Pigment

Pigment is a French enterprise software company that provides an AI-powered business planning and enterprise performance management (EPM) platform. The platform lets organizations centralize, model and forecast financial, workforce and operational data in a collaborative, visual environment, replacing spreadsheets and static dashboards for planning processes. Customers build unified models that connect finance, sales, HR and operations to shared assumptions, integrate live data from ERP, CRM, HRIS and data warehouse systems, and run what-if scenarios with version control, permissions and audit trails.

Use cases span financial planning and analysis (forecasting, budgeting, revenue and cost planning), sales performance management (territory, capacity and incentive planning), workforce planning (headcount, retention, compensation and organizational modeling), supply chain and operations (demand forecasting, inventory, S&OP), financial consolidation aligned with IFRS and GAAP, and ESG and sustainability reporting including CSRD and carbon accounting.

The company positions its current generation of product around agentic AI: a Modeler Agent that builds and evolves governed models from natural-language intent, an Analyst Agent that monitors metrics, flags anomalies and generates reports, custom and documentation agents, and a Planner Agent described as coming soon. Additional AI capabilities include machine-learning forecasting ("Predictions"), a navigation assistant, a formula explainer, and an MCP Server that lets external AI systems such as ChatGPT and Claude connect to Pigment data and features under governance controls.

Founding story

The founders started Pigment in 2019 after observing how difficult it was for large businesses to plan and adapt to change, and concluding that no existing tool combined ease of use with the power and robustness required by enterprises. Eléonore Crespo had previously worked at Google and at the venture firm Index Ventures; Romain Niccoli was co-founder and CTO of the adtech company Criteo.

Business model

Pigment sells a subscription enterprise software platform (SaaS) to mid-market and large enterprises, with adoption typically expanding from finance into additional departments; the company reports that 90% of customers use the platform across multiple departments, reflecting a cross-functional xP&A expansion motion.

Recurring software subscription revenue (ARR) from enterprise planning platform deployments across finance, sales, HR and supply chain functions.

Traction

For 2023 Pigment reported tripled ARR, a doubled global customer base and a tripled count of enterprise customers, and said 90% of customers used the platform in more than one department. As of 2025 the company said it served hundreds of enterprise customers globally with 2x year-over-year ARR growth and a 50% increase in its customer base, and reported over 500 employees. One investor benchmark cited by the co-CEO placed Pigment in the top 5% of SaaS companies by revenue growth rate.

Latest developments

Pigment's site highlights the release of its Modeler Agent, alongside an Analyst Agent, custom agents and a documentation agent, with a Planner Agent announced as coming soon. Press items listed on the company's about page include an expansion of its global partner ecosystem (August 2026), Virgin Voyages selecting Pigment for financial planning (May 2026) and Crédit Agricole Nord de France adopting the platform for performance management (May 2026).