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ketteQ Named a 2026 Pacesetter, Atlanta’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Recognition Highlights ketteQ’s Accelerating Growth as Companies Move Supply Chain Operations onto Quintus™, the Company’s Free-Range AI™

Nicole Taylor

Sep 17, 2026

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ATLANTA, GA, September 15, 2026 — ketteQ, the supply chain orchestration company powered by Quintus™ Free-Range AI™, today announced it has been named to the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2026 Pacesetter Awards, ranking No. 35 on the list of Atlanta’s fastest-growing privately held companies. The Pacesetter Awards recognize companies that have demonstrated significant fiscal growth over the past two years, honoring the region’s most dynamic and entrepreneurial businesses.

“Being named a Pacesetter reflects the growth we’re seeing as more companies make the strategic decision to move their supply chain operations onto ketteQ and Quintus™, our Free-Range AI™ platform,” said Mike Landry, Founder and CEO of ketteQ. “I’m grateful to our customers and proud of the team that got us here.”

ketteQ’s recognition arrives as the company builds on the well-received launch of Quintus™, the only Free-Range AI™ for supply chain: an AI intelligence that reasons over any question, executes any action, and addresses any use case, unscripted and unconstrained, within a fully governed, auditable decision framework. Powered by PolymatiQ™, ketteQ’s patent-pending agentic solvers, Quintus™ orchestrates Planning Solutions and Execution Solutions above any ERP or supply chain planning platform a customer already runs, deploying in four to eight weeks with no rip and replace.

ketteQ was founded in 2018 and has been building AI-native supply chain planning and orchestration in production since before the category had a name, anticipating a shift the rest of the industry is only now catching up to.

This is ketteQ’s second growth recognition this year, following its ranking on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies, announced in August, where ketteQ placed No. 929 nationally, up from No. 1,454 the prior year.

About ketteQ

ketteQ is the supply chain orchestration company powered by Free-Range AI™. Quintus™, its AI intelligence, is the only supply chain agent that reasons over any question, executes any action, and addresses any use case, unscripted, unconstrained, and fully governed, across Planning Solutions and Execution Solutions, above any ERP or planning platform the customer already runs. Powered by PolymatiQ™, ketteQ’s patent-pending agentic solver that runs thousands of constrained planning scenarios simultaneously and returns the optimal answer in seconds, Quintus™ deploys in four to eight weeks with no rip-and-replace. ketteQ was founded in 2018 and has been running AI-native supply chain planning and orchestration in production before the category had a name. For more information, visit ketteQ.com.

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Nicole Taylor
VP of Marketing
Nicole.Taylor@ketteQ.com | 770.633.1754

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Nicole Taylor

Vice President of Marketing

As Vice President of Marketing at ketteQ, Nicole leads brand, product marketing, communications, demand generation, and field marketing to support the company’s growth and pipeline goals. Over more than 20 years, she has built and amplified brands across industries, driving demand through integrated campaigns, experiences, events, and compelling content.

Since stepping into the role, Nicole has guided marketing through ketteQ’s Series B funding round, helped the company earn back-to-back recognition on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies,and led go-to-market for major product launches, including Quintus™, ketteQ’s Free-Range AI™ for supply chain. She has aligned positioning and go-to-market execution across Sales, Product, and Customer teams while building the programs, channels, and team needed to scale.

Nicole’s expertise spans brand development, content strategy, demand generation, team leadership, and cross-functional collaboration. She thrives on bringing teams together, aligning marketing with business objectives, and leveraging partnerships to deliver measurable results. A graduate of the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University, she blends creative vision with analytical insight to strengthen brand presence, accelerate market demand, and fuel long-term business success.

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