o9 Solutions, Inc. (“o9”), is looking to accelerate its growth in India and Asia. o9 has received a minority equity investment from leading global investment firm KKR at a valuation of over one billion dollars. The company intends to hire India-based talent in emerging technologies — Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and other key technologies in the Digital Transformation space — as well as expand its customer base in Asia.
Commenting on the India market, Sanjiv Sidhu, Chairman and Co-Founder, o9 Solutions, said, “Rapid digital transformation of planning and operations capabilities—to drive resilience, agility, productivity, cost management—has become a key business priority for CXO’s in these times of COVID-19. The capabilities offered by the o9 platform are now increasingly mission critical for any global company. We have been associated with reputed Indian companies in the last few years and see a lot of opportunities to bring in best-in-class Planning processes and technologies to our premier Indian and Asian Blue-Chip clients who are themselves competing in the world space.”
