Valorant rebrands as Zavo to push AI procurement platform

Valorant has renamed itself Zavo and is positioning its AI-native intake-to-pay platform as a “procurement brain” for enterprise teams. The Chicago company says the product is meant to unify supplier, contract, spend and workflow data so procurement leaders can act earlier and spend less time on manual work.

Why it matters: - Zavo is targeting a common enterprise problem: procurement data is scattered across contracts, supplier systems, ERP tools, email and spreadsheets. - The company is pitching a unified decision layer that could help teams spot renewals, obligations, spend shifts and risk earlier. - That matters because procurement teams influence cost, compliance, supplier performance and business continuity.

What happened: - Valorant announced a new name, brand and product direction and will now operate as Zavo. - The rebrand is effective immediately. - The company’s website is live at zavo.io. - Zavo says its platform is an AI-native intake-to-pay system built around a “procurement brain.” - The platform is designed to continuously track what an organization buys, who it buys from, what it has committed to, when contracts renew, third-party spend and where procurement should act next.

The details: - Zavo’s platform combines intake and orchestration, supplier management, contract and obligation management, spend analytics, sourcing, renewals, procure-to-pay and accounts payable workflows. - Co-founder Ian Cotter said the platform was built to give procurement teams a more complete understanding of their business. - Cotter said the product brings together context, data and intelligence to support faster and more informed decisions. - Cotter also said the platform was built by procurement practitioners who have advised, operated and transformed procurement functions inside complex enterprises. - The company says that experience shaped the platform around how procurement actually works and helped it combine AI with procurement expertise. - Zavo is meant to automate routine work and support commercial, risk and strategic decisions. - Trevor Lunga, head of procurement at Lightspeed, said the platform gives his team better visibility across procurement activity. - Lunga said Zavo helps the team act before issues become problems. - Lunga said the platform is reducing manual work and freeing the team to focus on strategic sourcing, supplier relationships and higher-value decisions. - Zavo says it serves enterprise customers across technology, financial services, manufacturing, private equity and life sciences. - Zavo was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Chicago.

Between the lines: - The rebrand signals a move from a product name to a broader platform identity centered on procurement intelligence. - Zavo is framing procurement as a forward-looking decision function, not just a transaction process. - The language around a “procurement brain” suggests the company wants to own the category around connected procurement context, not just workflow automation. - The Lightspeed quote gives the pitch a customer proof point, especially around visibility and time savings.

What's next: - Zavo will use the new brand to market its AI-native platform to enterprise procurement teams. - The company is likely to keep emphasizing earlier intervention, reduced manual work and better commercial decision-making. - The live website at zavo.io is now the main destination for product and company information.

The bottom line: - Zavo is betting that enterprise procurement wants one system that can connect intake, contracts, spend and workflow data into a single decision-making layer.