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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Tacton CPQ: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/tacton-cpq/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/tacton-cpq/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/tacton-cpq.md",
  "title": "Tacton CPQ: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Tacton CPQ is on the AI revenue operations software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated May 5, 2026.",
  "period": "Oct. 7, 2025 to May 5, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
    "id": "CYEP8M2",
    "slug": "tacton-cpq",
    "name": "Tacton CPQ",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://www.tacton.com/",
    "summary": "CPQ for manufacturers of highly configurable products, sold to sales, sales engineering and operations teams. Tacton says it \"connects CPQ software, AI, and configuration intelligence.\" Generative AI and constraint-based configuration work together so quotes stay valid and buildable. An AI Product Modeling Assistant drafts the product model that sellers then quote from.",
    "founded": 1998,
    "categories": [
      "cpq"
    ],
    "status": "active",
    "price_note": null,
    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
    "off_map": null,
    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "CPQ, pricing and deal desk"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
  "launch_list": false,
  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "CPQ for manufacturers of highly configurable products, sold to sales, sales engineering and operations teams. Tacton says it \"connects CPQ software, AI, and configuration intelligence.\" Generative AI and constraint-based configuration work together so quotes stay valid and buildable. An AI Product Modeling Assistant drafts the product model that sellers then quote from.",
    "source": {
      "name": "tacton.com",
      "url": "https://www.tacton.com/"
    },
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  },
  "maps": [
    {
      "map": "revenue-operations-software",
      "title": "The AI revenue operations software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/revenue-operations-software/#co-tacton-cpq",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Tacton CPQ",
      "site": "https://www.tacton.com/",
      "category": "CPQ, pricing and deal desk",
      "what": "CPQ for manufacturers of highly configurable products, sold to sales, sales engineering and operations teams. Tacton says it \"connects CPQ software, AI, and configuration intelligence.\" Generative AI and constraint-based configuration work together so quotes stay valid and buildable. An AI Product Modeling Assistant drafts the product model that sellers then quote from.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "tacton.com",
        "url": "https://www.tacton.com/"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Assistant",
          "Quoting and pricing"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Private; says hundreds of global manufacturers use it and has been named a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for CPQ for four years in a row)",
      "founded": "1998",
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      "fate": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "tacton.com",
          "url": "https://www.tacton.com/"
        },
        {
          "name": "tacton.com",
          "url": "https://www.tacton.com/about-us/"
        },
        {
          "name": "tacton.com",
          "url": "https://www.tacton.com/about-us/news/?type=press"
        },
        {
          "name": "tacton.com",
          "url": "https://www.tacton.com/press-release/tacton-award-winning-innovation-leader-launches-ai-product-modeling-assistant-to-accelerate-cpq-implementation-and-eliminate-bottlenecks/"
        },
        {
          "name": "tacton.com",
          "url": "https://www.tacton.com/press-release/tacton-acquires-variantum-and-serenytics-to-deliver-the-most-complete-end-to-end-platform-for-complex-manufacturers/"
        },
        {
          "name": "itbrief.co.uk",
          "url": "https://itbrief.co.uk/story/tacton-launches-ai-assistant-to-cut-cpq-modelling-work"
        }
      ],
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/tacton-cpq/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-05-05",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Tacton launches an AI Product Modeling Assistant for CPQ",
      "summary": "Tacton launched a generative AI assistant that turns product data from spreadsheets, specifications, PDFs and legacy systems into a draft CPQ model. Tacton says it cuts modeling effort by up to 50%. Modelers review and approve before models sync into the CPQ.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI revenue operations software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/revenue-operations-software/#co-tacton-cpq"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.tacton.com/press-release/tacton-award-winning-innovation-leader-launches-ai-product-modeling-assistant-to-accelerate-cpq-implementation-and-eliminate-bottlenecks/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/tacton-cpq/#event-2",
      "on": "2025-10-07",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Tacton buys Variantum and Serenytics",
      "summary": "Tacton announced the acquisition of Variantum, a Finnish configuration lifecycle and order fulfillment software company, and Serenytics, a French analytics provider, to extend its platform beyond CPQ into engineering, fulfillment, service and analytics.",
      "kind": "Acquisition",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI revenue operations software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/revenue-operations-software/#co-tacton-cpq"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.tacton.com/press-release/tacton-acquires-variantum-and-serenytics-to-deliver-the-most-complete-end-to-end-platform-for-complex-manufacturers/"
      }
    }
  ]
}