Draft:O9 Solutions

o9 Solutions (o9) is a privately held company that developed a cloud-based enterprise platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to support planning and decision-making across business and supply chain operations.

History
The company was founded in 2009 by Sanjiv Sidhu, the founder of i2 Technologies and Chakri Gottemukkala, an employee of i2.

In 2014, o9 launched its "Digital Brain" platform for integrated business planning and began developing a client-base in the United States and India. In 2016, the company began expanding into Europe and Asia (Japan, South Korea, and China) in 2019. In 2022, o9 expanded into Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil.

Many of o9's executive leadership team previously worked for or were users of i2 Technologies.

Business
o9 provides business planning platform services on a subscription basis and serves clients in various industries including: aerospace and defense, agribusiness, apparel and footwear, automotive OEMs, automotive suppliers, capital goods manufacturing, chemicals, consumer electronics, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, grocery, high tech electronics, home and personal care, industrial manufacturing, medical devices, medical equipment, medical supplies, metals, energy, mining, utilities, pharmaceuticals and biotech, retail, semiconductors, telecom equipment providers, telecom operators, transportation, and paper and packaging. o9's main product is the Digital Brain platform that combines real-time data from external and internal sources, such as weather reports, social media and more along with a company's internal historical data, with various knowledge models (i.e. market, demand and supply chain) and uses AI/ML technology and algorithms to develop market insights that can be used for business planning and decision-making purposes across multiple business functions.

The o9 Digital Brain suite of solutions include integrated business planning (IBP), demand planning and forecasting, supply chain planning and analytics, supplier collaboration, revenue growth management (RGM), and sustainability.

o9 investors include KKR, Generation Investment Management, General Atlantic and its BeyondNetZero climate change venture. In January 2022, the firms backed a $295 million investment in o9, raising its value to $2.7 billion. The firms invested an additional $116 million in o9 in July 2023, further increasing its value to $3.7 billion.