Persistent and DigitalOcean Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Accessible, Scalable and Secure AI
Persistent and DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) announced a strategic partnership on Dec 16, 2025 to accelerate accessible, scalable and secure AI for enterprises and developers.
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Persistent and DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) announced a strategic partnership on Dec 16, 2025 to accelerate accessible, scalable and secure AI for enterprises and developers. Persistent selected DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Agentic Cloud to run its SASVA™ AI platform, including Gradient AI Platform for agent development and high-powered GPUs for inference and deployments.
The collaboration aims to cut AI infrastructure and operational costs by over 50%, provide predictable scaling, managed environments, and continuous access to models, frameworks and accelerators to speed enterprise AI adoption.
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- Claims to reduce AI infrastructure and operational costs by over 50%
- Persistent selected DigitalOcean Gradient AI Agentic Cloud for SASVA deployments
- Access to high-powered GPUs and an evolving catalog of models and frameworks
- Aims to provide predictable scaling and managed, ready-to-use AI environments
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News Market Reaction – DOCN
On Dec 16, the day this news came out, DOCN closed 2.93% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Dec 16 session.
Key Figures
- AI cost reduction target
- over 50%
- Stated reduction in AI infrastructure and operational costs from partnership
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Combining engineering expertise and cloud innovation to accelerate AI adoption
As part of this partnership, Persistent has selected DigitalOcean as its cloud and AI infrastructure provider for SASVA™, its AI-powered platform. SASVA seamlessly integrates code, documentation, architecture and executive summaries and adapts fluidly across a spectrum of workflows and roles. It leverages DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Agentic Cloud to run its AI workloads and customer deployments reliably and cost-efficiently. This includes using DigitalOcean Gradient AI Platform for the full agent development lifecycle and high-powered GPUs from DigitalOcean Gradient AI Infrastructure offerings.
As organizations accelerate AI adoption, they face mounting challenges such as rising GPU and infrastructure costs, fragmented agent development ecosystems and increasing security and compliance concerns. This partnership between Persistent and DigitalOcean aims to address these barriers by combining Persistent's AI engineering expertise and platform innovation with DigitalOcean's robust agentic cloud infrastructure and AI platform. Persistent and DigitalOcean are collaborating for SASVA and inference workloads on Gradient AI Agentic Cloud to offer secure, cost-effective and enterprise-ready AI solutions that aim to drive meaningful impact and adoption across organizations of all sizes.
Extending these capabilities through DigitalOcean's agentic cloud, Persistent will help clients achieve tangible outcomes from cost-efficient AI adoption and business acceleration. This approach will reduce AI infrastructure and operational costs by over
Persistent selected Gradient AI Agentic Cloud to deliver best-in-class infrastructure for digital native enterprises and AI-native customers alike by combining performance, transparency and predictable economics. It also enables seamless scaling as AI technologies evolve, while reducing infrastructure and maintenance costs through managed, ready-to-use environments and provides continuous access to an evolving catalog of diverse models, frameworks and AI accelerators within SASVA.
Sandeep Kalra, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Persistent
"As enterprises move from experimenting with AI to embedding it across their core operations, success will hinge on how effectively they scale with speed, trust and measurable impact. Our partnership with DigitalOcean exemplifies this shift, combining our AI engineering expertise and SASVA™ platform with DigitalOcean's agentic cloud to help clients operationalize AI with confidence. Together, we are simplifying how organizations build, deploy and scale AI, strengthening the foundation for the next wave of intelligent, platform-driven innovation."
Paddy Srinivasan, Chief Executive Officer, DigitalOcean
"DigitalOcean's agentic cloud delivers the infrastructure, platform, and services that make AI accessible, scalable, and cost-effective. Partnering with Persistent expands these capabilities to more enterprise use cases by integrating our AI foundation with SASVA's deterministic engineering. Together, we are accelerating the use of AI solutions at scale."
About Persistent
Persistent Systems (BSE: 533179 and NSE: PERSISTENT) is a global services and solutions company delivering AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization to businesses across industries. With over 26,000 employees located in 18 countries, the Company is committed to innovation and client success. Persistent offers a comprehensive suite of services, including software engineering, product development, data and analytics, CX transformation, cloud computing, and intelligent automation. The Company is part of the MSCI India Index and is included in key indices of the National Stock Exchange of
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