Xeneta, a global major in ocean and air freight rate intelligence, has introduced a new series of in-platform products that aim to revolutionise freight procurement through enhanced data, insights, and artificial intelligence (AI).
These updates, unveiled at the annual Xeneta Summit in Barcelona, target the elimination of manual tasks in freight procurement, enabling teams to make swifter and more informed decisions.
Innovative Tools Utilising Generative AI
Fabio Brocca, Xeneta’s Chief Product Officer, explained at the Summit: "For decades, global procurement has been defined by fragmented data, fragile contracts, and manual processes, but we can change that. With Xeneta, we have one integrated platform where data, insights and AI come together to drive confident, strategic decision-making."
Brocca highlighted the shift for procurement professionals from crisis management to a more proactive approach, supported by fresh service level data and generative AI insights within Xeneta’s new tools for rate management.
Introduction of Xeneta Generative AI Agents
Xeneta AI Agents are specialised, autonomous AI-driven assistants designed to support procurement teams by continually analysing freight data to uncover opportunities and provide actionable recommendations. Three trial agents are now accessible:
- Spend Optimisation Agent – Identifies savings across high expenditure corridors.
- Supplier Optimisation Agent – Evaluates suppliers on cost, reliability, and capacity.
- Capacity Planning Agent – Dynamically allocates volume based on real-time capacity.
Brocca noted, “Our AI Agents act as a team of analysts working 24/7. They gather data, summarise insights and even draft the next steps, so procurement professionals can focus on making decisions, not analysing spreadsheets.”
Launch of Integrated Rate Management
Procurement teams have historically dealt with fragmented rate sheets, scattered Excel files, and outdated templates. Xeneta’s Integrated Rate Management (IRM) offers a solution by consolidating freight contracts into a unified platform. With IRM, users can upload and manage contracts with automatic mapping to Xeneta’s data model, including built-in audit trails and real-time benchmarking against market data.
Brocca emphasised, “IRM turns rate management from a manual task into an intelligent process. For the first time, all your rate data, benchmarks and AI-driven recommendations live in one integrated system - a single source of truth for your freight rates.”
Indexing Solution for Dynamic Contracting
With ongoing market volatility challenging long-term freight contracts, Xeneta’s new Indexing Solution facilitates a shift from traditional Request for Quotations (RFQs) to adaptive, Index-Linked Contracts (ILCs) that adjust with market changes. Building on the earlier release of the Index Simulator, Xeneta now offers the Index Live Contract Manager, which automates calculations, tracks performance, and maintains audit logs for index-linked agreements within the Xeneta platform.
Brocca remarked, “Indexing brings fairness and trust back into freight procurement. You can simulate, negotiate and now execute index-linked contracts in-platform, cutting tender cycles from months to days and ensuring both sides pay or earn fair market rates.”
A Comprehensive Vision for Freight Procurement
These developments are part of Xeneta’s strategic plan to create a cohesive decision-making engine for freight procurement. This strategy combines Xeneta’s market data with service performance metrics from eeSea, an acquisition slated for 2025, along with intelligent AI automation.
Brocca conveyed, “Procurement must evolve from firefighting to foresight. The future of freight intelligence isn’t coming someday, it’s here. It starts with all of us, building together an industry that’s faster, smarter and based on data.”
Xeneta, the globally renowned ocean and air freight rate intelligence platform, has unveiled a new generation of in-platform products, marking the next chapter in the company’s mission to transform freight procurement through data, insights and AI.
Presented live to hundreds of industry pioneers at the annual Xeneta Summit in Barcelona, the new products will redefine how freight is bought and sold by reducing manual work and helping procurement teams to make better and faster decisions.
Insights using genAI and new tools
Fabio Brocca, Xeneta Chief Product Officer, told the Summit: "For decades, global procurement has been defined by fragmented data, fragile contracts and manual processes, but we can change that. With Xeneta, we have one integrated platform where data, insights and AI come together to drive confident, strategic decision-making."
He adds, "Procurement professionals are trying to move away from constant firefighting in the face of market shocks and towards a proactive approach. This transformation is made possible through new service level data, smart insights using genAI and new tools to manage rates directly in Xeneta."
Product launch: Xeneta generative AI Agents
Xeneta AI Agents are specialised and autonomous AI-powered copilots for procurement teams. The AI Agents analyse freight data continuously to surface opportunities, suggest recommendations and even generate ready-to-send carrier communications.
The first three agents are now available for early access:
- Spend Optimisation Agent – identifies saving opportunities across high spend corridors.
- Supplier Optimisation Agent – compares suppliers based on cost, reliability, and capacity.
- Capacity Planning Agent – helps allocate volume dynamically based on real-time trade capacity.
Fabio Brocca said: "Our AI Agents act as a team of analysts working 24/7. They gather data, summarise insights and even draft the next steps, so procurement professionals can focus on making decisions, not analysing spreadsheets."
Product launch: Integrated rate management
Procurement teams have long battled inconsistent rate sheets, scattered Excel files and outdated templates
Procurement teams have long battled inconsistent rate sheets, scattered Excel files and outdated templates. Xeneta Integrated Rate Management (IRM) replaces this fragmentation with a unified rate repository inside the Xeneta platform.
Users can now upload, store and manage all freight contracts in one place, with automatic mapping to the Xeneta data model, built-in audit trails and direct benchmarking against live market data.
Fabio Brocca stated: "IRM turns rate management from a manual task into an intelligent process. For the first time, all your rate data, benchmarks and AI-driven recommendations live in one integrated system - a single source of truth for your freight rates."
Product launch: Indexing solution
Market volatility continues to challenge long-term contracts. Xeneta’s Indexing Solution empowers shippers and carriers to move from slow RFQs to dynamic, Index-Linked Contracts (ILCs) that evolve with the market.
Xeneta’s Indexing Solution empowers shippers and carriers to move from slow RFQs
Building on the success of the Index Simulator released earlier this year, Xeneta now introduces the Index Live Contract Manager, which automates formula calculations, performance tracking and audit logs, executing index-linked contracts directly inside the Xeneta platform.
Fabio Brocca said: "Indexing brings fairness and trust back into freight procurement. You can simulate, negotiate and now execute index-linked contracts in-platform, cutting tender cycles from months to days and ensuring both sides pay or earn fair market rates."
A unified vision for the industry
The launches are part of Xeneta’s broader roadmap to create an integrated decision engine for freight procurement; This combines the company’s market data with service performance metrics from eeSea (acquired by Xeneta in 2025) and intelligent automation powered by AI.
Fabio Brocca concludes: "Procurement must evolve from firefighting to foresight. The future of freight intelligence isn’t coming someday, it’s here. It starts with all of us, building together an industry that’s faster, smarter and based on data."
