01 / INDUSTRY EXPERTISE
We speak trading.
Physical contracts, pricing, logistics, risk, trade finance and accounting are not abstract concepts to us. We understand the workflows behind the problem.
AI × Commodity Trading Expertise
Trading technology, built around you.
Every trading company works differently. We combine deep commodity trading expertise, a promptable CTRM foundation, and AI-assisted development to turn your operational challenges into tailored solutions.
Start with one workflowIntegrate with your systemsScale on your terms
OPEN SQUARED / SOLUTION STUDIO
Your business requirement
“Automate incoming shipping documents, match them to trades and flag missing information.”
Tailored solution blueprint
Mailbox & document ingestionCapture and classify attachmentsDESIGNED
Trade-aware validationConnect data to contracts & shipmentsDESIGNED
Exception workflowHuman review where it mattersDESIGNED
A different kind of technology partner
More than software.
More than AI consulting.
Open Squared brings together the industry knowledge, existing technology and hands-on delivery capability needed to make AI genuinely useful in the daily life of a trading organisation.
02 / PROMPTABLE FOUNDATION
We don't start from zero.
Our modular CTRM core provides an existing business foundation. AI-assisted development helps us translate requirements into targeted features and workflows.
03 / SERVICE & DELIVERY
We build with you.
From discovery to customisation, integrations, deployment and long-term support, we help design technology around your people and processes.
The technology advantage
A complete CTRM foundation. Ready to evolve.
At the heart of our approach is a modular, Tryton-based CTRM foundation covering the key functions of a commodity trading business. Rather than developing every process from scratch, we build on that core and adapt it to your specific requirements.
Our promptable architecture and AI-assisted engineering process help accelerate specifications, extensions and custom workflows — always with the validation, controls and integration discipline your operations require.
- Trading, risk, operations, finance and trade finance
- Custom business logic, workflows and reporting
- Integration with existing CTRM, ERP and IT infrastructure
- Deploy a single module or a broader platform
An extensible technology stack
Your requirements & operational pain points
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AI-assisted specification & development
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Promptable, modular CTRM business core
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APIs, integrations, workflows & controls
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Your people · Your processes · Your systems
Real problems. Practical solutions.
What is slowing your business down?
We tackle the repetitive, complex and disconnected processes that cost trading teams time. The following are examples — not the limits of what we can build.
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Email & document intelligence
Extract, classify and route incoming documents, match them with trades, and surface exceptions for review.
OPERATIONS / AUTOMATION
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Letters of credit
Build LC workflows for issuance, amendments, document checks, milestones and collaboration across teams.
TRADE FINANCE
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Demurrage management
Structure laytime events, calculations, supporting evidence, claims and approvals in one traceable process.
LOGISTICS
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System integration
Connect trading data with finance, market data, logistics and existing internal applications without unnecessary replacement.
IT ARCHITECTURE
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Custom CTRM extensions
Build pricing rules, approval flows, risk views, dashboards and the workflows unique to your trading model.
TRADING / RISK
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Your next bottleneck
Spreadsheets, manual reconciliation, duplicated data entry or an awkward handoff: bring us the problem.
BUILT FOR YOUR BUSINESS
AI agents / A domain-led approach
Ten domains. One connected trading business.
We envision dedicated AI-assisted capabilities across the front-to-back commodity trading lifecycle. Each domain can be customised to your workflows, permissions and systems — deployed individually or connected as an integrated platform.
Trade Capture
Trade entry, enrichment and validation at the source.
Contracts
Generation, terms, amendments and contract matching.
Operations
Workflow orchestration, exceptions and daily action queues.
Logistics
Shipments, movements, warehousing and status tracking.
Finance
Invoice validation, accruals and cost allocation.
Risk
Positions, exposures and limit monitoring.
Quality
Certificates, surveys, claims and quality discounts.
Documents
Trade and customs paperwork, correspondence and deadlines.
Treasury
Cash, financing, hedging and credit facilities.
Reporting
On-demand explanations and business insights in plain language.
Human accountability is built in. For material decisions, AI can recommend, provide supporting evidence and explain its reasoning — while your team retains control over review and approval.
How it is built
Four pillars. Built for how trading works.
The approach connects AI-assisted delivery to the operational depth and control requirements of physical commodity trading.
AI Native Thinking
AI is part of how we design and deliver workflows — from understanding requests to assisting with processing, exceptions and decisions. Not simply a chatbot bolted onto a system.
Commodity Native
From oil and metals to cotton, cocoa, coffee, sugar, grains and oilseeds. We design for the realities of physical commodities, not only the financial trade.
End-to-End
One connected operating model, from trade capture and contracts through logistics, invoicing, settlement and management reporting.
Learns Your Business
Your workflows, rules, counterparties, documentation, terminology and approval policies shape the solution — not the other way around.
Proof, not promises
Grounded in live commodity trading.
Our Trad’on CTRM technology is already used in production by commodity trading teams. That operational experience informs our implementations and new AI-assisted workflows — building on real-world trading processes rather than starting from a blank slate.
Energy
Oil Products
Front-to-back workflows: deal capture, mark-to-market, vessel scheduling, demurrage and treasury.
Soft Commodities & Agri-Foods
Cotton & Agri-Foods
Origin-to-destination tracking, quality certificates, trade finance, positions, inventory, invoicing and cross-border logistics.
Chemicals
Chemical Products
Multi-counterparty trades, formula pricing, logistics coordination and risk management.
Metals & Mining
Concentrates
Assay-based pricing, multi-leg logistics, smelter invoicing and credit processes.
Examples of industry workflows and domains supported by our trading expertise and platform. Scope and automation level are tailored to each engagement.
You don't need to replace your existing CTRM to start working with us.
Start with one problem ↗How we collaborate
From pain point to working solution.
A pragmatic delivery model, combining business consulting, AI-assisted engineering and responsible implementation.
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Understand
Map the business need, current workflow, systems and constraints with your team.
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Design
Define a focused solution and decide what to reuse, customise or integrate.
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Build & validate
Accelerate development with our CTRM core and AI, then test against real operational scenarios.
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Deploy & improve
Embed the solution within your IT landscape, train users and evolve it as needs change.
The future of trading technology isn't another rigid system. It's technology that adapts to the way your business actually works.
Let's build something useful
Tell us what's painful.
We'll explore what's possible.
A manual document process? A missing CTRM feature? A trade finance workflow that takes too many emails? Start with a conversation.
Discuss Your Challenge ↗