Celonis

Celonis is the world's dominant process intelligence platform, holding 49.8% market share in process mining and helping enterprises understand, optimize, and automate operations using AI. Founded in Munich in 2011 by former SAP engineers, Celonis is valued at $16 billion (2026) — Germany's most valuable software company — and has raised $1.77 billion from investors including T.

Rowe Price, Durable Capital Partners, and Franklin Templeton. With $771M+ ARR growing at a 44% CAGR, Celonis serves 5,500+ enterprise customers including Cisco, Uber, BMW, Dell, SAP, Siemens, Vodafone, and GSK.

The Celonis Execution Management System (EMS) ingests process event data from SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, constructs an X-ray of actual business processes versus intended design, and uses AI to identify bottlenecks, compliance violations, and optimization opportunities in real time. Supply chain applications include procurement-to-pay automation (reducing invoice processing time 65-80%), order-to-cash optimization (improving cash collection 15-20%), and supplier collaboration intelligence.

At Celosphere 2025, 120 Value Champions collectively realized $8.1 billion in business value, with individual customers achieving $10M+ each. Celonis holds Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader status for four consecutive years, ranked in Forbes Cloud 100, and is IPO-ready with a planned public offering expected in 2025-2026.

The process mining market is projected to grow from $1.7B (2023) to $46.4B by 2032 at a 44.3% CAGR, with Celonis uniquely positioned as the category creator.