What Aerium does

Aerium (legally Senchi Technologies Inc., headquartered in Toronto, Canada) is a vertical AI company that sells an AI-powered supply chain intelligence platform to industrial manufacturers and distributors across North America. Its core product, Aeri, is an autonomous AI agent that operates from BOM to buy — automating tail spend, should-cost modelling, sales pricing optimization, and category, supplier, and inventory management while interacting with users through email and Microsoft Teams without requiring new interfaces. The platform connects to ERP systems, Excel files, PDFs, and other documents to cut purchase orders, generate RFPs, source suppliers, extract supplier responses across formats, and monitor upstream price movements (feedstocks, raw materials, tariffs, import duties, customs) to identify 5–10% spend reduction opportunities. A web-based ROI Calculator serves as both a demand-generation tool and a self-serve qualification mechanism for inbound prospects.

The company was founded in 2025 by former McKinsey consultants who previously built supply chain and pricing automation software for major manufacturers and distributors. Aerium delivers its platform as a SaaS subscription with custom quote-based pricing, and supports cloud, on-premise, and US/Canada data residency deployments to meet enterprise security requirements. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting mid-market and enterprise industrial buyers, supplemented by the ROI Calculator and direct demo booking. Marketing claims include 5–10% profitability increases, 50–60% team productivity gains, and payback in under six months. As of January 2026 the company had raised $150,000 via an ERA (Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator) post-money SAFE for 6% equity, implying an approximately $2.5M post-money valuation. No revenue or named customer logos are publicly disclosed.

Name

Aerium

Legal name

Senchi Technologies Inc.

Website

https://aeriumhq.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Aerium builds Aeri, an autonomous AI supply chain analyst that automates procurement, cost intelligence, and sales pricing for industrial manufacturers and distributors across North America via ERP, email, and Teams integrations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Supply Chain Intelligence Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

AI/ML Decision Intelligence & Automated Recommendations (TLAEAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Distribution & Wholesale ERP (Inventory, Order, Warehouse) (HDAEAEAC), AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF), End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA)

Keywords

• AI supply chain analytics
• Procurement automation software
• Cost intelligence platform
• Industrial manufacturing AI
• Tail spend management

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: AI-powered supply chain intelligence platform delivered as a subscription service. Pricing likely based on company size/spend volume given ROI calculator inputs. Platform is customized to each customer's business alongside their team.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Aerium provides an AI-powered supply chain intelligence platform for industrial manufacturers and distributors. Its core product, Aeri, is an autonomous AI supply chain analyst that automates procurement workflows, monitors upstream price and tariff movements for cost intelligence, manages tail spend, runs should-cost modelling, optimizes sales pricing, and handles category, supplier, and inventory management. Aeri communicates with users and suppliers via email and Microsoft Teams, integrates with ERP systems and Excel, and supports both cloud and on-premise deployments.

Product overview

Aerium is an AI-powered supply chain intelligence platform for manufacturers and distributors. The core product is Aeri, an AI supply chain analyst that handles operations from BOM to buy. Aeri provides cost intelligence by monitoring upstream price movements, automates procurement workflows, and delivers reporting through email and Teams. The platform includes Tail Spend Automation, Should-Cost Modelling, Sales Pricing Optimization, and Category/Supplier/Inventory Management modules. Aerium also offers a web-based ROI Calculator tool and supports on-premise deployment for enterprise security requirements. The platform claims 5-10% profitability increases and 50-60% team productivity increases with under 6 months to positive ROI.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aeri - AI Supply Chain Analyst

Quantifiable outcome

• 5-10% profitability increase
• +3 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability9 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Procurify: Procurement and AP automation platform for mid-market companies; overlaps Aerium's tail spend automation and procurement workflow focus at smaller customer scale.
• Zip: AI-native procurement orchestration platform automating intake-to-PO for businesses, including manufacturers and distributors; comparable GTM motion, AI agent architecture, and ERP integrations.
• LevaData: AI-powered direct material sourcing and should-cost platform for industrial manufacturers; competes in the same procurement intelligence and supplier negotiation category as Aerium.
• Coupa: AI-driven procurement and spend management platform serving manufacturers and distributors with category management, sourcing, and supplier workflows — directly overlapping Aerium's procurement automation and tail spend focus.
• Suplari: Procurement analytics and AI insights platform for spend management and supplier intelligence; comparable in surfacing cost-saving insights from ERP and procurement data for enterprises.
• o9 Solutions: AI-powered integrated business planning platform for manufacturers covering supply chain planning, S&OP, and procurement scenarios; directly comparable AI decision intelligence for industrial supply chains.
• Keelvar: AI-driven sourcing optimization platform that automates tail spend and tactical/strategic sourcing events for procurement teams; highly comparable autonomous-agent sourcing use case.

Broad incumbents

• SAP Ariba: Incumbent procurement and supplier management platform within the SAP ERP ecosystem, serving the same industrial buyer base with broader indirect/direct spend capabilities than Aerium.
• Kinaxis: Supply chain planning and orchestration platform used by industrial manufacturers; comparable in AI/ML-driven scenario planning, inventory optimization, and tariff/scenario cost modeling.
• Blue Yonder: End-to-end supply chain platform with AI-driven planning, procurement, and execution modules for manufacturers and distributors; broader portfolio but overlapping AI supply chain intelligence category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aeriumhq

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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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