CI&T was founded in 1995 as an IT group working with
research and development (R&D) companies for software development before expanding to provide technical services to nearshore customers. Early clients included
IBM,
Hewlett-Packard,
Vale,
Natura, and
Globo. CI&T opened an office in
Pennsylvania in 2006 and in
Tokyo (Japan) and
Ningbo (China) in 2009. CI&T has been working as a technical integrator of digital marketing engagements with many of their clients. In 2019, Advent acquired 30% of CI&T participation from BNDES. In June 2021, it announced the acquisition of Dextra, an IT services company headquartered in Campinas, near CI&T geographically. In November 2021, the company filed for an
initial public offering and got listed on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In 2022, CI&T announced the acquisition of three companies. The first was UK-headquartered Somo Global Ltd, an award-winning digital product agency, for US$67 million. Then came Box 1824. After that, in August 2022 the company acquired Transpire, an Australian-based technology consultancy, for US$16,4 million. ==References==