Sayari, a leading global provider of counterparty and supply‑chain risk intelligence, has officially acquired Mirato, a specialized workflow automation firm. The move combines Sayari’s unrivaled trade data intelligence with Mirato’s AI-driven process orchestration, marking a pivotal step for organizations seeking scalable, risk‑aware automation across trade and compliance operations.
A Strategic Merger to Power Trade and Compliance Automation
The acquisition merges two complementary capabilities. Sayari, renowned for its flagship product Sayari Graph, offers rich visibility into global corporate ownership and trade transactions. Mirato, meanwhile, delivers intelligent automation and workflow optimization that expedites decision‑making and reduces manual complexity.
Together, the combined platform enables compliant trade workflows to be automated end‑to‑end—from supplier onboarding and risk screening to ongoing monitoring and escalation—enhanced by deep, real‑world trade intelligence.
Enabling a New Era in AI‑Enhanced Insights
With this integration, Sayari is expanding beyond analytics into workflow execution. Users including multinational corporations and compliance teams can now trigger AI‑powered trade screens, automated alerts, and rule‑based decision trees directly from trade event data.
Farley Mesko, CEO and Co‑Founder of Sayari, remarked: “By integrating Mirato’s automation capabilities with Sayari’s trade and counterparty intelligence, we’re delivering a true AI workflow engine that drives efficiency, accuracy, and scale”—adding that this vertical integration will dramatically streamline compliance operations.
Accelerating Compliance, Audit, and Risk Operations
Regulatory frameworks worldwide are intensifying scrutiny of global trade—whether related to export controls, forced labor disclosure, or supply chain ESG reporting. The ability to map real trade flows and automatically escalate issues through adaptive workflows provides a major advantage for risk teams.
Early enterprise use cases already demonstrate measurable benefits: suppliers flagged for elevated risk can be automatically paused, escalated for human review, or blocked. Shifts in supplier behavior, sanctions updates, or trade violations trigger automated workflows aligned to corporate policy.
Building on Notable Growth and AI Investment Momentum
Sayari has experienced explosive growth since its 2020 product launch, consistently earning recognition from Deloitte and Inc. Magazine as one of North America’s fastest‑growing tech firms—driven in part by a 950% expansion in contracts with international governments.
In January 2024, Sayari closed a strategic majority investment exceeding $228 million from TPG Growth to accelerate global expansion and bolster AI innovation, including the development of its supply chain illumination product. This latest acquisition of Mirato is a natural progression, expanding their platform’s scope from insight generation to automated execution.
What It Means for Customers
By bridging deep trade-based intelligence with AI-enabled automation flows, Sayari aims to empower customers in risk-sensitive sectors—such as financial institutions, trade compliance teams, governmental agencies, and global supply chain operators—with:
- Automated supplier onboarding workflows that cross‑reference real trade data with sanctions, ownership, and ESG risk metrics.
- Real-time escalation pipelines aligned to changing policy thresholds or compliance triggers.
- Audit trails and traceability, linking trade event insights to automated workflow decisions in a fully documented chain.
- Scalable operations that support batch processing of thousands of suppliers and transactions simultaneously.
Industry Impact and Competitive Positioning
The industry is at an inflection point: organizations face an immutable need to manage escalating trade risk while avoiding overwhelming cost and operational overhead. By combining trade intelligence with workflow automation, Sayari differentiates itself from traditional risk platforms that rely on static lists and manual rule engines.
“With Mirato in place, Sayari essentially becomes a workflow platform powered by trade intelligence — all governed by policy rules and dynamically adaptive to real-world risk data,” commented industry analyst Emma Carter, adding that this unique fusion may reshape expectations in supply chain compliance and trade risk.
Looking Ahead
With the acquisition now finalized, Sayari plans immediate integration of Mirato features into its product suite. Over the coming quarters, customers can expect upgraded capabilities such as automated approval gates, batch screening workflows, and flexible policy mapping—all powered by Sayari’s global trade and risk graph.
Sayari is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and serves government agencies, multinational enterprises, and compliance-focused organizations across more than 35 countries.
