What Innova9 does

Innova9 (legal entity Innova9, Inc.) is a US-based private software company founded in 2017 and operating from Aurora, with a 1–10 employee team, that builds an AI layer purpose-built for Oracle's JD Edwards (JDE) EnterpriseOne ERP. The company serves JDE-running organisations in manufacturing, distribution, construction, energy and healthcare — sectors characterised by regulated, audited operations where piping financial, pricing, BOM and customer data through public AI APIs is generally unacceptable. Innova9's stack is 'Orchestrator-native,' running directly on JDE Orchestrator and AIS REST APIs, and deploys on-premises or inside the customer's private cloud against locally hosted open-weight LLMs, so no prompts, completions or JDE context are sent to third-party AI providers.

The platform is delivered as three integrated products on a shared runtime (Innova9 Core). Flow9 is a visual drag-and-drop builder that turns JDE Orchestrations into production-ready React PWAs deployable across desktop, embedded E1 Page, CafeOne, mobile and dashboard surfaces, and is sold at three published monthly tiers ($499/$1,499/$2,999). Hub9 is an intelligent B2B customer portal that crawls existing product content, exposes natural-language search and live JDE stock/pricing, and submits self-service quotes directly into JDE tables F4201/F4211. Claw9 is an autonomous AI agent that executes — rather than merely answers — JDE actions such as PO approvals and expense reports (posting to F09E11/F09E12), accessible from Slack, Teams, Discord, mobile or CLI, and stages every action in an 'innoclaw' sandbox before production. The predecessor product ChatJDE was retired in May 2026.

Commercial activity is operated on a consultative, demo-led sales motion targeting Orchestrator-literate buyers, supported by a website with detailed product documentation, a 30-minute demo CTA, and a nascent partner/reseller channel. No funding rounds, revenue figures, or institutional investors are disclosed in the available data, and the publicly available customer footprint is limited to a single named reference (Acme Building Products, a Hub9 demo).

Name

Innova9

Legal name

Innova9, Inc.

Website

https://innova9.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Innova9 builds an on-premises AI platform for Oracle JD Edwards customers, comprising Flow9 (visual app builder), Hub9 (intelligent customer portal), and Claw9 (autonomous JDE agents), sold via subscription to manufacturers, distributors and regulated industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

ERP AI Automation Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Integration & Orchestration Platforms (Connectors, Workflow, iPaaS for AI) (HDAEANAI), Agents & Autonomous Workflows (Tool Use, Planning, Multi-Agent) (HDAAACAF), Model Serving, Inference & Deployment Platforms (APIs, Edge/On-Prem) (HDAEANAC)

Keywords

• JD Edwards AI
• ERP automation software
• Enterprise AI assistants
• Local LLM deployment
• RPA for ERP

Headquarters

HQ city

Aurora

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Flow9 Subscription: Tiered monthly subscription plans for Flow9 visual app builder. Three tiers: Basic, Pro, Enterprise at $499/$1,499/$2,999 per month. Includes app building, generation, deployment, and built-in capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Innova9 sells AI-powered software products purpose-built for Oracle JD Edwards (JDE) ERP customers. Its three flagship products — Flow9 (AI assistant), Hub9 (document/communication automation), and Claw9 (robotic process automation) — run on an Orchestrator-native AI platform that deploys local large language models inside the customer's JDE environment. The offering targets manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, energy, and other regulated enterprises that need AI automation within their existing JDE workflows.

Product overview

Innova9 is a unified AI software platform for JD Edwards consisting of three integrated products built on a shared Orchestrator-native runtime layer (Innova9 Core). Flow9 is a visual AI app builder that generates React PWAs from JDE Orchestrations. Hub9 is an intelligent B2B customer portal combining AI-powered product search, live JDE inventory/pricing, and self-service quoting. Claw9 is an autonomous AI agent that executes multi-step actions inside JD Edwards from chat platforms. All three products run on-premises or in private cloud against locally hosted LLMs — no data leaves the customer's network. The platform is sold in three pricing tiers (Basic, Pro, Enterprise at $499/$1,499/$2,999/month).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Flow9: Visual AI pipeline and app builder for JD Edwards - enables turning JDE Orchestrations into production apps in minutes.
• Hub9
• Claw9

Products and services

• Flow9 AI assistant software for Oracle JD Edwards (JDE) ERP users across Sales, Service, and Procurement modules. Provides conversational AI inside JDE workflows, delivered via tiered monthly subscriptions ($499 / $1,499 / $2,999).
• Hub9 Enterprise document and communication automation software for Oracle JD Edwards environments. Automates document- and communication-driven processes tied to JDE; sold under enterprise/custom pricing.
• Claw9 Robotic process automation (RPA) software for Oracle JD Edwards enterprise systems. Automates repetitive operational tasks inside JDE; sold under enterprise/custom pricing.

Quantifiable outcome

• One Orchestrator-literate person can ship a mobile-first PWA in a day without React experience
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability9 records

Feature11 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Oracle (JD Edwards): Owner of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and the JDE Orchestrator/AIS REST APIs on which Innova9 is built. The most consequential competitor because Oracle can ship native AI features for JDE at any time and controls the underlying platform roadmap.
• Workato: Enterprise iPaaS and workflow automation platform widely used to integrate ERP systems (including JDE) with SaaS apps. Competes with Flow9's integration/orchestration value and with the broader automation narrative around Claw9.
• Celigo: iPaaS specialist with deep ERP integration templates (NetSuite, SAP, JDE-adjacent). Competes for the same 'AI + ERP integration' budget that Innova9 targets, particularly on the Flow9-style app-building and Hub9-style portal use cases.
• UiPath: RPA and agentic automation platform with deep ERP integrations. Competes directly with Claw9's autonomous-agent narrative and increasingly with Flow9's visual builder for ERP-adjacent automation.
• ServiceNow: Enterprise workflow and AI-agent platform with Now Assist and ERP integration spokes. A credible alternative buyer choice for enterprises evaluating autonomous agents against JDE.
• Tray.io: Generic iPaaS / workflow automation platform used for ERP integration and AI orchestration. Competes for the same integration-and-orchestration spend as Flow9, though without JDE-specific depth.
• Boomi: iPaaS with broad ERP integration capabilities and an emerging AI agent offering. A comparable option for enterprises looking to layer AI-driven workflows on top of JDE without a JDE-native product.
• MuleSoft (Salesforce): Enterprise iPaaS and API platform with strong ERP connectivity. Competes for the integration, API and orchestration layer that Innova9's Core platform exposes to JDE customers.
• Automation Anywhere: RPA and agentic automation vendor with ERP-specific bots and an AI Agent Studio. Competes with Claw9 on autonomous execution inside enterprise systems and with Flow9 on low-code ERP app delivery.

Emerging players

• Moveworks: Enterprise AI agent platform for IT, HR and operational workflows with chat-fronted automation. Comparable to Claw9's chat-native autonomous agent pattern and to Innova9's local LLM positioning for data-sensitive buyers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/innova9

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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