Sponsor Showcase: Connecting Atoms and Bits: Unlocking Savings for Manufacturing Companies
AI has changed how we work with bits: software, documents, workflows. The next frontier is atoms: the parts manufacturers buy, where most of their cost sits. Connect the two and you get the perfect buy: every part at the right price, from the right supplier, at the right time. In this live demo, Johannes Groll starts from a single part, shows what it should cost and how far you are from the perfect buy, then prepares the negotiation to close the gap. Your buyers make the call; AI does the legwork across thousands of parts
Johannes Groll is Co-Founder and Chief Product Officerof Tacto, where he has been building Tacto Intelligence, an international procurement intelligence platform for manufacturing companies. Tacto has attracted more than $60 million from leading technology investors including Sequoia Capital, and its agentic AI platform is deployed with more than 400 customers around the globe. Before Tacto, Johannes worked across a range of industries and leading organizations including Palantir and UC Berkeley. He leads Tacto's product organization working with manufacturers navigating tariff pressure, cost volatility and increasingly complex global supply chains.
