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o9 Solutions

AI-driven Digital Brain platform for demand forecasting, supply planning, and integrated business planning at large manufacturers and retailers.

o9 Solutions builds the Digital Brain, an AI-driven planning platform that large manufacturers, retailers, and consumer goods companies use to run demand forecasting, supply planning, and integrated business planning from a single system. Founded in Dallas in 2009 by former i2 Technologies executives Sanjiv Sidhu and Chakri Gottemukkala, the company built its platform around a proprietary in-memory Enterprise Knowledge Graph that pulls data from ERP, POS, and supplier systems into one model that planners can simulate against. Customers including AB InBev, Estée Lauder, Nike, and Google use o9 to replace legacy SAP APO deployments and best-of-breed planning tools with a single platform spanning demand sensing, supply and inventory optimization, and S&OP/IBP workflows. AB InBev's rollout, documented in o9's own case studies, cut inventory by roughly a fifth and lifted U.S. forecast accuracy above 87%. The company has since layered generative AI 'composite agents' onto the Digital Brain so planners can query and adjust plans in natural language. o9 has raised more than $500 million from investors including General Atlantic, KKR, and BeyondNetZero, reaching a valuation near $3.7 billion after a 2023 Series C round. It employs several thousand people worldwide and is regularly named a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for supply chain planning.

Founded

2009

Headquarters

Dallas, United States

Sector

applications