Exiger has been selected by Vodafone Procure & Connect and Telenor Procurement Company to deploy its AI-powered supplier risk intelligence platform. The engagements support compliance with EU CSDDD, leverage Exiger’s Gartner-recognized capabilities, and follow a $1.2 billion valuation backed by Carlyle and Insight Partners. Both telecom firms operate across 12 countries with supplier networks exceeding 15,000 entities. Exiger’s platform delivers daily risk scoring, integrates with SAP Ariba and Coupa, and embeds Scope 3 emissions calculations via its Muir AI partnership. Mary Luciano, former Fortune 500 Intelligence Executive, leads the Proactive Intelligence initiative powering these deployments.
According to pressreleasehub.pa.media, Exiger has been selected to provide supplier risk intelligence solutions to both Vodafone Procure & Connect and Telenor Procurement Company. The engagements mark two concurrent enterprise deployments of Exiger’s AI-powered supply chain risk platform across major European telecommunications operators.
Gartner-Recognized Platform Powers Multi-Tier Visibility
Exiger is positioned as the Highest in Execution and Furthest in Vision Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supplier Risk Management Solutions — the first-ever such evaluation published by Gartner for this category. The company’s platform delivers real-time, multi-tier supplier monitoring, leveraging AI to map tier-2 and tier-3 dependencies and assess financial health, regulatory compliance, ESG performance, and geopolitical exposure. According to the report, Exiger’s acquisition of Versed AI significantly strengthened its AI-driven multi-tier visibility capabilities — a capability now being deployed at scale by both Vodafone and Telenor.
Strategic Context: Telecom Sector Prioritizes Resilience Amid Geopolitical Shifts
The selection aligns with broader industry trends: telecom procurement organizations have accelerated investments in supply chain risk tools since 2023, following dual pressures from EU CSDDD implementation timelines and intensified scrutiny of third-party cyber and ESG risks. A 2024 Gartner survey found that 78% of Global 2000 telecom firms increased supplier risk management budgets by ≥20% year-on-year — a trend mirrored in Vodafone’s 2024 Procurement Strategy Update and Telenor’s 2025 Resilience Roadmap. Both companies operate across 12 countries in Europe and Asia, managing supplier networks exceeding 15,000 entities, making automated risk scoring essential for audit readiness and operational continuity.
Leadership and Integration Focus
Exiger’s Proactive Intelligence initiative — launched under leadership of Mary Luciano, former Fortune 500 Intelligence and Supply Chain Executive — directly informs the Vodafone and Telenor implementations. The solution integrates with existing ERP and procurement systems, including SAP Ariba and Coupa, enabling automated due diligence workflows and dynamic risk scoring updated daily. As noted in Exiger’s public materials, the platform supports compliance with EU CSDDD requirements, which mandate human rights and environmental due diligence across value chains starting in 2026 for large EU-based enterprises. The deployments also follow Exiger’s partnership with Muir AI to embed automated Scope 3 emissions calculations — a feature now activated for Telenor’s top 500 suppliers.
Broader Market Validation and Investment Backing
These contracts add to Exiger’s recent momentum: in early 2025, Carlyle and Insight Partners announced a growth investment in the company alongside management, citing accelerating demand for AI-native supply chain resilience software. That transaction valued Exiger at over $1.2 billion, per PitchBook data reported by Reuters. Concurrently, Exiger joined the UAE’s NextGen FDI Initiative in Q1 2025 to expand risk and supply chain management offerings across GCC markets — further validating the global scalability of its architecture. For procurement professionals, the Vodafone and Telenor engagements demonstrate how AI-driven intelligence shifts supplier risk management from periodic audits to continuous, embedded governance — reducing manual review cycles by up to 65%, according to internal Exiger benchmarks shared with clients.
Source: pressreleasehub.pa.media
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