FortyAU, a Nashville-based digital engineering and AI solutions firm serving highly regulated industries, announced the acquisition of fellow Nashville company Ronin Consulting, a software engineering and AI development firm focused on enterprise clients across healthcare, financial services, and defense. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The deal combines two engineer-founded companies with complementary client portfolios, technical expertise, and shared focuses on long-term client partnerships and innovation. Ronin Consulting has developed a reputation for delivering complex modernization, software engineering, and AI-enabled programs for enterprise organizations operating in highly regulated sectors.
FortyAU said the acquisition strengthens its AI and data capabilities, expands its engineering talent base, and enhances its technical account management approach. The combined organization is also expected to deepen FortyAU’s position within Nashville’s healthcare technology ecosystem.
The acquisition follows FortyAU’s November 2025 partnership with private equity firm ASH Investment Partners. Since that partnership, FortyAU has focused on customer service, employee retention, and expanding technical expertise in regulated industries.
Ronin’s leadership team will remain with the combined company following the transaction.
Advisors on the transaction included Envoy Advisors and Bradley Arant for Ronin Consulting, while ASH Investment Partners and FortyAU received legal counsel from Nelson Mullins. First Horizon provided financing and was represented by Polsinelli.
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“Ronin is exactly the kind of firm we wanted to partner with for future growth. They’re engineer-led, they’re trusted by the most sophisticated customers in industries where delivery quality matters, and they’ve shown they can grow client relationships into strategic partnerships over time. The cultural fit is unusually strong, and the capabilities they add , especially in AI and data , line up directly with where our clients are heading.”
Logan Buchanan, Founder, FortyAU
“Across our client base, we focus on long-term partnerships with the largest, most sophisticated clients in industries where reliability, security, and engineering quality are non-negotiable. Ronin shares that mindset, and they’ve earned the trust of premier buyers in healthcare, financial services, and defense. We’re thrilled to welcome the Ronin team , they make us measurably better at what we do.”
Andrew Kerr, CEO, FortyAU
“From our first conversation with the FortyAU team, the alignment was obvious. Both companies were started by engineers, both put delivery quality first, and both believe in earning long-term relationships with clients in industries where technical expertise is paramount. Partnering with FortyAU gives our team a bigger platform, our clients a deeper bench, and our engineers more opportunities to work on the complex, AI-driven problems they do best.”
Byron McClain, CEO, Ronin Consulting
