EXL to acquire AI model training firm iMerit in $310-million deal

Everyone says just pick an AI tool and start. But that advice is what got you a $200/month subscription nobody touches. You're not tech-stupid. You're busy running a real business, and every AI "expe

Everyone says just pick an AI tool and start.
But that advice is what got you a $200/month subscription nobody touches.

You're not tech-stupid. You're busy running a real business, and every AI "expert" speaks a different language designed to confuse you into buying something.

Here's what a $310 million acquisition quietly confirmed this week.

EXL just bought iMerit, a company that does one thing really well — training AI models on real business data. Not generic AI. Industry-specific AI. The kind that actually produces useful outputs because it understands your context, not just the internet's.

The takeaway for you is simple. AI tools fail when they're built for everyone. They work when they're matched to your specific workflow and fed your actual data.

That's why your last tool collected dust. It wasn't built for your business. It was built for a demo.

One practical move you can take this week: before evaluating any AI tool, write down the single most repetitive task your team does that eats time but requires no real judgment. That's your first AI target. One problem. One tool. Thirty days to prove it works.

What's that one task in your business right now?

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EXL has announced the acquisition of AI model training firm iMerit for $310 million, aiming to bolster its enterprise AI offerings and strengthen ...