Poka
Poka is a Quebec-headquartered SaaS company that sells an AI-augmented connected worker platform for manufacturing frontline operations, including digital work instructions, skills management, forms, issues, huddle boards, analytics, and Industrial AI, serving 2,300+ manufacturing sites across 170+ countries as a wholly-owned subsidiary of IFS.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2014
- HeadquartersQuebec, Canada
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Poka does
Poka Inc. is a Quebec-headquartered SaaS company that sells an AI-augmented Connected Worker Platform purpose-built for manufacturing frontline operations, including digital work instructions, skills matrix management, digital forms and checklists, issues and task management, tiered-meeting digital whiteboards (Huddle Boards), advanced analytics, a Factory Feed communication layer, and an Industrial AI module that adds a conversational AI Assistant, three AI agents (Knowledge, Analytics, Problem-Solving), a no-code Agent Studio, and an MCP server for enterprise integration. The platform is delivered on iOS, Android, and Web, supports 37 languages, and integrates with SAP, Workday, Tableau, IFS, CMMS, MES, QMS, LMS, and identity providers via Poka Automate (iPaaS), the Poka API, a Data Lake, and SCIM-based provisioning, with enterprise-tier features including SSO, audit trails, sandbox environments, and an SLA. Poka is privately held and has operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of IFS (an enterprise software leader) since the 2023 acquisition; it previously raised capital across multiple rounds between 2015 and 2021, anchored by Inovia Capital, Uncork Capital, SE Ventures (Schneider Electric), and Bosch Ventures, alongside the Leclerc founding family. The company reports $18.6M ARR in 2025 and 63% ARR growth in 2025 and 60% ARR growth in Q1 2026, with a customer base of 2,300+ manufacturing sites across 170+ countries including Nestlé, Tetra Pak, Coca-Cola, Bosch, L'Oréal, Coty, Danone, Barry Callebaut, Tyson Foods, Soprema, and C.H. Guenther. GTM is a sales-led enterprise field motion with demo-based selling, contact-sales pricing, annual billing, and professional services for implementation, with recent expansion into DACH, the UK & Ireland, and France. At the end of 2025, co-founder Antoine Bisson (previously Chief AI Officer) succeeded co-founder Alex Leclerc as CEO, sharpening the company's strategic emphasis on industrial AI for the factory floor, including an Industrial AI roadmap whose general availability is planned for October 2026.
Poka firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Poka
- Legal name
- Poka Inc.
- Website
- https://poka.io
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2014
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Poka is a Quebec-headquartered SaaS company that sells an AI-augmented connected worker platform for manufacturing frontline operations, including digital work instructions, skills management, forms, issues, huddle boards, analytics, and Industrial AI, serving 2,300+ manufacturing sites across 170+ countries as a wholly-owned subsidiary of IFS.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Poka industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Manufacturing Connected Worker Software
- NAICS
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Robotic Process Automation (RPA) & Hyperautomation Platforms (HDAEAKAF)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Model Development & Training Platforms (AutoML, Notebooks, Feature Stores) (HDAEANAB), Voice Assistants & Voice UI (VUI) (HDAAAFAD)
Keywords
Where Poka is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Quebec
- HQ country
- Canada
- HQ region
- North America
Offices3 records
Markets served
Poka business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- SaaS Subscription: Subscription-based SaaS model with annual billing for connected worker platform. Revenue of $18.6M ARR in 2025. No VC funding, bootstrapped company acquired by IFS in 2023.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Enterprise SaaS pricing |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels9 records
Poka product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Poka provides an AI-augmented Connected Worker Platform, delivered as a SaaS subscription to manufacturing companies. The platform enables frontline operators to access digital work instructions, skills matrices, digital forms and checklists, issues and tasks management, daily-management huddle boards, communication feeds, and advanced analytics, augmented by Poka Industrial AI (conversational AI assistant, autonomous AI agents for knowledge/analytics/problem-solving, Agent Studio, content conversion, and multilingual translation). The platform integrates with ERP (SAP, IFS), HRIS/LMS (Workday), BI (Tableau), CMMS, MES, QMS, and CMS via Poka Automate (iPaaS), REST APIs, Poka Data Lake, and SCIM.
Product overview
Poka is an AI-augmented Connected Worker Platform delivered as a unified, integrated suite of modules purpose-built for manufacturing frontline operations. The platform is architected around a core Connected Worker Platform that organizes data by plant, production line, workstation, and equipment level. Key modules include: Learning & Development (combining digital work instructions, knowledge management, training content, exams, and skills management); Daily Management (digital forms, issues management, and task management); Communication & Collaboration (Factory Feed); Advanced Analytics; and Poka Industrial AI (conversational AI assistant, AI agents, Agent Studio, content conversion, and translation). Enterprise-tier features include SSO/SCIM, API access, sandbox environments, and SLA. Integration is enabled through Poka Automate (iPaaS), Poka API, Poka Data Lake, and Poka SCIM. The platform is available on iOS, Android, and Web, supporting 37 languages.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Poka Connected Worker Platform (Enterprise SaaS) AI-augmented, multi-tenant SaaS Connected Worker Platform for manufacturing frontline operations. Bundles Learning & Development (digital work instructions, troubleshooting, skills matrix, exams), Daily Management (digital forms/checklists, issues/tasks, huddle boards), Communication & Collaboration (Factory Feed), Advanced Connected Worker Analytics, and Poka Industrial AI (conversational AI assistant, AI agents, content conversion, translation across 37 languages). Enterprise tier provides SSO/SCIM2, audit trail, 10 API keys, unlimited languages, sandbox environment, SLA, and global support. Sold via annual subscription; available on iOS, Android, and Web.
- Poka Automate (iPaaS) Unified iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) offering within the Poka platform for rapidly building custom integrations and automated workflows with popular apps in the manufacturing ecosystem (ERP, HRIS/LMS, CMMS, MES, QMS, BI). Pairs with Poka RESTful API, Poka Data Lake, and SCIM to connect shop-floor data with enterprise systems.
- Poka AI Studio (No-Code AI Studio and MCP Server) — Industrial AI roadmap No-code AI Studio for designing, deploying, and refining custom Industrial AI agents, paired with a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects Poka's Industrial AI to enterprise systems. Released as part of the Poka Industrial AI roadmap announced June 2026, with Early Access by invitation and general availability targeted for October 2026. Aimed at industrial organizations that need governed AI agents for unique manufacturing processes.
Quantifiable outcome
- 8%+ productivity gain
- +12 more outcomes
Companies that use Poka
Customer profileNamed customers12 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Poka technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration13 records
AI capability12 records
Feature16 records
Poka partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.
- IFSflagshipPoka was acquired by IFS, an enterprise software leader, in 2023. IFS aims to become a global leader in Industrial AI by 2029 and is expanding through acquisitions including Poka. Poka operates as an IFS Company while maintaining operational independence.
- SAPcoreSAP integration allows bidirectional sync of production data, quality issue alerts, work orders, and tasks. Leclerc Group connects Poka and SAP for faster maintenance resolutions - 'problems that used to take hours to solve are now resolved in a few minutes.'
- WorkdaycoreWorkday integration for syncing personnel training data. Tyson Foods manages training data with Poka-Workday integration, noting Poka 'interacts effectively with other systems' and provides flexibility in data structuring.
Scale indicators9 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Poka competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Augmentir: Augmentir is an AI-powered connected worker platform purpose-built for industrial and manufacturing frontline operations, overlapping directly with Poka's digital work instructions, skills/training, and AI-driven assistance capabilities.
- Tulip Interfaces: Tulip is a frontline operations and connected-worker platform for manufacturers with no-code app building for work instructions, inspections, and training, addressing the same shop-floor digitization needs as Poka.
- L2L (Leading2Lean): L2L delivers connected-worker and daily-management software for manufacturers focused on tiered meetings, skills, and operational discipline, directly competing with Poka's huddle boards, skills matrix, and daily management modules.
- ServiceNow Connected Worker (formerly Parsable): ServiceNow's Connected Worker offering, built on the acquisition of Parsable, targets industrial frontline workers with work instructions, inspections, and digital procedures, closely overlapping Poka's core modules in enterprise accounts.
- Dozuki: Dozuki provides standardized work-instruction and training software for manufacturers with step-by-step visual procedures and skills tracking, mirroring Poka's digital work instructions and learning & development modules.
Broad incumbents
- PTC: PTC's ThingWorx and Vuforia offerings span IoT, AR work instructions, and connected-worker capabilities as part of a broader PLM and industrial software portfolio, making PTC a broad-incumbent competitor in manufacturing frontline digitization.
- IFS: IFS is Poka's parent company and a broad enterprise software (ERP/EAM/MES) vendor pursuing an Industrial AI strategy; its industrial software portfolio overlaps with Poka's manufacturing footprint at the high end.
- Siemens Digital Industries (Opcenter / Tecnomatix): Siemens Opcenter and broader Digital Industries software covers MES, MOM, and shop-floor execution within a much larger industrial automation and digital twin portfolio, competing with Poka in connected-worker and operations use cases.
- iBASEt: iBASEt provides manufacturing operations management (MES/MOM) software for complex discrete manufacturers with work instructions and quality, competing with Poka's modules inside broader MES deals.
Others
- SAP: SAP is an integration partner for Poka (with documented bidirectional integrations) and an OTHERS peer because SAP's broader platform—particularly SAP Digital Manufacturing and its AI roadmap—represents both a complementary and competitive adjacency for Poka in large enterprise manufacturers.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Poka social profiles
Digital presencePoka compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
Poka financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Poka leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
Poka funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds5 records
Investors10 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Poka M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Poka
What does Poka do?
Poka provides an AI-augmented Connected Worker Platform, delivered as a SaaS subscription to manufacturing companies. The platform enables frontline operators to access digital work instructions, skills matrices, digital forms and checklists, issues and tasks management, daily-management huddle boards, communication feeds, and advanced analytics, augmented by Poka Industrial AI (conversational AI assistant, autonomous AI agents for knowledge/analytics/problem-solving, Agent Studio, content conversion, and multilingual translation). The platform integrates with ERP (SAP, IFS), HRIS/LMS (Workday), BI (Tableau), CMMS, MES, QMS, and CMS via Poka Automate (iPaaS), REST APIs, Poka Data Lake, and SCIM.
Is Poka a public or private company?
Poka is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Poka founded?
Poka was founded in 2014. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Poka based?
Poka is headquartered in Quebec, Canada, in the North America region.
How does Poka make money?
One revenue line is on record: saaS Subscription.
Who are Poka's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Augmentir, Tulip Interfaces, L2L (Leading2Lean), ServiceNow Connected Worker (formerly Parsable) and Dozuki. Broad incumbents are PTC, IFS, Siemens Digital Industries (Opcenter / Tecnomatix) and iBASEt. SAP is listed as an others.
Does Poka have an API?
Yes. Poka offers a RESTful API providing maximum flexibility to build integrations with any third-party system. Additional integration options include an industry-leading iPaaS (Poka Automate), a Data Lake for streaming integrations with BI and reporting platforms, and SCIM for automatic provisioning of users and user groups with Identity Providers. Poka supports 10 API keys for enterprise customers. Developer documentation is at Not specified.
What industry is Poka in?
Poka's product category is Manufacturing Connected Worker Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAEAKAF, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) & Hyperautomation Platforms, with a secondary code of HDAEANAB, Model Development & Training Platforms (AutoML, Notebooks, Feature Stores). Its NAICS code is 54151 and its SIC code is 7373.