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Hakkoda (an IBM company)

hakkoda.io · New York, NY, USA

Source dates: 2026-08-31

Explore Hakkoda (an IBM company)'s services, available pricing and client experience, then compare the details against your project. Use the source links to check the scope and date of reported results.

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What to ask Hakkoda (an IBM company) before hiring
  • Can you share a recent project with a similar scope, industry and budget to ours?
  • What does the quote include, who will deliver the work, and what costs extra?
  • Which outcomes will you measure, and when should we expect the first deliverables?
  • Who on the delivery team has worked with our platform and integrations?
Category
Cloud & data consultancies — Snowflake-first data consultancy; acquired by IBM (closed 2025-04-02) — no longer independent
SOURCE RECORDED
Services
Snowflake migrations, data modernization, industry data models (financial services, healthcare/life sciences, retail), data engineering, AI-readiness for IBM Consulting clients
SOURCE RECORDED
Pricing
Pricing was not publicly available when we checked.
NOT VERIFIED
Founded
2021 (by Erik Duffield, ex-Deloitte Digital GM)
SOURCE RECORDED
Team signal
300+ at acquisition (2025)
SOURCE RECORDED
Platform partnerships
  • Snowflake Elite partner pre-acquisition (press + Tercera); official Snowflake directory page currently shows 729 SnowPro Core + 70 Advanced certifications, 3 industry competencies, 3 workload specializations but NO tier badge post-IBM (https://www.snowflake.com/en/why-snowflake/partners/all-partners/hakkoda/)
  • 2024 Snowflake Healthcare & Life Sciences Services Partner of the Year
  • 2023 Snowflake Americas SI Innovation Partner of the Year
SOURCE RECORDEDCheck the linked directory and recorded date for credential details
Named practitioners
  • Erik Duffield — Co-founder & CEO
SOURCE RECORDED
Case-study claims
  • No quantified case studies captured this pass
PROVIDER REPORTEDnumbers are the provider’s own; not independently verified
Lab note
Case study in boutique-to-GSI absorption: 0-to-300+ people and IBM exit in under 4 years; buyers seeking boutique Snowflake delivery should treat it as IBM Consulting capacity now
RESEARCH NOTE

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  1. https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-04-07-ibm-acquires-hakkoda-inc-,-expanding-data-expertise-to-fuel-clients-ai-transformations (accessed 2026-08-31)
  2. https://www.snowflake.com/en/why-snowflake/partners/all-partners/hakkoda/ (accessed 2026-08-31)
  3. https://tercera.io/resources/ibm-hakkoda-the-magic-behind-the-match/ (accessed 2026-08-31)