1LUX today announced a strategic investment and partnership with Sourcery, a digital platform that helps architects, lighting designers and specifiers find the right products, create accurate lighting schedules, and coordinate directly with manufacturers in one connected workflow. The partnership will support Sourcery’s technology development and market expansion while helping accelerate the lighting industry’s adoption of more connected digital tools and product data.

“Sourcery is addressing a longstanding challenge in the lighting industry by making it easier for designers, architects and specifiers to find, evaluate and coordinate the right products for every project,” said Brian Stern, CEO of 1LUX. “We believe its platform brings digital transformation to typical sourcing activities, and by contributing our industry knowledge, technology expertise and wide range of relationships, we can help Sourcery become an even more powerful platform for their clients.”

Sourcery integrates product information from manufacturers into a single platform, streamlining a selection process that has traditionally relied on multiple catalogs, specification sheets and manual research. In September, Sourcery will launch its new V3 platform, which uses proprietary AI technology to give designers, architects and specifiers a more efficient way to identify and evaluate lighting solutions for their projects.

Through the partnership, 1LUX will support Sourcery’s technology development, including platform integrations, product data initiatives and workflows that improve how manufacturers, designers and specifiers share and use product information. 1LUX will also support Sourcery’s market expansion through industry relationships, market expertise and go-to-market collaborations.

“This partnership gives Sourcery both the resources and industry expertise to accelerate our next phase of growth,” said Paul Boken, CEO and co-founder of Sourcery. “With 1LUX’s support, we can make it easier for the lighting community – including the rep and distribution partners at the center of it – to connect around the information.”