Solvoyo
Boston-based cloud supply chain planning and analytics software for retailers and manufacturers.
On the record
Checkpoint: Next Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supply Chain Planning cycle
The call
Solvoyo keeps its old customers close but has not raised money, grown headcount, or moved up the Gartner rankings in years.
Solvoyo makes software that helps companies plan their supply chains and inventories, and it has kept customers like Unilever and A101 for years because switching would disrupt their operations. However, much larger companies like Blue Yonder, o9, and RELEX control over half the market and are adding AI features faster, making it harder for Solvoyo to win new customers even though its existing ones tend to stay. The company has shrunk slightly, its website traffic dropped, and it ranks lower than the top players in industry rankings, so the real test is whether it can land even one new large customer in the next year, not just keep the ones it has.
Why
01
AI pressure: Agentic AI planning layers from OpenAI/AWS Bedrock frameworks plus rivals' own AI agents. Generic AI agents can bolt onto existing planning workflows, cutting into what made Solvoyo's platform special. Could AI do the core job? Only partly.
02
Bigger players: Blue Yonder, o9 Solutions, RELEX Solutions, Kinaxis. These larger, better funded rivals are shipping AI features faster and winning new logos while Solvoyo stalls at Gartner Honorable Mention. Could a giant copy it? Yes, easily.
03
What protects it. Deep workflow lock in at long term accounts like Unilever and A101, where switching planning systems is costly and slow.
What would change this call
Gartner MQ 2027 cycle places Solvoyo above or below Honorable Mention. Shows whether Solvoyo is gaining or losing ground against Blue Yonder, o9, RELEX, Kinaxis.
Solvoyo announces a funding round or acquisition before end of 2027. Would break the 12+ year capital drought and signal renewed investor confidence.
Solvoyo headcount rises above 70 or falls below 55 by end of 2026. Indicates whether the company is growing or continuing to shrink under competitive pressure.
Solvoyo announces a funding round or acquisition before end of 2027. Would break the 12+ year capital drought and signal renewed investor confidence.
Solvoyo headcount rises above 70 or falls below 55 by end of 2026. Indicates whether the company is growing or continuing to shrink under competitive pressure.
Key numbers
- Headcount down 4.7% YoY to about 61
- No funding raised since 2014, about $1.3M total
- Web traffic down 29% quarter over quarter
Named risks
- No new institutional capital raised since March 2014, limiting ability to scale against funded rivals.
- Headcount contraction, down 4.7% YoY to 61 as of June 2026.
- Stuck at Gartner Honorable Mention tier for three straight years, below Niche Player or higher.
- Solvi agentic AI rollout in 2026 faces industry-wide skepticism, over 40% of agentic AI projects forecast to be canceled by 2027.
- Concentration on a small number of anchor accounts (A101, Unilever); loss of either would be highly damaging.
Rivals, as read in July 2026
| Rival | Direction | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Yonder | losing to | Shipped generative-AI Orchestrator Dec 2023, years before Solvoyo's 2026 Solvi rollout |
| o9 Solutions | losing to | ARC Advisory Group, 2026-06-22: o9 gaining share faster via faster time-to-value |
| RELEX Solutions | losing to | ARC Advisory Group, 2026-06-22: RELEX gaining share faster via vertical specialization |
| Kinaxis | contesting | Part of Big 4 controlling over 50% of SCP market revenue as of 2026-06-22 |
| SAP and Oracle | losing to | Giants control majority of market and can layer AI onto existing enterprise footprint, 2026-06-22 |
Questions people ask
- Is Solvoyo profitable in 2026?
- Solvoyo does not disclose profitability. It has raised no new institutional capital since March 2014 and is described as running mainly on customer revenue, with a third-party estimate of $12.1M ARR for 2024 (getlatka.com, 2025-05-06), unaudited.
- Could AI replace Solvoyo's supply chain planning software?
- Unlikely to fully replace it, but Solvoyo faces squeeze risk: Blue Yonder shipped a generative-AI Orchestrator in December 2023, and Solvoyo only rolled out its own agentic tool, Solvi, in 2026, putting it behind larger rivals already shipping comparable AI features.
- Who is Solvoyo's biggest competitor?
- o9 Solutions and RELEX Solutions are cited by ARC Advisory Group (2026-06-22) as gaining market share faster than incumbents, while SAP, Oracle, Kinaxis, and Blue Yonder together control over half of total supply chain planning market revenue.
- Has Solvoyo raised any funding recently?
- No. Solvoyo's last disclosed funding round was $1M in March 2014, led by the Istanbul Venture Capital Initiative with participation from 3TS Capital Partners and 212. No new raise, acquisition, or ownership change has been reported since then, as of mid-2026.
- Who owns Solvoyo?
- Solvoyo is privately held and venture-backed, not publicly traded. Its named institutional investors are 3TS Capital Partners, 212 (Capital Partners), and the Istanbul Venture Capital Initiative (iVCi), per profiles.crustdata.com data as of 2026-06-20.
- Is Solvoyo growing or shrinking in 2026?
- Shrinking on multiple signals: headcount fell from 88 in February 2024 to about 61 by June 2026, and web traffic dropped 29% quarter over quarter as of June 2026, per crustdata.com, despite three straight years of Gartner Honorable Mention recognition.
Timeline
- 2026-07-14Nucleus Research 2026 SCP Value Matrix names Leaders (o9, RELEX, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis); Solvoyo absent
- 2026-07-02Solvoyo named Honorable Mention in 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SCP, third year running
- 2026-07-01Solvoyo details Solvi agentic AI tool built on Microsoft Agent Framework
- 2026-06-22ARC Advisory Group: SAP, Oracle, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder control over 50% of SCP market revenue
- 2026-06-20Crustdata reports Solvoyo headcount at 61, down 4.7% YoY, web traffic down 29% QoQ
- 2025-05-06Latka estimates Solvoyo 2024 revenue at $12.1M, up from est. $6.7M in 2023
- 2025-04-18Solvoyo named Honorable Mention in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SCP
- 2024-04-30Solvoyo named Honorable Mention in 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SCP
- 2023-12Competitor Blue Yonder ships generative-AI Orchestrator feature
- 2014-03Solvoyo raises $1M round led by iVCi, last disclosed funding to date
Revision history
23 July 2026
First assessed. Losing its protection. The text above is fixed as of this date and is not edited afterwards.
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Sources
- Manufacturing Solutions/Service Company
- Products, Competitors, Financials, Employees, Headquarters Locations (2025-02-07)
- Solvoyo - Headcount, Funding & Open Jobs (2026-06-20)
- Solvoyo 2026 Company Profile
- $12.1M Est. ARR, $1.3M Raised (2025-05-06)
- Management and Employees List
- Case Studies (2026-07-08)
- Solvoyo CEO And Leadership (2022-11-17)
- 2026 Gartner MQ (2026-07-02)
- About Us (2026-06-30)
- Solvoyo FAQ (2026-07-02)
- Revenue, Competitors, Alternatives (2019-03-03)