RedCloud Activates AI Trade Layer

London-based RedCloud was founded in 2014 by CEO Justin Floyd and COO Soumaya Hamzaoui to digitize supply chains in high-growth consumer markets. The company, which listed on the Nasdaq as RCT in March 2025, aims to solve what it sees as a decades-old problem of unlocking sales data between brands, distributors, and retailers. The new infrastructure is an evolution of the company's RedAI trading platform. Developed with partners including NVIDIA and Amazon Web Services, the "agentic AI" is designed to act as a virtual "co-pilot" for users, creating expert assistants for tasks like pricing, demand planning, and inventory management. RedCloud is targeting inefficiencies that create an estimated $2 trillion global "inventory gap" in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) market. That market is currently valued at $14.6 trillion and is projected to grow to $19.7 trillion by 2033. The technology activation follows several recent financial moves. In late February 2026, RedCloud secured a $30 million equity line of credit and a separate $4 million in convertible note financing. This came after a $13.5 million private placement in July 2025. For the first half of 2025, the company reported $17.9 million in revenue, a 12% increase year-over-year, with $1.2 billion in transaction value flowing through its platform. RedCloud is targeting $100 million in revenue for the full year 2026. The broader application of AI in global trade has the potential to significantly reduce costs and streamline operations. AI-powered analytics can enhance demand forecasting, optimize shipping routes, and automate customs documentation, with some analyses suggesting a potential 40-60% reduction in governance and compliance costs.