Insights across every lab, account, and grant.
Monthly Spend
$138.2k total across 6 months
Nov '24 – Apr '25
NIH R01
NSF Grant
Dept Funds
Core Facility
The purchasing platform for university labs
Funding is uncertain enough. Where it goes shouldn't be.
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Orders284 total
+ New orderItemRequesterVendorTotalStatus
PCR Master Mix 2XS. ChenFisher Scientific$1,248.00Received
Nitrile Gloves, M (10 cs)M. RiveraVWR$412.50Ordered
Anhydrous Ethanol, 4LP. PatelSigma-Aldrich$96.20Needs review
Pipette Tips 200µL (960)J. LiuThermo Fisher$284.00Approved
50mL Conical Tubes (500)S. ChenCorning$178.40Requested
Save $115 · bulk pricing
Request
Pipette tips · 4 cases$1,248
J. Liu · charged to NSF-029317
Byl screens
Compliance passed
Allowable on the grant
Auto-approved
Received
4 of 4 cases · shelf B-2
Reconciled
INV-0891 matched · you confirm
Everything between “we need this” and “the books are closed.”
Request, approve, receive, reconcile — and everything that runs alongside it, in one system your university doesn't have to rip anything out for.
Compliance caught at request time, not audit time.
Order Compliance Rules
Strictness: Moderate
No aerosol spray paints or solvents without PI approval
Controlled substances require DEA license on file
Equipment over $5,000 needs department pre-approval
Test Compliance
Item Details
Krylon Spray Paint, 12oz can
Justification
Marking lab equipment
✕1 issue found
•Aerosol spray paint requires explicit PI approval per lab policy. This item cannot be auto-approved.
Stock with low-stock alerts and one-click reorder.
Pipette tips, 200µL12% left
Anhydrous ethanol, 4L38% left
Nitrile gloves, M64% left
Byl suggests reordering tips — 4 cases lasted 6 weeks
Approvals from your inbox, in one click.
3 orders are waiting on you
PLA filament, 1kg × 9$116.91
Arduino Nano Every × 12$178.68
Heat-shrink tubing kit$21.99
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Vendor analytics for your university's procurement targets.
Spend by classificationFY 2026
Small business
38%
Women-owned
14%
HUBZone
9%
Minority-owned
7%
Who it's for
Anywhere a university buys things
A single research group or a whole department — if it has a budget, a shelf, and orders to keep track of, Ixion runs its purchasing.
Research labs
Makerspaces
Robotics clubs
Engineering departments
Nanotechnology research
Procurement offices
Teaching labs
Student clubs
Proof
Ask the people who run on it
Used by
“Ixion has saved us countless man-hours with its swift order matching and cover sheet to invoice document creation. It has enabled the admin staff to focus on what actually matters: our mission of guiding students.”
See how Bill and his staff of 20+ save time and money with Ixion every day. Read Bill’s story
Makerspace @ Columbia2 days→2 hours
per reconciliation cycle
Wherever you buy
Wherever your people order, Ixion runs it.
Internal marketplace, direct with the vendor, p-card, even over the phone — your policy and your paper trail follow the purchase, from request to reconciliation.
Internal marketplace
Direct with vendor
Over the phone
P-card
Your policy, followed exactly.
Most compliance problems don't surface until audit time — months after the money's already spent. Ixion runs your rules at the moment of request — sponsored-fund restrictions, chart-string routing, approval thresholds, expired grants — so the approver sees the flag before the order goes out, not after.
Following policy becomes the path of least resistance.
Byl · Ixion's AI
It assists. Your people confirm.
Byl reads invoices, flags compliance issues, and writes the analysis your department never had time for. Every action lands on a human's desk — nothing happens without sign-off.
Byl's take
A weekly read on your lab or department — what moved, what stalled, and the couple of things worth doing about it, with links into the orders behind every claim.
Monthly review
A department-wide report each month: spend by lab and grant, the fulfillment funnel, pricing wins, and the anomalies worth a second look.
Deep reports & quick ask
Ask anything about your purchasing data in plain English — a one-off number, or a long-form analysis with charts, ready to share.
Byl’s take
Week of Aug 24Spend is pacing 18% under July. Two orders have waited 6 days in approval — both on the same approver’s desk. Filament usage says you’ll run out in about two weeks.
Nudge the two stalled approvalsDone
Reorder PLA filament before Sep 12View orders
Human sign-off
Byl drafts matches, flags, and approvals — a person confirms every one.
Your data stays yours
Never sold. Never used to train models.
Export-controlled work
ITAR and export-controlled labs can opt out of AI features entirely.
Hosted in the USA
Single-tenant infrastructure on US soil.
Built for every role
From the bench to the budget office
The PI placing an order, the admin approving it, the finance officer reconciling the invoice — Ixion fits how each person works.
Lab Managers & PIs
Order supplies and track them to your bench without the busywork.
Learn morePurchasing Admins
Screen, approve, and receive — with a clear queue and full context.
Learn moreFinance & Budget Officers
Reconcile invoices and track spend across every grant account.
Learn moreLab Directors
Set policy and see workload and spend without chasing your team.
Learn moreEHS & Compliance
Catch hazmat and restricted items before they're ordered.
Learn moreMulti-Lab Administrators
Oversee spend and policy across affiliated labs in one view.
Learn moreFree for one lab. Honest pricing for the whole department.
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