UpFlux in the press
Coverage of UpFlux and its AI agents in procurement and healthcare, interviews with CEO Alex Meincheim and the material for anyone writing about the company. Coverage is in Portuguese.
- 20 articles
- 3 CEO interviews and op-eds
- 2022–2026
Highlights
At Universo TOTVS 2026, Alex Meincheim explains why AI has to move from personal productivity to company results
“Diagnóstico, receita pronta e ação executada.”Alex Meincheim
From master's research to agents that act on the process: how UpFlux took process mining from healthcare to procurement
“Não acreditamos em automação isolada.”Alex Meincheim
All coverage
2026
- Logweb· October 26, 2026InterviewCorporate procurement as the biggest opportunity for financial return from AI, from Alex Meincheim's interview at Universo TOTVS
- Logweb· October 22, 2026The agents that group requests, compare suppliers and post tail-spend orders in the ERP
- Economia SC· October 20, 2026R$ 8 million in R&D and the agents that execute inside the company's systems
- Times Brasil · CNBC· October 14, 2026InterviewAt Universo TOTVS 2026, Alex Meincheim explains why AI has to move from personal productivity to company results
- Brasil Inovador· October 12, 2026UpFlux launches autonomous agents for corporate procurement, backed by R$ 8 million in R&D
- Brasil Inovador· October 9, 2026Autonomous AI agents advance in supply management and tail spend
- Brasil Inovador· October 7, 2026AI agents for tail spend, within the limits the manager sets
- Inforchannel· September 18, 2026How UpFlux embeds AI agents in processes to deliver savings and efficiency
- AdNews· August 27, 2026UpFlux invests R$ 8 million in AI agents that work inside companies' systems
- TI Inside· August 25, 2026R$ 8 million in Enterprise AI R&D and the AI agent strategy
- Inforchannel· August 25, 2026UpFlux announces R$ 8 million in R&D and expands into enterprise AI
- Business Moment· August 13, 2026R$ 8 million in AI and UpFlux's path in the TOTVS ecosystem
- Exame· August 12, 2026From master's research to agents that act on the process: how UpFlux took process mining from healthcare to procurement
- Business Moment· August 12, 2026The university-born startup investing R$ 8 million in AI
- Economia SC· May 29, 2026UpFlux's Enterprise AI strategy
- Tecflow· May 29, 2026UpFlux expands its Enterprise AI strategy: beyond diagnosis, the improvement carried out
- starten.tech· May 26, 2026Op-edTo get value from AI, companies need to see how operations really run
2022
- Setor Saúde· September 12, 2022RecognitionUpFlux makes the 100 Startups to Watch list of Brazil's most promising companies
- Saúde Business· May 6, 2022UpFlux brings process mining to the Hospitalar trade show with its own booth
- ACATE· 2022UpFlux, from Jaraguá do Sul, plans expansion and international entry
Spokesperson
He has researched process mining since 2015 and holds a master's in Applied Computing from PUCPR. He founded UpFlux in 2017 with Cleiton Garcia, auditing medical claims at Unimed Paraná, and now takes the company's AI agents into procurement and healthcare inside Protheus, Datasul, SAP, Tasy and MV.
Alex Meincheim on LinkedIn- AI that shows up in company results, not just personal productivity
- High-volume, low-value purchasing: where AI pays for itself
- Process mining: seeing the real process before automating it
- Medical claims audit and the patient journey in private healthcare
- AI agents inside the ERP a company already runs
Official facts
- Founded
- 2017, in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil
- Founders
- Alex Meincheim (CEO) and Cleiton Garcia
- What it does
- Takes on transactional procurement and healthcare work with a digital team of AI agents
- Results generated
- R$ 780M+ for 100+ clients
- Transacted
- R$ 200B+
- Healthcare
- 50+ cooperatives of the Unimed System
- Recognition
- Major Contender in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix® 2026
- Investors
- Aggir, Citrino and Alexia Ventures
Press contact
Story ideas, CEO interviews and data: comercial@upflux.ai
About UpFlux (boilerplate)
UpFlux is a Brazilian Enterprise AI company founded in 2017 in Jaraguá do Sul. Its digital team of AI agents takes on transactional procurement and healthcare work inside the systems clients already run, such as Protheus, Datasul, SAP, Tasy and MV, built on the process mining foundation that placed the company in Gartner's Magic Quadrant (2024). It is a Major Contender in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix® 2026 and is backed by Aggir, Citrino and Alexia Ventures. Learn more at upflux.com.br/en.
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