DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--o9 Solutions, a leading software company that is powering enterprise planning and decisioning models across 30-plus industry verticals with its groundbreaking, AI-powered Digital Brain platform, today announced strong commercial momentum in Q2 2026, building on standout first-quarter results, and contributing to one of the Company's best first-half performances to date. Fueled largely by new client acquisitions across a broad range of industries globally, Q2’26 marks accelerating demand for AI-driven enterprise planning and decision-making, and a decisive step forward in o9’s global growth trajectory.

New logo additions during the quarter included TPV Technology Limited, Merry Electronics, a leading specialty beauty retailer, a major food and beverage distributor, a fast-growing wearable device company, a global furniture and decor brand, and more in industries such as pharmaceuticals, paper and packaging, and metals. In Q2’26, o9 successfully completed more than 40 go-lives at clients in industries such as footwear and apparel, food distribution, and telecommunications. Throughout the first half of the year, o9 completed more than 80 deployments across North America, Europe, and APAC.

The Company made several pivotal appointments to its executive leadership team throughout the quarter and into early July to accelerate the next phase of its global growth strategy:

Dr. Ashwin Rao was promoted to Chief Technology Officer, signalling o9’s commitment to the breakthrough innovations it is pioneering to transform enterprise decision-making for the new normal of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) in the age of AI. This 10x innovation is o9’s next-generation APEX operating model – short for Agile, Adaptive, Autonomous Planning & Execution. Krishnakumar Kulankara was appointed to the role of Chief Operating Role, where he will lead the cross-functional alignment and operational transformation required to advance APEX adoption at scale. Adriel Sanchez joined as o9’s first-ever Chief Marketing Officer to lead global marketing to amplify the Company’s global presence and brand awareness, while rapidly expanding into new industries and geographies. Hideki Shiozuka was named Country Manager of Japan to support continued growth and customer engagement in one of o9's key strategic markets.

o9 also brought together customers, partners, and industry leaders at aim10x Europe 2026 to exchange practical approaches for applying Enterprise AI, modernizing enterprise operating models, and improving enterprise decision-making in increasingly complex business environments. Later this year, o9 will host aim10x Americas in Chicago. To register, visit o9solutions.com/events/aim10x-summit.

Chakri Gottemukkala, Co-Founder, CEO and Executive Chairman of o9, said, “There is growing urgency for companies to respond faster and operate with greater precision in increasingly complex environments. Our standout performance in Q2’26 is strong validation of what we've built with the APEX operating model to make change simpler, and transformations faster and more reliable in delivering value to large, global enterprises. Across our customer base, we are seeing a decisive shift from fragmented planning toward connected decision-making and execution, and o9’s 10x innovation with APEX is at the center of that transformation.”

Additional highlights in Q2’26 include:

Employee participation in the o9 RED FM Walkathon in Bengaluru and o9 Walks 2026 helped fund 156 AI-powered reading licenses for children in India through o9's partnership with U&I o9 released its annual ESG Report 2026 o9 announced connected application on Snowflake to advance enterprise planning on a unified data foundation o9 joined the Association of Equipment Manufacturers

To learn more, visit www.o9solutions.com.

About o9 Solutions

o9 Solutions is a leading Enterprise Knowledge and AI-powered platform helping companies build Agile, Adaptive & Autonomous Planning & Execution Models for transforming enterprise decision-making in environments of rising volatility and uncertainty. Whether it is improving forecast accuracy, matching demand and supply and driving collaboration across the multi-tier supply chain to improve resilience at optimal costs and inventory, or optimizing new product and commercial initiatives to drive revenue growth and margins, decision-making processes from long-range to tactical to execution horizon can be made faster and smarter and connected on o9’s Digital Brain Platform.

o9 brings together game-changing technology innovations — such as innovative enterprise knowledge graph modeling, big data analytics, advanced algorithms for forecasting, demand/supply balancing, scenario planning, real time learning, collaboration, generative and agentic AI, easy-to-use interfaces and cloud-based delivery, and innovative management methods — as well as organization, process and change management best practices to transform decision-making speed and intelligence. For more information, please visit www.o9solutions.com.

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Source: BusinessWire