to achieve quick wins while also building long-term, strategic AI capabilities on a unified technical foundation.

Pros

  • Patented model-driven architecture abstracts technical complexity, significantly accelerating application development and deployment.
  • Provides an end-to-end platform covering the entire AI lifecycle, from data aggregation to application operation and maintenance.
  • Offers a portfolio of pre-built, industry-specific SaaS applications for rapid time-to-value on common use cases.
  • Proven scalability and security in mission-critical deployments for major global corporations and defense agencies.
  • Strong multi-cloud support, allowing deployment on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

Cons

  • High total cost of ownership, making it suitable primarily for large-scale enterprise projects with significant budgets.
  • Proprietary nature of the platform can lead to vendor lock-in, making it difficult to migrate away from.
  • Steep learning curve for developers not accustomed to the C3 AI model-driven paradigm.
  • Opaque, non-public pricing requires a lengthy and complex enterprise sales cycle.
  • May be overly complex or powerful for mid-sized companies or smaller, departmental AI projects.

Key features

  • C3 AI Platform: An integrated PaaS for developing, deploying, and operating enterprise AI applications.
  • Model-Driven Architecture: A metadata-based abstraction layer that defines all elements of an application, from data models to UI.
  • C3 AI Applications: A suite of pre-built SaaS applications for functions like reliability, supply chain, CRM, and sustainability.
  • C3 Generative AI: A solution for enterprise-wide search and insight generation using large language models on private data.
  • Data Integration Services: Tools to connect and unify vast, disparate enterprise and external data sources into a coherent data image.
  • Integrated ML Lifecycle Management: Manages the end-to-end machine learning process from experimentation to production deployment and monitoring.
  • Low-Code/No-Code Development Tools: Visual tools for configuring data models, pipelines, and application UIs.

Integrations

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud PlatformSnowflakeDatabricksOracleSAPSalesforceTableau

Target audience

Large enterprises, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies in sectors like energy, manufacturing, aerospace & defense, financial services, and healthcare. Primary users include CIOs, CTOs, VPs of Digital Transformation, data scientists, and enterprise application developers.

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Founded

2009

Headquarters

Redwood City, USA

Pricing Tiers

Generative AI Free Trial

A 14-day free trial of the C3 Generative AI: Enterprise Search product on the AWS marketplace. Allows evaluation of the natural language enterprise search capabilities.

Free

Enterprise License

Custom pricing based on consumption (vCPU/hour), number of applications, and scope of deployment. Requires contacting the C3 AI sales team for a custom quote.

Custom

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