Enterprise Software
Kinaxis
30-Second Executive Brief
Executive Assessment
Kinaxis functions as an emerging institution within Enterprise Software, backed by 47% sourcing coverage, with accelerating strategic relevance.
- Maintains 3 mapped relationships across the graph
- 47% sourcing coverage across sourced relationships
- Tracked as emerging institution within the Enterprise Software category
Executive Snapshot
- Strategic Role
- Emerging Institution
- Sourcing Coverage
- 47%
- Ecosystem Influence
- Regional
- Strategic Momentum
- Accelerating
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Computed live from this entity's own relationships and evidence: how many relationships carry at least one linked citation, weighted with citation recency and source type — independent of Strategic Importance, and not a prediction. Not a hand-typed number; recalculated on every read.
Coverage
- Mapped Relationships
- 3
- Technology Domains
- 3
Strategic Implications
- Central node connecting multiple strategic ecosystems
- Directly influences technology and capital flows
- Material relevance to downstream dependency mapping
Top Opportunities
Top Risks
Critical Dependencies
A Canadian supply chain management software company whose RapidResponse platform is used by large enterprises for supply chain planning and concurrent scenario modeling. Trailing-twelve-month revenue reached $581 million as of March 31, 2026. Delivered a record Q1 2026 with revenue up 25% year-over-year to $165.6 million (beating estimates of $155.4 million) and net income up 85% year-over-year; Maestro Agents (its agentic AI product) paying customer count more than doubled during the quarter, though management held full-year guidance steady citing macro and FX volatility.
Additional Intelligence Signals
Patent citation lineage, earnings-call mentions, and federal contract disclosures — automatically collected, not yet visible anywhere else on the site.
Sources
Every claim traced to a primary source — evidence, recent activity, and insider filing behavior, all in one place.
Evidence
4 sources
- Kinaxis corporate site — Kinaxis corporate overviewcompany
- Investing.com / The Globe and Mail — Kinaxis Q1 2026: revenue up 25%, net income up 85%, Maestro Agents customers doublenews
- Investing.com / Kinaxis Q2 2026 earnings coverage — Kinaxis Q2 2026 revenue up 16% to $158.8M, SaaS revenue up 20%, guidance raisedmarket-data
- CompaniesMarketCap — Kinaxis trailing-twelve-month revenue reaches $581Mmarket-data
Acquisition & Investment Fit
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Relationship Map
The relationships surrounding Kinaxis — ownership, dependencies, regulation, technology and market context. Click any node to make it the new center, 2 levels deep.
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The Story So Far (last 6 months)
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Market Intelligence
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Raising guidance in Q2 after holding it steady in Q1 despite a beat suggests management's earlier caution about macro/FX volatility either didn't materialize or was more conservative than warranted
34% confidenceKinaxis explicitly cited political, economic, and FX volatility as reasons to hold guidance steady after a strong Q1 beat -- the fact that guidance moved up just one quarter later implies either those risks eased faster than expected or the Q1 guidance stance was cautious by design, a pattern worth tracking for how reliable Kinaxis's forward guidance is as a signal.
This is InsightNodes' own interpretive read comparing Kinaxis's Q1 guidance caution to its Q2 guidance raise; Kinaxis's own commentary does not explicitly walk back the earlier macro concerns.
Investing.com · Aug 9, 2026
Kinaxis's Timeline
A sourced, dated history of Kinaxis's key moments — founding to present.
Aug 2026 · Q2 2026 revenue up 16% to $158.8M as SaaS revenue jumps 20%; guidance raised
Kinaxis reported second-quarter 2026 total revenue of $158.8 million (up 16% year-over-year), with SaaS revenue up 20% to $106.5 million (67% of total revenue) and adjusted EPS of $1.19 beating the $0.9688 consensus; the company raised full-year 2026 SaaS revenue guidance to $427-434 million and total revenue guidance to $625-640 million.