Every mid-size U.S. manufacturer has the same blind spot: by the time their compliance team catches a tariff violation or sanctioned supplier, the purchase order is already signed. The damage is done — delayed shipments, frozen inventory, regulatory fines, and margins that disappear.
The enterprise tools that exist — Coupa, Altana, Aravo — were built for Fortune 500 companies with dedicated compliance teams and seven-figure software budgets. The $150M–$500M manufacturer has neither. They’re running compliance checks manually, usually in spreadsheets, usually after the fact.
We conducted 180 discovery interviews with VP-level procurement and compliance officers at exactly these companies. The same answer came back every time: “We find out too late.”
NomiAI plugs directly into the procurement workflow and screens every purchase order in real time — against live tariff schedules, OFAC sanctions lists, and BIS export controls — before the buyer clicks commit. It’s not a consultant. It’s not a quarterly audit. It’s an automated compliance gate that activates the moment a financial commitment is made.
The result: manufacturers stop bleeding money on preventable mistakes. We flag the risk. They make an informed decision. The PO either gets modified, cancelled, or approved with full awareness.
This is an $8.2B underserved market. We’re the first purpose-built pre-PO solution for it.