Kallikor launched to accelerate the application of automation and robotics across supply chains
Today marks the launch of Kallikor, a new company led by a team with a decade’s heritage in AI, simulation, and building virtual worlds that will accelerate the adoption of automation and robotics to address complexity and productivity challenges across supply chains.
Kallikor’s flagship AI-powered platform – Adaption – specialises in turning complex, real-world environments into simplified digital simulations.
Through the platform, businesses can create digital twins of their environments to gain greater visibility of their supply chain and access real-time, data-led forecasting capabilities to identify and pursue the most optimal decisions and strategies with confidence.
Kallikor helps firms predict the unpredictable and address today’s major supply chain and operational challenges – from modelling the impact of extreme events and increased competition, to accelerating the adoption of emerging technologies and maximising return on investment.
The business was previously the Enterprise Insights division of Improbable Worlds, the multinational technology company that has been at the forefront of building the Metaverse for over a decade.
Kallikor builds on this legacy, which saw its team deploy cutting-edge AI and simulation technology to provide strategic insight, from large scale virtual gaming to supporting battle strategies for military planners.
The new company will focus on applying this unique experience to empower and transform business strategy. Combining the real and digital worlds using AI-powered synthetic models will reduce the risk, cost, and time involved in supply chain transformation.
The team is led by Jonathan Barrett as CEO, Stephen Rose as Product and Technology Officer and Dave Culley as Product Director, bringing their expertise from Improbable, as well as industry experience from some of the most innovative technology environments including Formula One, to help address complexity and productivity challenges within supply chain management.
Changing customer demands, new regulations, geopolitical uncertainties and the rise of AI all contribute to the rapid change and complexity experienced by business leaders – particularly within supply chains. The need to gain visibility beyond the horizon has never been stronger, which is why we created Kallikor
Jonathan Barrett, CEO of Kallikor
Jonathan Barrett, CEO of Kallikor, said: “Changing customer demands, new regulations, geopolitical uncertainties and the rise of AI all contribute to the rapid change and complexity experienced by business leaders – particularly within supply chains. The need to gain visibility beyond the horizon has never been stronger, which is why we created Kallikor.”
“By utilising cutting-edge technologies, Kallikor equips businesses not just to predict their future but to shape it. Whether it’s managing warehouses or developing global distribution networks, Kallikor helps companies adopt automation and robotics to transform their operations with cost effective and easy-to-use digital twin simulations. With these real-time insights, we enable intelligent, confident decision-making at every level of our customer’s organisations.”
Helping businesses leap ahead
According to recent research by Savills, the future of warehouses in the UK will be defined by another chapter of rapid growth and increasing complexity as businesses strive to meet new consumer expectations.
As a result, businesses are becoming more reliant on their supply chains, but having the right tools and skills to manage these systems and respond to changes remains a challenge.
Kallikor is well positioned to tackle these barriers, building on its rich gaming and military heritage, creating synthetic worlds to help businesses integrate the latest in AI and robotics technology to replicate and analyse their operations in a virtual setting.
Adaption supports collaborative decision-making, shortening the route from data to decision to action. This gives corporate leaders more clarity, control, and confidence when making decisions at a pace, knowing their strategies are backed by precise, robust simulations.
Dave Culley, Product Director, added: “Ultimately, it’s people who make decisions, which is why we’ve designed our platform with human-decision making in mind. We create synthetic digital environments that power strategic operations decision-making beyond the horizon, helping organisations balance contingencies against opportunities, and pivot their operational strategies and tactics as new information emerges.”
“Our approach, designed to enable companies to ‘leap forward’, doesn’t just help organisations keep pace with their competitors; it propels them ahead as leaders, capable of turning uncertainty into opportunity and gaining a sustainable competitive advantage.”
Creating operations heroes
Kallikor is committed to driving progress, not just for customers but for society. Adaption enables companies to evaluate the environmental, social, and economic implications of their choices with ease, enabling them to reach sustainability metrics and incorporate the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their decision-making processes.
Kallikor helps create operations heroes, enabling teams to make decisions that reduce their carbon footprint, improve resource efficiency, and drive positive societal impact, all while maintaining a competitive edge in their industries.
Stephen Rose, Product and Technology Officer, said: “There’s a huge potential to put operations at the centre of corporate positive impact. Kallikor helps teams harness the latest in robotics and AI technology to leap ahead, by identifying where they can make changes in their supply chain to move closer to achieving wider business sustainability goals. It doesn’t have to just be about base costs; Kallikor can help operations teams make a bigger impact, turning them into the heroes of corporate social responsibility.”