Plato

Plato is an AI-powered sales intelligence platform for wholesale distributors. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Berlin, the company builds software that integrates with distributors' existing ERP systems to surface AI-driven analyses and automated workflows, helping B2B vendors manage sales operations more proactively. Its platform identifies the most relevant sales opportunities by evaluating thousands of customer signals.

The technical work spans artificial intelligence, data science, machine learning and signal analysis, ERP systems integration and workflow automation - a stack that sits at the intersection of applied AI and the operational systems wholesale sales teams run on day to day. Plato reports that its platform helps wholesalers increase sales by up to 15%, save five hours per employee per week and achieve an 8x return on investment.

Plato was founded by Benedikt Nolte, Matthias Heinrich Morales and Oliver Birch, combining industry expertise with modern AI capabilities. The company's stated mission is to help distributors compete with larger corporations, with particular attention to the labour shortages and digital transformation challenges the sector faces.