Cambridge tech startup Versed AI acquired by US company
Versed AI's artificial intelligence technology is said to accelerate the process of extracting and aggregating multi-tier supplier networks, creating automated bills of material and generating proprietary value chain graph data.
The integration of Versed AI into Exiger's award-winning supply chain management platform allows Exiger customers to rapidly expand multi-tier visibility with access to an array of advancements in supply chain tracing, orchestration and mapping.
Versed AI automatically maps and contextualises complex supply chains, providing customers with multi-tier supply chain intelligence. The company applies cutting-edge AI technology to help leading enterprises rapidly illuminate their n-tier supply chains, analyse them and act – tackling risks from disruption, regulatory compliance and reputational damage.
With product-specific supply chain visibility, Versed AI's automated Bill-of-Material mapping data helps customers cut through the noise to the suppliers that matter.
The Cambridge University spin-out is a Gartner Cool Vendor in Sourcing and Procurement Technologies, and is ISO 27001 certified.
Versed AI won first prize in Cambridge Enterprise's Postdoc Business Plan Competition and was named one of Gartner's ‘Cool Vendors’ in Sourcing and Procurement Technologies for its innovative use of AI, natural language processing and machine learning to gain visibility into multi-tier supplier networks. The company was also selected for KPMG's competitive Future Tech Program and SAP.io Foundry for Digital Supply Chain.
Exiger has already begun integrating the award-winning technology into its supply chain platform and UX 1Exiger. The integration will enrich Exiger's dataset and enhance the operational and multi-tier visibility capabilities of Supply Chain Explorer and SDX, making these solutions faster and more comprehensive. The new capabilities will be immediately available to Exiger customers.
"We're thrilled to join an organisation that shares our commitment to developing exceptional technology – not only to satisfy and streamline day-to-day business demands but to make the world more ethical and transparent," said Versed AI Co-founder and CTO Dr Simon Baker.
Union Square Advisors LLC served as financial advisor to Exiger in this transaction. Dechert served as legal counsel.
Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels said: "Procurement and supply chain professionals across the public and private sector are overwhelmed by the amount of data they have to navigate to meet daily operational and regulatory requirements like tariff analysis, alternative vendor sourcing, forced labor checks, environmental impact assessments and CSDDD compliance. This acquisition allows us to offer a beautifully simple solution to those challenges."
"The addition of this capability completes the equation in terms of what Exiger offers. It creates a revolutionary multi-tier visibility solution that's holistic, autonomous and universally deployable for any company and any product in a value chain, allowing customers to assess the impact of events within their supply chain in a matter of minutes and make informed decisions that deliver value and mitigate risk."
"We're excited by the disruptive power created by combining Versed AI and Exiger's best of breed capabilities," added Fenella Boyle, Versed AI Co-founder and CEO.
"After surveying the competitive landscape, we feel strongly that our technology will have the greatest impact when deployed within Exiger's market-leading AI and across their vast and rapidly growing customer base."
Exiger's mission is to make the world a safer and more transparent place to succeed. Empowering its 550 customers across the globe, including 150 in the Fortune 500 and over 55 organisations across the Defense Industrial Base and government agencies, with award-winning AI technology, Exiger leads the way in ESG, cyber, financial crime, third-party and supply chain management.
