Agility and data-driven decision-making aren’t optional, they’re essential in today's retail landscape. That’s why Toolio’s recent partnership with Microsoft through the Startups Pegasus Program is a big deal, not just for us, but for the broader retail tech ecosystem.
Read the full press release to learn more about our partnership with Microsoft through the Startups Pegasus Program.
If navigating complex retail planning cycles, shifting demand signals, and mounting operational inefficiencies, this collaboration offers a blueprint for the future of retail planning.
Why This Matters: Real-Time, AI-Powered Retail Planning Is No Longer Optional
Toolio is a next-generation merchandise planning platform that helps modern retailers plan faster, collaborate better, and drive smarter decisions across the board. From financial planning to forecasting, we enable retailers to build a single source of truth for their inventory and demand planning workflows.
Now, thanks to our inclusion in Microsoft’s Startups Pegasus Program, we’re scaling our capabilities even further, offering enterprise-grade performance and tighter integration with the tools you already use, including Microsoft Azure, Dynamics 365, and Power BI.
What’s New: Toolio Is Now Transactable on Azure Marketplace
That’s right—Toolio is officially available on the Azure Marketplace, which means Microsoft’s global sales teams can bring our solution directly to customers. Whether you’re using Microsoft infrastructure or exploring Azure for the first time, this partnership unlocks a new level of ease, support, and scalability.
Tom Davis, a Partner at Microsoft for Startups, put it this way:
“Toolio’s AI-powered platform delivers intelligent forecasting, merchandise and assortment planning, allocation, and end-to-end analytics. Through the Pegasus Program, Toolio can now leverage Microsoft’s resources to scale its impact and help retailers operate with greater efficiency and confidence.”
What Retailers Can Expect: Smarter Planning, Faster Execution
Built on Microsoft Azure, Toolio brings together several key technologies to deliver a future-ready platform:
- AI/ML Forecasting: Leveraging XGBoost and LightGBM for highly accurate demand forecasting.
- Regional Optimization: Clustering stores and products for smarter local planning.
- Promo & Markdown Optimization: Based on real-time price elasticity.
- Real-Time Exception Alerts: Helping planners catch issues before they become problems.
Add to that seamless integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power BI, and you’re looking at an end-to-end system that syncs product data, POs, receipts, and transfers in real time and pushes finalized plans right back into your ERP.
What’s Next: Toolio’s Product Roadmap with Microsoft
As part of the Pegasus Program, we’re working on even more robust enterprise-grade capabilities, including:
- Migrating and managing large-scale datasets
- Scaling automated machine learning workflows
- Improving system resilience, monitoring, and notifications via Microsoft’s observability stack
These enhancements will not only improve platform performance, but also provide retailers with faster insights and better control over their planning operations.
Why It Matters Now
Retailers today need more than spreadsheets and gut instinct, they need tools that match the speed, complexity, and scale of modern commerce. Toolio’s collaboration with Microsoft brings exactly that: a flexible, intelligent platform that helps retail teams stay ahead of the curve.
Explore Toolio on the Azure Marketplace or visit toolio.com to learn how we’re helping retail teams plan better, faster, and smarter.
You can read the official press release here: [link: Toolio Joins Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program]
