QAD Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire Kavida Technologies Ltd (t/a Kavida.ai), a pioneer in agentic AI for industrial companies. The move fast-tracks QAD’s Champion AI roadmap and introduces immediate, high-impact automation for manufacturers that the company feels could free up nearly half of a buyer’s workday by eliminating manual post-order and supplier-collaboration tasks.
The closing of the transaction is subject to UK regulatory approval.
Kavida.ai’s procurement agents immediately strengthen the Champion AI platform with live, high-value use cases in strategic sourcing and ERP automation, giving manufacturers faster access to measurable productivity gains.
The acquisition brings QAD Redzone an AI engineering team with deep expertise in agent safety, human-in-the-loop training, and unstructured data handling. Kavida.ai’s intellectual property around procurement agent training and inbox-to-ERP automation will serve as the foundation for new agentic use cases across QAD’s solutions.
The Kavida.ai PO, RFQ, and Sales agents will become immediately available to QAD Redzone customers. Kavida.ai’s founders will assume senior leadership roles within QAD Redzone, driving the Champion AI strategy and roadmap.