Supplier intelligence, not cost cutting, is where supply chains will evolve first.
Ilya Levtov, founder and CEO of CraftCo, is one of the few people building a supplier intelligence platform from first principles — designed for enterprises and public-sector organizations managing complex, global supplier networks.
CraftCo isn’t trying to be “another procurement tool.”
They’re asking a more fundamental question:
What if the real challenge isn’t suppliers — but fragmented data about them?
That question has led CraftCo to build a platform that unifies supplier information across hundreds of data sources and applies AI to continuously organize, analyze, and surface insights for large organizations.
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CraftCo, by the numbers (and why they matter)
A few facts that explain why CraftCo is increasingly part of enterprise procurement and supply chain conversations:
2,000+ data signals per company
→ enables a more complete view of suppliers
Hundreds of data points unified into a single supplier record
→ reduces fragmentation across teams and systems
AI-generated reports produced in seconds, not hours
→ improves efficiency for procurement and risk workflows
At the company level:
Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and public-sector organizations
Used across procurement, finance, security, and operations teams
Built to support large-scale supplier ecosystems with continuous updates
This isn’t a point solution.
It’s an attempt to modernize how organizations understand their supplier networks.
Why this episode matters now
Supply chains have grown more complex, distributed, and data-intensive.
That matters because:
Organizations manage thousands of suppliers across regions and systems
Supplier information is often siloed across procurement, finance, and technology teams
Manual processes don’t scale with modern enterprise complexity
AI and data platforms are becoming essential for coordination and visibility
Understanding CraftCo offers a window into how enterprises are adapting their supply chain and procurement operations for scale and long-term planning.
What makes CraftCo different
Instead of focusing on individual workflows, CraftCo:
Builds a unified “golden record” for each supplier
Integrates first-party, third-party, and partner data
Applies AI to monitoring, reporting, and analysis continuously
Their insight is simple — and practical: As supplier networks scale, organizing and interpreting data becomes more important than collecting it.
What we cover in the episode
In this conversation, we go deep into:
Why supplier data becomes fragmented at enterprise scale
How AI supports supplier intelligence and analytics
What it takes to build enterprise software for complex organizations
How procurement and operations teams collaborate using shared data
Who should listen?
This episode is especially relevant if you’re:
Building enterprise or AI-driven software
Working in procurement or supply chain operations
Interested in data platforms for large organizations
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Thanks for reading and listening,
Nataraj
