Jedox and Polestar Analytics form strategic partnership for AI planning

Jedox and Polestar Analytics have formed a strategic partnership to help finance teams speed up planning, improve forecasting and connect enterprise data with AI-driven workflows. The deal targets global CFO organizations across consumer goods, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and financial services.

Why it matters: - The partnership aims to move finance teams from static reporting to intelligent, more autonomous planning. - Companies under pressure to shorten planning cycles and use AI in financial processes could get faster time-to-value and stronger data foundations. - The combined offer targets CFOs looking to connect planning across finance, supply chain, sales and workforce functions.

What happened: - Jedox and Polestar Analytics announced a strategic partnership on August 13, 2026. - Jedox will pair its AI-powered planning and performance management platform with Polestar Analytics’ AI planning, data engineering and transformation expertise. - The collaboration is designed to accelerate digital transformation for CFOs and finance organizations worldwide.

The details: - Jedox is recognized in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Planning Software. - Polestar Analytics works across Consumer Goods, Retail, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and Financial Services. - The partnership will help organizations implement and scale Jedox’s planning platform. - Polestar Analytics will contribute expertise in agentic AI, data orchestration and domain-specific consulting. - Joint customers are expected to benefit from planning solutions tailored to Finance, Supply Chain, Sales and Workforce planning. - Polestar Analytics brings experience as a preferred global AI delivery partner for platforms including Anaplan, Microsoft, AWS, Snowflake and Databricks. - The multi-platform background is meant to help clients connect their broader data ecosystem around Jedox deployments. - Joint initiatives will include co-developed solution accelerators, shared go-to-market campaigns and collaborative delivery on complex planning transformations. - The initial go-to-market focus will be Consumer Goods and Retail, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and Financial Services. - The partnership will operate across the United States, APAC and Europe. - Jedox says more than 2,900 organizations in 140 countries use its platform. - Polestar Analytics is headquartered in Plano, Texas, with a global presence across the United States, Europe and APAC. - Polestar Analytics says it has one of the largest EPM teams in the industry. - More information is available from Polestar Analytics.

Between the lines: - The deal reflects rising demand for AI-enabled planning tools that can do more than consolidate spreadsheets and reports. - Both companies are leaning on industry-specific experience to make the partnership more than a generic software resale arrangement. - The focus on global delivery suggests both firms want to compete for larger enterprise transformation projects, not only point deployments.

What's next: - Jedox and Polestar Analytics will roll out joint go-to-market efforts in the targeted industries. - The two companies will build and deliver solution accelerators for planning transformations. - Customers should see the partnership surface first in projects that require both platform implementation and domain consulting.

The bottom line: - Jedox gets a consulting and data-engineering partner for enterprise AI planning. Polestar Analytics gets a planning platform partner with established market reach and a global customer base.