Acquisition accelerates Champion AI roadmap, bringing agentic automation to procurement and supply-chain workflows to drive faster decisions and higher productivity.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

QAD Inc., the company transforming manufacturing and supply chains with intelligent, adaptive solutions, today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Kavida Technologies Ltd (t/a Kavida.ai), a pioneer in agentic AI for industrial companies.

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The move fast-tracks QAD’s Champion AI roadmap and introduces immediate, high-impact automation for manufacturers — promising to free up nearly half of a buyer’s workday by eliminating manual post-order and supplier-collaboration tasks. The closing of the transaction is subject to UK regulatory approval.

Kavida.ai’s powerful procurement agents immediately strengthen the Champion AI platform with live, high-value use cases in strategic sourcing and ERP automation, giving manufacturers faster access to measurable productivity gains.

“Manufacturers don’t have time to wait for AI to mature — they need results today,” said Sanjay Brahmawar, CEO of QAD | Redzone. “By integrating Kavida.ai’s technology and team, we’re helping our customers unlock value faster — automating critical workflows, improving supply-chain reliability, and giving every buyer, planner, and supplier a powerful digital co-pilot. This isn’t about adding another AI feature, it’s about redefining how manufacturing work gets done.”

The acquisition brings QAD | Redzone a world-class AI engineering team with deep expertise in agent safety, human-in-the-loop training, and unstructured data handling. Kavida.ai’s intellectual property around procurement agent training and inbox-to-ERP automation will serve as the foundation for new agentic use cases across QAD’s solutions.

“We built Kavida.ai to solve one of manufacturing’s most painful problems — the friction between supplier collaboration and enterprise systems,” said Anam Rahman, CEO and Co-Founder of Kavida.ai. “Joining QAD | Redzone allows us to scale that vision globally." Dr. Sumit Sinha, CTO and Co-Founder of Kavida.ai, adds: “Together we’ll accelerate the Champion AI roadmap and deliver agents that make manufacturers faster, smarter, and more adaptive.”

The Kavida.ai PO, RFQ, and Sales agents will become immediately available to QAD | Redzone customers. Kavida.ai’s founders will assume senior leadership roles within QAD | Redzone, driving the Champion AI strategy and roadmap.

About QAD | Redzone

QAD | Redzone is redefining manufacturing and supply chains through its intelligent, adaptive platform that connects people, processes, and data into a single System of Action. With three core pillars — Redzone (frontline empowerment), Adaptive Applications (the intelligent backbone), and Champion AI (Agentic AI for manufacturing) — QAD helps manufacturers operate with Champion Pace, achieving measurable productivity, resilience, and growth in just 90 days. To learn more, visit www.qad.com or call +1 805-566-6100. Find us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram.

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Source: QAD Inc.