A new chapter for ITONICS, the #1 Innovation OS
When we started ITONICS in 2009, the idea was simple: Bring all people, data, activities, decisions, budgets, projects, anything that is done to innovate within complex organizations in the browser. We started with Trend and Emerging Technology Radars to reflect the market pull and technology push. We added collaborative idea management to allow for crowdsourcing, open innovation, and continuous improvements on steroids. Finally, with interactive roadmaps, agile portfolio management and program management features, we were the first SaaS to provide a real end-to-end innovation management. Online, intuitive, secure, scalable.
With ITONICS, every decision-maker gains clarity in the most pressing questions: Where to play, How to win and What (and When) to execute. Transparency from early insights to bold bets to new product pipelines. R&D portfolio governance, planning, and steering in a collaborative, secure and integrated single source of truth wherever you are.
In 2016, we started building the next-generation Innovation OS: Multi-tenant, scalable, lightweight. Kanban boards, interactive roadmaps, beautiful innovation radars, smart tables and the first AI-powered market intelligence features were introduced. In 2024, we merged with Braineet and added visual workflows, more data formats, dynamic reports and smart grids.
The next generation end-to-end innovation workspace
We aggregated all our knowledge of 15+ years leading the innovation management software space on a global level into the following new features and adjustments. Better collaboration, better structure, better individualization, better configuration, more intuitive and faster results.
Personalized navigation and workspaces
The new nav is personalized, flexible and intuitive. Create private and shared folders, drag & drop menu items, duplicate views and navigate intuitively.
Set your pinned favorites on top, and access important actions directly in the menu!
Beautiful boards
The most beautiful, innovative and flexible Kanban board I have seen so far:
Communicate your innovation pipeline visually, transparent and with focus.
Ecosystem collaboration and crowdsourcing
Build internal or external microsites instantly within minutes: Startup intake forms, idea campaigns, open innovation portals, project showrooms, crowdsourcing platforms, venture clienting workflows and many more. Submissions flow directly into your ITONICS Innovation Operating System with governance and workflows. Any crowdsourced data reaches the right expert in your organization instantly.
With our new visual editor, you finally get what you see. Instantly, beautifully designed and done in minutes. Templates support you in creating internal and external microsites for more engagement and less manual setup.
Finally, the ultimate innovation ecosystem for your employees, startups, universities, partners of any kind is here!
Visual Workflow Configuration
Our new visual process builder for any governance flow, like technology/ trend/ program or idea management. Each phase has: evidence requirements, gatekeepers, owners, notifications. Benefits: clean handovers, traceable decisions, no “zombie” technologies/ projects/ initiatives and no lost lessons.
Classic or agile phase-gate, configure your R&D, project portfolio and innovation governance with the ITONICS visual editor in minutes.
AI-first innovation OS
AI can write (wonderful) content. But ITONICS Prism supports decision-making. How? Co-pilot LLMs don’t know your company. Prism does. It understands your strategy, sees your R&D and project portfolios, knows your budgets, and reacts to real data. Inside and outside the walls of your business:
Context-aware innovation AI
Prism pulls external signals like trends, emerging technologies, patents, startups, market, and competitor intelligence. It merges these with your corporate context: strategy, transformation programs, growth opportunities, budgets, and innovation portfolios already living in ITONICS. All data is anchored to a so-called master context, so every prompt follows your goals and constraints. It’s not guessing. It’s aligned.
In practice, you can build a tailored emerging technology radar in minutes, not months. Prism scans patents and scientific publications, proposes relevant technologies, removes duplicates, segments them automatically, rates their impact and readiness, and explains the reasoning behind each call. It’s a highly skilled management consulting team at your fingertip. Prism does the same with portfolio health. Ask which projects truly support your strategies, and which should be stopped. Prism flags misaligned initiatives, checks budget burn versus progress, and marks the projects that are struggling.
Budget management flips from reactive to proactive. Ask which strategies still have funds unused and Prism immediately suggests actions, allocates the remaining budget, and even drafts the project descriptions using frameworks like the Business Model Canvas.
Prism is not AI-as-assistant. Prism is AI as a strategic operator.
AI everywhere
You can now ask the ITONICS AI assistant in any rich text form. With predefined actions, including translations, this makes data input much easier, faster, and more fun.
In case you ever need support with ITONICS, our knowledge base is now fully AI-enabled. Just ask any question, our support agent Nova is there to help 24/7. 🙂
With all these new features and AI everywhere, I oftentimes hear: "Where to start and how to start innovating most effectively?" Start with your most pressing challenges. ITONICS is becoming more intuitive every day, and Prism will help you with every task. Our customer success teams with a lot of AI transformation expertise and our account management will support you with unparalleled expertise. We furthermore built a global partner ecosystem with expertise on-site and within your industry and vertical to get you the best outcomes, wherever you are.
Watch the ITONICS IONX launch event from September 2025 here:
About ITONICS
ITONICS is a global leader in innovation and portfolio management software, empowering organizations to identify emerging trends and technologies, manage innovation portfolios, and execute strategies with measurable impact. The ITONICS Innovation OS unites insights, foresight, and execution in one collaborative platform. Recognized by Gartner in four innovation categories in the 2024 Hype Cycle for Innovation Practices, ITONICS supports over 500 companies worldwide, including Amazon, adidas, Johnson & Johnson, Toyota, Mondelez, and Siemens.
