When Friendship Meets Opportunity: Garnet River and Loren Data partner to simplify EDI

Some partnerships are forged through business. Others through time. And sometimes, when you’re lucky, a meaningful friendship evolves into a powerful business relationship – with the potential to change an industry.

That’s exactly what’s happening now between Garnet River and Loren Data Corp, as the teams behind Quidi and ECGrid officially come together to bring new levels of efficiency and intelligence to EDI integration and document automation.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a foundational technology in supply chains, logistics, healthcare, and finance. Yet despite its importance, it remains one of the most misunderstood and manually intensive parts of modern business operations. Too often, organizations struggle with incomplete automation, limited partner connectivity, and error-prone processes that require ongoing human intervention.

Enter Quidi, Garnet River’s AI-powered document intelligence platform. Designed to automate the capture, understanding, and delivery of data from invoices, purchase orders, shipping notices, and other unstructured business documents, Quidi is purpose-built for the real-world complexity that traditional automation tools struggle to handle.

But even with Quidi’s capabilities, full EDI enablement requires secure, compliant, and scalable partner network connectivity. That’s where ECGrid comes in.

Behind this technical alignment is a personal one. Steve Richards, CEO of Garnet River, and Anthony D’Angelo, Chief Strategy Officer of Loren Data Corp, have been close friends and respected peers for over 25 years. Through countless conversations about technology, innovation, and the future of work, the two have often asked themselves the same question:

“When are we going to find the right way to work together?”

That answer is here.

With Anthony recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on EDI and strategic data exchange and Steve leading a team focused on practical, human-centered automation – the alignment between ECGrid and Quidi is natural, timely, and full of potential.

This partnership is not just symbolic. It’s functional.

Together, Garnet River and Loren Data are enabling:

• Full EDI enablement for organizations that previously lacked the infrastructure or scale.
• Smarter document ingestion that can bridge the gap between manual documents and structured data exchange.
• Faster onboarding of trading partners, with reduced time-to-value.
• Compliance and visibility, backed by Loren Data’s secure ECGrid network.

In short: Companies can now achieve 100% EDI compliance – even when their vendors, suppliers, or clients are still sending PDFs, emails, faxes, or paper.

Quidi + ECGrid creates a bridge between unstructured content and structured communication – with AI at the core.

We believe this partnership is just the beginning. Garnet River and Loren Data are now working with clients across industries, especially in retail, manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare – to streamline their document workflows and unlock the full power of their data.

After decades of friendship, it’s exciting to see a shared vision finally come to life.

And even better? The best is yet to come.