AI procurement leader opens NYC hub in former Twitter building; flagship Zip Forward conference debuts in NYC this fall with speakers from Visa, Shopify, and Uber
Zip, the AI platform for enterprise procurement trusted by Anthropic, Prudential, OpenAI, Dollar Tree, and T-Mobile, today announced the opening of its New York City hub in Chelsea, with plans to double its local team over the next year. The expansion underscores Zip's growing East Coast customer base and its commitment to a market that's central to enterprise technology and AI talent. It also reflects accelerating demand as procurement becomes a top priority for Fortune 500 buyers.
“San Francisco built the foundation models. New York is where they meet the enterprise,” said Rujul Zaparde, co-founder and CEO of Zip. “With the largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the country, plus the capital and talent base to match, this is where applied AI actually gets adopted at scale. Putting down real roots here is how we stay close to the customers and the talent shaping what's next.”
Located in the former Twitter/xAI building, Zip’s Chelsea office sits in a neighborhood that has long anchored New York’s technology and media ecosystem, and one that’s increasingly becoming a center of gravity for AI. The tri-state area has become Zip’s second-largest customer market globally, home to some of the world’s most sophisticated financial services, enterprise technology, and media organizations – including The New York Times, Two Sigma Investments, and Prudential. The new office will bring together teams across sales, customer success, engineering, product, design, marketing, and G&A under one roof.
Zip has now orchestrated over $500 billion in spend across hundreds of leading enterprises globally, and its customers have collectively saved more than $10 billion through its AI suite to date. A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact study found Zip delivers 386% ROI for large enterprises, with the platform paying for itself in under six months. Zip was also named a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Source-to-Pay Suites, the youngest company ever recognized in the category.
The NYC headquarters opens just weeks ahead of Zip Forward, the company’s flagship conference for procurement and finance transformation, which makes its New York debut on September 16-17 at The Glasshouse. The event will bring together business leaders, practitioners, and innovators to explore how AI is reshaping procurement and finance. Featured speakers include Jeff Hoffmeister, CFO of Shopify; Aaron Bearce, CPO of Visa, Linda Chuan, Chief Value Officer & Chief of Staff to the CFO of Box, ; Dave Zaccagnini, U.S. CPO at BMO; and Al Williams, Global CPO at Invesco. Registration is open at zip.com/forward-nyc.
Zip is actively hiring across all functions in its New York office. Interested candidates can view open positions at zip.com/careers.
About Zip
Zip is the leading AI platform for enterprise procurement. Through one platform, Zip unifies how companies purchase – replacing fragmented tools and manual processes with intelligent orchestration that procurement teams and employees actually want to use. Zip is the only procurement orchestration platform with full intake-to-pay capabilities and has the most widely deployed AI agents in enterprise procurement. Zip has delivered over $10 billion in customer savings and powers modern procurement for hundreds of global enterprises, including Anthropic, AMD, Discover, Dollar Tree, OpenAI, T-Mobile, and more. Visit www.zip.com.
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The tri-state area has become Zip’s second-largest customer market globally, home to some of the world’s most sophisticated financial services, enterprise tech, and media organizations – including The New York Times, Two Sigma Investments, and Prudential
