Performance Improvement Partners (PIP), a technology-focused M&A advisory and IT consulting firm serving middle-market private equity, today announced the acquisition of AlphaAdvisors, a leading AI and Data advisory firm. The acquisition scales and strengthens PIP’s AI and Data capabilities, deepening its ability to deliver AI solutions and enterprise-wide data strategies tied directly to measurable value creation outcomes.
PIP has integrated AI across its full suite of offerings, including faster and more extensive diligence capabilities, application modernization and code refactoring, security detection, and data maturity and anomaly analysis. The acquisition of AlphaAdvisors makes PIP’s AI and Data capabilities bigger, better, and faster, adding significant depth, specialized expertise, and an expanded global delivery footprint to a platform that was already delivering results.
ACCELERATING WHAT IS ALREADY POSSIBLE
Private equity firms are at an inflection point. AI is no longer a future consideration; it is an active lever for value creation across the investment lifecycle. The most forward-thinking PE firms and their portfolio companies are deploying AI to drive operational efficiency, accelerate integration, improve diligence precision, and create demonstrable EBITDA impact. The opportunity for those who move with urgency and the right partner has never been greater.
PIP has been that partner. Its approach to AI is the same as its approach to every engagement: define specific value up front, execute with urgency, measure outcomes against what was originally committed. With the addition of AlphaAdvisors, PIP accelerates that approach with greater depth, broader specialization, and the scale to deliver it across more clients and more portfolio companies simultaneously.
LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE
Jason Gandy, CEO & John Bisack, Founder/Owner, Performance Improvement Partners
“We’re thrilled to add AlphaAdvisor’s capabilities to the services we can offer our clients. This is about more than scaling AI, it is hardwiring AI, data and intelligence into how we deliver results. By bringing AlphaAdvisors into Performance Improvement Partners, we are closing the gap between what is possible and execution and raising the bar on what clients should expect from both. The comradery between our teams is exceptional, Tom and Kyle have created a culture that is aligned to Performance Improvement Partners’ way of life.”
Kyle Murphy & Tom Estella, Co-Founders, AlphaAdvisors, Managing Directors, Performance Improvement Partners
“We built AlphaAdvisors on the belief that AI should drive real, measurable outcomes, not just ideas. Joining PIP allows us to scale that philosophy alongside a team that shares our urgency around value creation and execution. Together, we’re not just expanding capabilities—we’re raising the standard for how AI delivers impact across the investment lifecycle.”
SCALING AND STRENGTHENING PIP’S AI & DATA CAPABILITIES
The acquisition of AlphaAdvisors deepens and accelerates the AI and Data capabilities PIP has been delivering across the investment lifecycle, while significantly expanding PIP’s global delivery footprint:
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Capability |
What It Delivers |
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AI Strategy & Roadmap |
Building on established IT Strategy and Roadmap work, the AI & Data Practice now brings an AI-native lens to strategy development; delivering use-case-specific AI roadmaps tied to defined value creation opportunities, in weeks rather than months. |
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Data Strategy & Governance |
Deepening long-standing Data Strategy and Governance capabilities with an AI-native approach; enabling clients to manage, secure, and activate their data assets faster and with greater precision. |
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AI Solution Development |
Deepening AI solution capabilities with specialized expertise in custom AI model development and deployment; solving specific business problems and measuring outcomes against the value defined at the start of every engagement. |
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Data Engineering |
Expanding on existing Data Engineering work with a dedicated practice resource and an AI-native layer; building scalable data pipelines and infrastructure that connect systems and prepare data for advanced analytics and AI. |
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Automation & Analytics |
Expanding established analytics capabilities while introducing AI-driven automation as a new capability; surfacing actionable insights and driving operational efficiency at a speed and scale not previously possible. |
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AI-Enabled Software & Product Development |
Deepening software and product development capabilities with an AI-native approach; building custom applications tailored to client business processes and technology ecosystems, with AI embedded from the ground up. |
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Expanded Delivery Capacity |
Expanding already established offshore and nearshore delivery capabilities through Alpha’s additional delivery center relationships, increasing speed, scale, and flexibility for clients across the portfolio.. |
These capabilities are available across every stage of PIP’s ValueBridge framework, from AI maturity assessment during pre-acquisition diligence through post-close implementation, hold cycle value creation, portfolio-wide scaling, and exit readiness.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR PIP AND ALPHAADVISORS CLIENTS
For PIP’s existing clients, this acquisition means more. More depth, more specialization, more global delivery capacity, and more AI and Data expertise integrated into the same outcome-driven platform they already rely on. Every IT advisory, transaction support, and portfolio optimization engagement PIP delivers, can now draw on a significantly stronger AI and Data capability, creating a more complete path from strategy to measurable value.
For AlphaAdvisors’ existing clients, nothing changes. The same team, including the Solution Architects, Technical Leads, and UI/UX Directors who have been delivering their work, continues without disruption. Points of contact remain the same. Ongoing engagements continue as planned. What has changed is access: AlphaAdvisors’ clients now have the full breadth of PIP’s IT advisory, M&A support, and technology services available to them as their needs evolve.
ABOUT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PARTNERS
Performance Improvement Partners (PIP) is a technology-focused M&A advisory and IT consulting firm built exclusively for middle-market private equity. PIP helps PE firms and their portfolio companies create measurable enterprise value at every stage of the investment lifecycle — from IT due diligence and transaction support through post-close transformation, hold cycle optimization, and exit readiness. PIP’s proprietary ValueBridge framework maps every IT and operational initiative to PE value creation outcomes including EBITDA uplift, synergy capture, cost takeout, and exit multiple expansion. Learn more at www.pipartners.com.
ABOUT ALPHAADVISORS
Prior to its acquisition by PIP, AlphaAdvisors was an independent AI and Data advisory and implementation firm specializing in helping organizations define, build, and scale AI and Data capabilities tied to measurable business outcomes. Founded by Tom Estella and Kyle Murphy, AlphaAdvisors built its reputation on a pragmatic, outcome-driven approach to AI — delivering use-case-specific solutions that transferred capability and knowledge to client organizations rather than creating ongoing dependency. AlphaAdvisors’ capabilities, team, and client relationships now operate as PIP’s AI & Data Practice. Learn more at www.alphaadvisors.com.
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