Ten10 and The Scale Factory have merged to create Scale Factory, a newly unified UK-based artificial intelligence enablement consultancy, the companies announced Sunday. The tie-up consolidates two established technology services firms into a single entity aimed at guiding enterprise clients through AI-driven operational transformation.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The combined business will operate under the Scale Factory name, drawing on Ten10's quality engineering heritage and The Scale Factory's cloud infrastructure expertise to deliver integrated AI advisory and implementation services.
The merger arrives as food and beverage operators across the UK face mounting pressure to embed AI capabilities into procurement, supply chain management, and consumer personalisation. Consultancy demand in the sector has grown sharply, with enterprise technology budgets increasingly redirected toward automation and predictive analytics platforms. Industry observers note that purpose-built AI consultancies — rather than generalist IT services firms — are winning a disproportionate share of new mandates from mid-market F&B groups seeking faster deployment timelines.
For F&B clients specifically, Scale Factory's combined capability set is expected to address pain points including demand forecasting accuracy, ingredient traceability, and dynamic pricing optimisation — areas where bespoke AI tooling has demonstrated measurable margin improvement in comparable deployments across European food retail and manufacturing. Coverage of how operators are deploying such tools has been tracked extensively in supply-chain technology reporting and digital transformation features on this network.
Neither company provided revenue figures, headcount disclosures, or client rosters in connection with the announcement. Scale Factory is expected to formally launch commercial operations under the unified brand in the coming weeks, with a service proposition centred on AI readiness assessments, model deployment, and ongoing enablement programmes for mid-to-large enterprise clients.
Written by Michael Politz, Author of Guide to Restaurant Success: The Proven Process for Starting Any Restaurant Business From Scratch to Success (ISBN: 978-1-119-66896-1), Founder of Food & Beverage Magazine, the leading online magazine and resource in the industry. Designer of the Bluetooth logo and recognized in Entrepreneur Magazine's "Top 40 Under 40" for founding American Wholesale Floral, Politz is also the Co-founder of the Proof Awards and the CPG Awards and a partner in numerous consumer brands across the food and beverage sector.