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At the company's annual TUG conference for distribution customers, CEO Kevin Samuelson and AI Innovation leader Rick Rider outlined how the company is positioning AI for distributors — not as a standalone product, but as an ongoing service built around industry context, co-innovation, process intelligence and governed automation. Here are our key takeaways.
July 7, 2026
The acquisition extends Descartes’ warehouse and inventory management capabilities while deepening its reach into the 3PL and eCommerce fulfillment market.
Dubbed CX1 Sigma, the AI-native B2B commerce platform combines commerce, content and AI-powered agents in one system.
The Series B brings InstaLILY’s total funding to nearly $100 million as the AI provider expands technology designed to build and maintain customized software for distributors and other operationally complex businesses.
The San Francisco-based startup said its seed funding will support hiring, product development and continued expansion of its machine learning models for distributor purchasing decisions.
Canals said the funding will accelerate product development for its AI-powered workflow suite used by more than 100 distributors.
At its annual Insights user conference, Epicor unveiled a new agentic AI platform designed for distribution and manufacturing workflows while also launching a program promising cloud ERP go-lives in 90 days for qualifying customers. Get...
The move positions the company as a full-service supply chain provider — raising the bar for delivery speed, integration and competition across distribution. Get the details here and our analysis of what it means for...
Supply chain productivity platform Augment has acquired stealth startup Merlin to enter wholesale distribution, integrating AI capabilities into its Augie platform and targeting quote-to-cash workflows for distributors.
Distribution always had rich data on new construction — but almost nothing on the market that’s already standing. The replacement and renovation market has been a data desert for decades. That’s starting to change with...
It follows a pilot of SIMPL’s technology at a Georgia HD distribution center.
Proton.ai launched an AI-powered “industry cloud” platform that unifies CRM, PIM, eCommerce and order automation into a single system, aiming to replace disconnected point solutions and streamline distributor workflows with shared data and integrated intelligence.
Newly launched startup Lantern uses machine learning to help distributors forecast demand and optimize purchasing decisions — aiming to reduce excess inventory and improve fill rates for a distribution sector still reliant on spreadsheets and...
