Lio (formerly askLio)
ActiveThe World's First Multi-Agent System for Procurement
About
Lio (formerly known as askLio) builds the world's most advanced AI procurement workforce for enterprise companies worldwide. Every purchase request is managed by specialized agents working in parallel - researching vendors, negotiating terms, managing approvals, and tracking deliveries simultaneously. What once consumed your team's hours is now executed by a coordinated network of AI Agents. The most renowned Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies in the world are already using Lio.
Founders · 3
Vlad is the Founder and CEO of Lio (S23). He had a profitable startup by the age of 22. Vladi also co-founded the AI startup "Gabriel" back in 2021, that ended up partnering with the German FBI. In his last position he consulted enterprises on procurement. He's now on a mission to make procurement managers superhuman.
Lukas is an AI Engineer with a Master's from TUM in AI/ML. He joined as one of the first employees of a startup acquired by Audi to bring AI/ML into mobile Apps. As the technical lead for the myAudi app, he tripled its user base and improved its star rating. Following his entrepreneurial he left this job. He co-founded Gabriel AI to prevent telephone fraud using advanced AI algorithms and is now starting his second venture "Lio".
Till is co-founder and COO of Lio. Gained experiences in web & app design and product-building at various based AI-startups, one based in SF. Operational & analytic experiences from projects at Deloitte's biggest German client. Academic excellence: Best in class Bachelor, Master, Scholarships. While working at SAP he failed with buying equipment for his successor with their software, which inspired him to create solutions that people can actually comprehend.
Launch
Automate free-text requests with LLMs
askLio offers an AI Copilot for procurement that processes free-text employee requests within MS Teams or P2P systems, guiding purchases to catalogs, contracts, and vendors. It aims to reduce procurement cycles from weeks to hours by automating request understanding, specification refinement, and spend analysis for large enterprises.
From the original launch (Jul 2023) — may be outdated.
Formerly “Trado”, “ask Lio”, “askLio”
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