Built by people who carried the savings target, and rebuilt in 2026 around AI agents.
Spendkey was founded in London in 2020 by Alex Grundy and Akshay Upadhye. We have clients on five continents and an engineering team that works full time on the agents.
Six years from spend analytics to the Margin Control Platform.
At the whiteboard: Akshay, Wendy and Alex. Outside: Akshay and Will. London, 2026.
Founded in London
Launched as a spend analytics platform, with our first enterprise client and two consulting partners.
Documents and generative AI
Added contract reading, finance and budgeting, and our first generative AI features.
Cassian and the Opportunity Assessment Agent
Launched Cassian, the AI assistant, and the Opportunity Assessment Agent, which ranks savings across a whole supplier base. The client base grew 300% year on year.
The Margin Control Platform
Rebuilt from scratch as an AI-native platform, replacing the original rather than adding AI to it. Agents do the work, from cleaning the data to giving each verdict, and call tested tools for every figure. It covers both sides of every deal.
The people you will work with.
Alex GrundyCo-founder, CommercialScaled an analytics start-up to $6.7m of annual recurring revenue. Founded a COVID-response charity that raised $1.3m from the public.
Akshay UpadhyeCo-founder, TechnologyDelivered 10 to 15% quarterly revenue growth while managing more than $270m of budgets at Local World.
Will HarmanChief Business OfficerStarted as a Spendkey customer, then invested personally, and now leads partnerships. Former operating partner at Apax Partners.
Message or call us directly. Alex answers on WhatsApp.
What has happened at Spendkey, newest first.
We are hiring engineers to build AI agents for finance and procurement.
Every role at Spendkey works with the agents, from engineering to sales.
Meet the people who would run your work.
Alex, Akshay or Will will take the first call.
