# TraceLink Announces $1 Million Challenge to Build Agentic Business Processes

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- Published: 2026-10-20T14:00:00+07:00
- Author: PR Newswire

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_Global competition invites developers, solution partners, and business process 
specialists worldwide to build and demonstrate innovative AI-powered business processes
using TraceLink’s OPUS platform_

BOSTON, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TraceLink, the world’s largest Agentic Business
Network, today announced the $1 million OPUS Agentic Business Process Challenge,
a global competition offering a $1 million winner-takes-all prize to the individual
or team that develops the best agentic business process using TraceLink’s OPUS Agentic
Supply Chain Operating System.

Announced at FutureLink Barcelona 2026, the competition will launch in January 2027
and invite developers, business process specialists, companies, and universities
worldwide to submit a contest application to create working Agentic Business Processes(
ABPs).These processes bring AI agents together with humans, enterprise systems, 
business rules, operational context, and process requirements to perform complex
business work that traditionally requires manual coordination across multiple systems
and organizations. To express interest and receive contest updates, including registration
details and participation requirements, visit: [https://www.tracelink.com/1-million-opus-agentic-business-process-challenge](https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4800832-1&h=1939245716&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tracelink.com%2F1-million-opus-agentic-business-process-challenge&a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tracelink.com%2F1-million-opus-agentic-business-process-challenge).

The initiative is designed to encourage participants to learn OPUS, develop new 
skills, and demonstrate how AI agents can transform end-to-end business processes
across industries.

"We believe the opportunity to transform business processes with AI agents is far
greater than the market recognizes today," said Shabbir Dahod, President and CEO
of TraceLink. "We’re putting $1 million behind a challenge to developers and business
process innovators everywhere: learn OPUS, build something extraordinary, and show
the world what’s possible. We want to unleash the creativity of participants worldwide
and demonstrate the breadth and scale of Agentic Business Processes that can be 
built on OPUS."

**Advancing AI-Powered Business Process Innovation on OPUS**

While individual AI agents can perform specific tasks, transforming end-to-end business
processes requires coordinating the work of multiple agents, humans, and enterprise
systems, often involving different organizations across the supply chain.

TraceLink’s OPUS Agentic Supply Chain Operating System provides a no-code, agentic
platform foundation for building and orchestrating these processes. It brings together
governed AI agents, business process orchestration, enterprise and multienterprise
data integration, operational knowledge and context, and TraceLink’s global business
network.

Through the $1 Million Agentic Business Process Challenge, TraceLink aims to demonstrate
the range of business challenges that can be addressed while expanding the global
community of developers, companies, and technology partners capable of building 
them on OPUS.

**Competition Participation and Timeline**

The challenge welcomes individual developers, business process specialists, and 
companies interested in building Agentic Business Processes on OPUS. Participants
may include software developers, AI engineers, solution architects, business process
architects, business process management (BPM) specialists, process automation engineers,
and business process reengineering consultants.

Companies are also encouraged to participate, including TraceLink customers, other
enterprises, systems integrators, consulting firms, and technology companies. Universities
and academic teams are also welcome. Individuals and teams may participate independently,
without requiring enterprise sponsorship or an existing paying customer relationship
with TraceLink.

Beginning in January 2027, participants will have access to OPUS Link Labs, TraceLink’s
development environment, and supporting training and development resources to design,
build, and demonstrate working Agentic Business Processes that address meaningful
business challenges.

The winning individual or team will receive a $1 million award, with selected submissions
potentially showcased to demonstrate the breadth of innovation enabled by OPUS.

TraceLink will publish additional information about eligibility, judging criteria,
competition requirements, technical resources, and the submission process ahead 
of the January 2027 launch.

**Express Interest in the $1 Million Challenge**

TraceLink introduced the competition during TraceLink CEO Shabbir Dahod’s keynote
at [FutureLink Barcelona](https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4800832-1&h=2539365296&u=https%3A%2F%2Ffuturelink.tracelink.com%2Fe%2Fbarcelona&a=FutureLink+Barcelona),
October 19–21, 2026.

Additional background on TraceLink’s approach to Agentic Business Processes is available
in its foundational whitepapers on the[ ](https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4800832-1&h=3422885311&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tracelink.com%2Fresources%2Fresource-center%2Fagentic-supply-chain-operating-model-white-paper&a=%C2%A0)
[Agentic Supply Chain Operating Model](https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4800832-1&h=2539252187&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tracelink.com%2Fresources%2Fresource-center%2Fagentic-supply-chain-operating-model-white-paper&a=Agentic+Supply+Chain+Operating+Model),
[Agentic Supply Chain Operating System,](https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4800832-1&h=882150949&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tracelink.com%2Fresources%2Fresource-center%2Fagentic-supply-chain-operating-system-white-paper&a=Agentic+Supply+Chain+Operating+System%2C)
and [Integrated Agentic Business Processes Transform the Supply Chain Operating Model](https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4800832-1&h=3835395108&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tracelink.com%2Fresources%2Fresource-center%2Fintegrated-agentic-business-processes-transform-supply-chain-operating-model&a=Integrated+Agentic+Business+Processes+Transform+the+Supply+Chain+Operating+Model).

**About TraceLink**

TraceLink powers the transformation to an Agentic Supply Chain Operating Model, 
enabling organizations to perform and improve supply chain work across their business
and trading partner networks. The OPUS Agentic Supply Chain Operating System brings
together Agentic Business Processes, Agentic Control Towers, governed OPUS Agents,
and the Integrate-Once™ Agentic Business Network to link systems, end-to-end business
transactions, and collaborative peer-to-peer processes with trusted, real-time operational
context. In this agentic environment, humans and agents work together with greater
speed, reasoning, control, and accountability to improve organizational productivity,
service, inventory, working capital, cost, compliance, quality, resilience, and 
revenue performance.

For more information, visit[ ](https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4800832-1&h=2205102956&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tracelink.com%2F&a=%C2%A0)
[www.tracelink.com](https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4800832-1&h=2252276195&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tracelink.com%2F&a=www.tracelink.com).

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