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Omnea doubles down on US growth with appointment of WiredScore founder Arie Barendrecht as US GM
After more than tripling revenue in 2025 and growing to 150+ employees, Omnea is stepping up investment in the US as enterprise adoption expands across customers including Spotify, MongoDB, McAfee, and Albertsons.New York, USA, Jan. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Omnea, an AI-native procurement intake and orchestration platform, today announced that Arie Barendrecht, founder of WiredScore, has joined the company as General Manager, US. Barendrecht will lead Omnea’s next phase of US expansion, matu
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