o9 Solutions
Canvas Category Software : Information Technology : Supply Chain
The o9 Digital Brain is a game-changing planning platform helping global companies across industries transform their supply chain, commercial, finance, and sustainability decision-making for digital age volatility and complexity.
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o9 Supports Valeo in Driving Digital Transformation Across Its Global SupplyChain
o9, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, announced a seven-year partnership with Valeo, a leading automotive technology company. Through this partnership, Valeo will leverage the o9 Digital Brain platform to streamline its Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP), and Master Production Scheduling (MPS) across 170-plus sites in 29 countries, driving enhanced decision-making and operational efficiency.
Valeo is dedicated to playing a key role in the future of mobility by developing innovative solutions for smart mobility, focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. This partnership between o9 and Valeo is the result of Valeo’s effort to consistently improve its operations for better competitiveness and enhanced service to its customers. The o9 Digital Brain platform was selected for its flexible, future-proof, and highly scalable architecture, along with the deep automotive expertise of the o9 team. The platform will allow Valeo to automate and enhance its SIOP and MPS processes, ultimately driving better decision-making and operational efficiency.
o9 Achieves Catena-X Demand and Capacity Management Certification, the Automotive Industry’s First Open and Collaborative Data Ecosystem
o9, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, announced that it has successfully obtained the Catena-X Demand and Capacity Management (DCM) certification. This certification positions o9 as a frontrunner and trusted provider of interoperable and secure solutions aligned with Catena-X, the automotive industry’s first open and collaborative data ecosystem.
Catena-X is an industry-wide network designed to foster radical collaboration by connecting automotive OEMs, suppliers, and service providers through a trusted, data-driven ecosystem. Its network is built on key principles of data sovereignty, interoperability, and trusted collaboration, ensuring that all participants can securely exchange data across multi-tier supply chains. By achieving the Catena-X DCM certification, o9 strengthens its position as a trusted solution provider for the automotive value chain. The accreditation demonstrates that o9 is equipped to facilitate seamless and standardized communication between OEMs and suppliers, enabling real-time demand and capacity management. Its Digital Brain platform for integrated business planning also helps automotive companies address supply chain complexities by leveraging trusted data exchanges, ultimately improving efficiency, collaboration, and sustainability across multiple tiers of the automotive supply chain.
o9 and Resilinc Partner to Provide Joint Clients With Greater Visibility Into Their Multi-Tier Supply Network
o9, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Resilinc, a leading supply chain mapping, disruption sensing, and resiliency analytics company. The partnership will enable joint clients to monitor their n-tier supply network to sense upstream risks, determine impacts, and propagate them across their extended supply chain.
Resilinc holds 13 years’ worth of supply chain risk data including a validated supplier network that has been mapped down to the sub-tier, part-site, and commodity level. This high-quality, multi-tier supply chain data can easily integrate with o9’s multi-tier impact and mitigation analytics solution. This integration significantly extends o9’s digital supply chain twin and risk management capabilities. The alliance between the two companies will provide joint clients with greater visibility into their multi-tier supply chain networks, allowing them to detect risks earlier, run and evaluate different what-if scenarios, and make data-driven decisions. It will enable users to mitigate risks through closer collaboration with their vendors, prescribe corrective actions, and run resolution scenarios to minimize disruptions - ultimately leading to higher service levels and more reliable inventory availability information.
o9 Solutions Announces Partnership with MangoGem S.A. to Optimize Supply Chain Planning and Scheduling
o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today announced a new business alliance with MangoGem S.A., a software company for real-time automated advanced optimization of operations through AI-powered planning and scheduling. The partnership enables o9 clients to benefit from a single solution that drives integrated business planning and scheduling processes directly on the o9 platform, ultimately optimizing their operations and decision-making capabilities.
MangoGem offers AI-powered optimization software with highly sophisticated and innovative algorithms for production planning and scheduling for manufacturers. Through this partnership, the MangoGem versatile enterprise modeling with innovative solvers will be fully integrated into o9‘s AI-powered Digital Brain platform’, creating a unique opportunity for manufacturers across industries for supply chain and operations optimization.
Existing Investors Double Down on o9 Solutions’ Growth With Incremental Investment at $3.7 Billion Valuation
o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making for global enterprises, today announced that its existing investors, led by General Atlantic’s BeyondNetZero, the inaugural companion fund for the growth equity firm’s climate investing efforts, have invested an additional $116 million in the Company. Existing investors KKR and Generation Investment Management also participated in the round. The investment values o9 at $3.7 billion, up from $2.7 billion since the Company’s last investment round in January 2022.
General Atlantic’s BeyondNetZero and Generation Investment Management join KKR as investors in o9, valuing the company at $2.7 billion. This marks an increase from the $1 billion valuation in April 2020 at the time of the company’s first-ever external investment led by KKR, which is also participating in this funding round. This capital raise follows a record year during which the company reported a greater than threefold increase year-over-year in annual recurring revenue (ARR) from new customers.
⛓️ Dallas’ o9 Solutions Raises $116M in Latest Funding Round for a $3.7B Valuation
Dallas tech unicorn o9 Solutions—an AI-powered platform for supply chain planning and demand forecasting—announced it has raised $116 million in new funding from existing investors, led by General Atlantic’s BeyondNetZero. The raise boosts o9’s valuation to $3.7 billion, the company said.
o9 said the funding will be used to expand its AI capabilities for its growing customer base that includes PepsiCo, URBN, Nestle, ABInBev, Walmart Canada, Pirelli, New Balance, GE, and others.
o9 Solutions Expands Partnership with Genpact to Deliver Planning-as-a-Service Leveraging Generative AI
Genpact (NYSE: G), a global professional services firm focused on delivering outcomes that transform businesses, today announced it is expanding its partnership with o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, to help companies navigate ongoing supply chain disruptions by leveraging generative AI.
This service harnesses the power of o9’s Digital Brain platform as well as its advanced network planning modelling capabilities. Offered as a subscription, the planning-as-a-service offering provides a flexible engagement model that enhances a company’s return on investment in its digital transformation initiatives. This is particularly beneficial as enterprises navigate the challenges of volatile macroeconomic pressures in today’s market.
o9 Solutions Raises $295 Million From Strategic Investors to Continue its Growth Across Industry Verticals & Markets
o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making speed and quality in companies across industry verticals, today announced that it has received equity investments totaling $295 million from General Atlantic, including BeyondNetZero, its climate investing venture, Generation Investment Management, a pure-play sustainability investment manager, and existing investor KKR. This significant investment will help o9 build on its momentum and accelerate growth for its AI-powered Integrated Business Planning platform it calls the “Digital Brain” across industry verticals and markets. It will also help o9 drive continued innovation in R&D, industry knowledge models and partner ecosystem development that will help companies implement o9’s game-changing platform faster and realize greater value.