It starts with a single late part. One delay, one glitch, one email that didn’t arrive on time, and suddenly, a billion-dollar production line grinds to a halt. That’s the problem Pelico set out to fix. And with a fresh $40 million in funding, the supply chain software company is betting it can become a key player in the AI-powered manufacturing world, with Miami as its launchpad.
The round, announced this week, was led by General Catalyst and joined by returning European venture firms 83North and Serena. It brings Pelico’s total raised to $72 million.
Pelico may have started in Paris, but its new growth is centered firmly on this side of the Atlantic. The company has tripled revenue in North America in just six months and now maintains a growing presence in Miami – where it’s hiring, expanding, and working with major manufacturers to turn messy factory data into fast, actionable decisions.
Founder and CEO Tarik Benabdallah described the company’s mission bluntly: “A single late part can halt a billion dollar production and limit the ability to innovate.” In a statement, he added that Pelico was designed to create “a connected, real-time view of supply chain operations” so that teams can stay aligned even as disruptions hit.
From Miami, Pelico is powering a platform used by major players like Airbus, Safran, Eaton, and Daikin. The company’s software acts like a control tower for factories, constantly scanning for disruptions, analyzing their ripple effects, and updating teams in real time. It pulls data from across systems to keep supply chain leaders on the same page, helping them respond faster.
That speed matters. Customers report a 40% drop in parts shortages, a 15% increase in on-time delivery, and a 40% reduction in MRO cycle times. And the system doesn’t take years to implement – most deployments are done in just 12 weeks. Together, Pelico’s customers operate more than 1,000 factories worldwide, including half of the world’s top 10 aerospace and defense firms.
The company’s momentum helped convince General Catalyst to lead the latest round. Managing Director Larry Bohn said the firm was drawn to Pelico’s ability to bring clarity to fragmented systems: “In today’s turbulent world, ensuring resilient and intelligent supply chains isn’t just a competitive edge – it’s a necessity.”
Beyond growth, Pelico is now investing heavily in what it calls Agentic AI, its approach to self-optimizing supply chains. With plans to ramp up hiring in engineering and data science, the company sees this next chapter as a chance to shape how industrial AI actually functions inside complex global operations.
And for Benabdallah, the complexity of modern supply chains is only going to deepen. That’s exactly why he thinks Pelico’s role will become even more critical. “The world will keep getting more complex,” he told Axios. “So the need for something like Pelico is becoming more and more obvious.”
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