Cofinity X

Cofinity-X GmbH operates Catena-X, a data ecosystem for the automotive and related industries. It onboards companies, issues Business Partner Numbers as digital identities, and runs a marketplace of certified applications and services for secure data exchange, such as CO2 and product carbon footprint tracking, quality management and traceability.

Its customers are companies in the automotive value chain that join Catena-X, including suppliers and OEMs. Access is sold as an annual price per corporate group, set by company revenue band and number of exchange partners, covering a dataspace license and usage fee. Applications in the marketplace come from providers including SAP, Siemens, AIMTEC and sovity.

The company was founded in January 2023 as a joint venture of BASF, BMW Group, Henkel, Mercedes-Benz, SAP, Schaeffler, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen and ZF, and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany. The website reports 90+ employees from 20+ nationalities. Open roles are in Cologne, mostly hybrid, across engineering, finance, business strategy and project management.

Product: Catena-X dataspace access with onboarding, digital identity (BPN), EDC-based data exchange and a marketplace of certified apps and services.