André Petry is CEO of the tech startup Tacto and founded the company out of the Technical University of Munich with the aim of creating freedom for strategic activities in purchasing, leveraging potential savings and managing increasing complexity. With his background in business administration and computer science, he already helped in his previous positions at BCG and appliedAI industrial companies with the digitalization of their business processes and the use of AI in purchasing.

Tacto is a procurement software company that helps industrial companies reduce supply chain complexity and streamline purchasing processes through AI-powered solutions. Their platform enables automated spend analysis, strategic sourcing, and supplier relationship management. The company was backed by Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures among others in their Series A round,