About Vortex IQ

Our mission: build the AI Operating System for commerce by giving every merchant an army of AI agents.

The world is drowning in data but starved for action. Our mission is to empower every merchant, agency, and developer with proactive AI agents that don't just find insights, they act on them to increase sales and reduce operational costs.

Our story

Built on a decade of running live stores, not a slide deck.

Vortex IQ did not start with a pitch. It started with an agency that spent over a decade in the trenches of other people's stores, and built the tools to run them better.

2011
247 Commerce founded

A BigCommerce, Shopify and Adobe Commerce agency in London, with deep experience in multichannel commerce through its own product, 247 CloudHub, for multichannel inventory and order management. Over the next decade it also built StagingPro, its own staging and rollback tool for BigCommerce merchants, to ship changes to live stores safely.

2023
Winner, Adobe Commerce Rockstar

DryRun Pro, 247 Commerce's staging tool for Adobe Commerce and Magento, won the Developer Tooling category at Adobe Commerce Rockstar, chosen from over 65 submissions and showcased on stage at Adobe Summit in Las Vegas.

Jun 2023
Vortex IQ founded

Built on that track record, Vortex IQ set out to bring the same detect-explain-fix discipline to every commerce platform, powered by agentic AI rather than a services team alone.

2026
247 Commerce becomes a Vortex IQ company

247 Commerce joins Vortex IQ as its managed-services and delivery arm, remaining a distinct legal entity serving its existing clients and partners. Benjamin Gisvold leads it as MD, 247 Commerce & Group CRO, Vortex IQ.

Our purpose

Building the future of autonomous commerce

We believe merchants shouldn't spend their days chasing reports, diagnosing issues, and coordinating disconnected systems. Vortex IQ exists to turn signals into intelligent action.

The world we want to create

Vision

Commerce that runs itself.

An operating layer that is intelligent by default. It watches every signal, explains every problem, and acts safely, so people do the strategic work and the system does the rest.

What we're building to get there

Mission

Build the AI Operating System for commerce.

Turn fragmented data into intelligent action, helping merchants grow revenue and reduce operational complexity.

The outcome we deliver today

Aim

An AI team for every merchant.

Give every e-commerce business an always-on AI team that detects issues, explains causes, and helps fix problems before they impact growth.

From insights to action

Instead of more dashboards, what if you could just ask?

We're a team of e-commerce veterans and AI engineers who believe in empowerment, not replacement.

Vortex IQ was born from a simple observation: e-commerce has become overwhelmingly complex. Merchants are forced to juggle dozens of dashboards and reports just to understand what's happening. The data is there, but the insights are buried, and the path to action is unclear.

We knew there had to be a better way. Instead of more dashboards, what if you could just ask? What if you had an expert analyst on your team, working 24/7 to monitor your store and find opportunities?

That's why we built Ask Viq™, the conversational interface to the Vortex IQ AI OS. It's more than another insights platform. Data without action is pointless. Our AI agents work 24/7, not just to find opportunities, but to help you and your team act on them.

Our goal is to extend what every team member can do, helping their business stay steps ahead of the competition.

The team behind the mission

Veterans of commerce. Builders of AI.

Susant Patro
Susant Patro
CEO
Sambit Patra
Sambit Patra
COO
Jaiganesh V
Jaiganesh V
CTO
Benjamin Gisvold
Benjamin Gisvold
CRO
Technology partners & investors

Backed by the best in cloud, AI, and venture.

Built on Google Gemini

The Vortex IQ AI OS runs natively on Google Cloud, with Google's Gemini models handling the agent reasoning layer. The integration gives us production-grade latency and the throughput needed for 24/7 store monitoring.

Watch: Google Cloud on Vortex IQ →

Microsoft GenAI Accelerator

Vortex IQ was selected for the Microsoft GenAI Accelerator for our work on agentic automation and the measurable impact our agents have on commerce workflows.

Watch: Microsoft partner testimonial →
Sure Valley Ventures Techstars

Our investors

We are backed by Sure Valley Ventures and Techstars, accelerating the mission.

Awards & recognition

Recognised across the industry.

Adobe Commerce · Developer Tooling

Adobe Commerce Rockstar, Winner

DryRun Pro, built by 247 Commerce (now a Vortex IQ company), won the Developer Tooling category at Adobe Commerce Rockstar 2023, chosen from over 65 submissions and showcased on stage at Adobe Summit in Las Vegas.

Business Cloud

RetailTech 50, Ranked 16th (2026)

Ranked 16th in Business Cloud's list of the UK's most innovative retail technology creators, up from 20th in 2025.

View 2026 list →
TechCrunch

TechCrunch Battlefield

Selected as one of 200 startups to compete in TechCrunch Battlefield for our agentic approach to commerce AI.

“We really appreciate the investment and understand what a game changer it can be for merchants and us alike.”
Nicole Cornelson, Sr. Director, Engineering, Adobe — on DryRun Pro at Adobe Commerce Rockstar
Join the mission

Empowerment, not replacement.

Whether you're a merchant, an agency, or a developer, let's put an army of AI agents to work for your business.

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