Twenty5

What Twenty5 does

Twenty5 LLC is a private software company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, that sells iPE (Intelligent Platform for Proposal Pricing & Estimating), an AI-powered Project CPQ platform purpose-built on SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP HANA. The platform serves project-centric enterprises in six primary verticals — Aerospace & Defense, Capital Projects, Consulting, Engineering & Construction, IT & BPO Services, and Machinery & Equipment — with reported customer outcomes of 1-10% increase in bid margin, 30%+ reduction in days per proposal, and 1-3% increase in project margin. Named customers include Lockheed Martin, RTX, Cubic Corporation, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, Amazon Project Kuiper, Gainwell Technologies, BearingPoint, ZS, and SAP itself.

The underlying technology reads cost history, rates, BOMs, materials, purchase orders, and production orders from SAP ERP via standard interfaces for approximately 25 data objects, supporting SAP ECC, S/4HANA, and Suite on HANA without requiring ERP configuration changes. Frontend/backend is built in Java, ExtJS, and JavaScript on Tomcat. Differentiated features include AI-based price-to-win and design-to-cost, DFARS/TINA compliance with full audit trail, multi-currency global proposal support, and integration with Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP PLM, and Oracle Primavera. AI capabilities comprise SAP HANA predictive analytics, NLP-powered RFP Analysis, and a 2024-launched AI Co-Pilot for capital project planning.

Twenty5 operates a subscription-based software revenue model with annual billing and standard support included; product enhancements are shipped to all customers on a single codebase. Implementation services are delivered by a network of system integrator partners — PwC, Delaware, SAP consulting, and Accenture — while Twenty5 retains quality assurance and pilot implementation ownership. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales with event-driven demand generation (Farnborough Airshow 2026, SAP A&D Industry Innovation Days), content marketing (blog, Sharp Vision podcast, YouTube, white papers), and a partner-led implementation channel. The company is remote-first with approximately 60 employees across the USA, India, and Europe, and remains founder-led and self-funded per available disclosures.

Name

Twenty5

Legal name

Twenty5 LLC

Website

https://twenty5.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Twenty5 sells iPE, an AI-powered Project CPQ platform built natively on SAP Business Technology Platform, serving project-centric enterprises in Aerospace & Defense, Capital Projects, Consulting, Engineering & Construction, IT/BPO Services, and Machinery & Equipment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Project Cost Estimating & Proposal Pricing Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Data App Builders (Forms, Portals & Internal Tools) (HDAEAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

B2B/EDI & Supply Chain Process Automation Platforms (HDAEAHAK)

Keywords

• Project cost estimating
• Proposal pricing software
• Project CPQ software
• SAP project pricing
• Government contract pricing

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription: Product subscription including standard support for level 2-3 response, code fix and test, upgrades, and enhancements. Implementation services are provided separately by third-party integrators. Single code-base with customer-requested enhancements designed as product-based enhancements available to all clients simultaneously.
2. Implementation Services (via Partners): Implementation services provided by third-party system integrators (PwC, Delaware, SAP consulting, Accenture). Twenty5 provides quality assurance during implementations led by other integrators and leads pilot/lighthouse implementations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Twenty5 sells an AI-powered Project CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) software platform called iPE (Intelligent Platform for Proposal Pricing & Estimating), built natively on SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP HANA. It enables project-centric enterprises to configure, price, and quote complex projects covering labor, materials, and services, with built-in DFARS/TINA compliance for government contractors. Implementation and integration services are delivered through certified system-integrator partners such as PwC, Accenture, and Delaware.

Product overview

Twenty5 offers a unified Project CPQ platform called iPE (Intelligent Platform for Proposal Pricing & Estimating), purpose-built on SAP Business Technology Platform for project-centric industries. The platform consists of a core iPE engine with integrated modules including RFP Analysis with AI, Proposal Management, Scope Development, Cost Estimating, Supplier Quotes, Proposal Pricing, Approval & Submission, Funding, Contract Award, Capital Project Planning, and Forecasting & Change. All modules share a central database on SAP HANA, enabling real-time data synchronization and a single version of truth across sales, delivery, and finance teams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• iPE (Intelligent Platform for Proposal Pricing & Estimating): AI-powered Project CPQ platform built on SAP BTP for project-centric businesses to price, plan, and deliver projects with accuracy and confidence.
• Project CPQ
• Sharp Vision Podcast

Products and services

• Twenty5 iPE (Intelligent Platform for Proposal Pricing & Estimating) AI-powered Project CPQ platform built on SAP Business Technology Platform for project-centric enterprises in Aerospace & Defense, Capital Projects, Consulting, Engineering & Construction, IT & BPO, and Machinery & Equipment. Provides configure, price, and quote workflows for labor, materials, and services, with DFARS/TINA compliance, AI-based price-to-win, multi-currency support, and native SAP ERP integration.
• Project CPQ Configure, Price, and Quote module purpose-built on SAP BTP for industries where accuracy is critical. Enables projects ranging from millions to billions of dollars to be configured, priced, and quoted with bottom-up estimating, AI-based price-to-win, and top-down design-to-cost targets.
• AI Co-Pilot for Capital Project Planning Generative AI assistant for capital project planning and pricing decisions within the iPE platform, providing AI-generated guidance, recommendations, and assistance to users during the proposal and estimation process.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1-10% increase in bid margin
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• SAPcoreTechnology or IntegrationSAP is Twenty5's core technology platform partner. Twenty5 iPE is built natively on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and SAP HANA. The partnership involves co-innovation for A&D customers with Twenty5 extending SAP's footprint into project pricing and estimating. SAP has publicly endorsed Twenty5's solution as adding compelling capabilities to their portfolio. Twenty5 participates in SAP's A&D Industry Innovation Days events and is recognized as a strategic ecosystem partner.
• Cognitus (IBM Company)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTwenty5 and Cognitus announced a strategic partnership to deliver a fully integrated, end-to-end government contracting lifecycle solution for regulated industries. The partnership combines Twenty5's pricing and estimating capabilities with Cognitus' government contracting solutions, enabling secure, compliant government contracting for regulated enterprises.
• Cora SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with Cora Systems, a leading provider of strategic project and portfolio management (PPM) solutions, for end-to-end program management integration. The partnership enables seamless connection between Twenty5's pricing and estimating and Cora's PPM capabilities.
• PwCcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPwC is one of the primary implementation partners performing implementation services for Twenty5's iPE solution. PwC brings consulting expertise to help organizations implement the pricing transformation.
• AccenturecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAccenture is a system integrator partner providing implementation services for Twenty5's iPE solution, bringing global implementation capabilities and SAP expertise.
• DelawarecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDelaware is a system integrator partner providing implementation services for Twenty5's iPE solution with SAP consulting expertise.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• PROS: PROS is a leading AI-driven pricing and CPQ vendor serving B2B and complex industries. Comparable because both companies provide AI-powered pricing optimization aimed at complex, deal-driven businesses — even though PROS is broader and not SAP-native.
• Vendavo: Vendavo provides margin and pricing optimization for B2B manufacturers and distributors. Comparable as a direct competitor targeting price-to-win and margin improvement use cases overlapping with Twenty5's project pricing workflows.
• Pricefx: Pricefx is a pricing software vendor specialized in configure-price-quote and price optimization for industrial and complex manufacturers. Comparable as a direct pricing/CPQ rival with similar target verticals (machinery, E&C).

Broad incumbents

• SAP CPQ (SAP Commerce / Configure Price Quote): SAP's own CPQ offering sits within SAP Commerce cloud. Comparable because it competes in the same configure-price-quote category on top of the same SAP BTP/S/4HANA stack that Twenty5 integrates with — making SAP a partner and a competitor.
• Deltek Costpoint: Deltek Costpoint is the dominant ERP for government contractors and aerospace & defense firms, with built-in project accounting and pricing. Comparable because it addresses similar A&D project-costing and compliance use cases that Twenty5 targets, albeit from an ERP starting point.
• Oracle Primavera Unifier: Oracle Primavera Unifier is a leading capital projects program management platform. Twenty5 actively integrates with Primavera — comparable as an adjacent project-lifecycle platform with overlapping capital projects and E&C customer base.
• Salesforce CPQ (Revenue Cloud): Salesforce's CPQ/Revenue Cloud is a major CRM-anchored CPQ vendor. Comparable because it competes in the broader CPQ category that Twenty5 occupies and is one of Twenty5's named CRM integration partners (alongside Microsoft Dynamics and SAP Sales Cloud).
• Procore: Procore is the leading construction project management platform. Comparable as a broader project-lifecycle incumbent that increasingly touches cost estimating, bidding, and proposals in Engineering & Construction, a stated Twenty5 vertical.

Emerging players

• Unison Technologies (PRISM and SLIM): Unison Technologies provides cost-estimating and proposal pricing software purpose-built for defense and government contractors. Comparable as an emerging, niche competitor focused on the same A&D bid/pricing workflow with similar DFARS and DCAA-related compliance positioning.
• Cora Systems: Cora Systems is a strategic project and portfolio management (PPM) provider. Comparable as a partner and adjacent competitor — Twenty5 has a strategic partnership with Cora to integrate pricing/estimating and PPM capabilities end-to-end.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@twenty5-llc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/twenty5-llc
• Instagraminstagram.com/twenty5.ipe

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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