# Ben Freeman, Co-Founder & CEO at Omnea on Building an AI Native Procurement Platform, Talent Density, and Founder Paranoia

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Podcast: [Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/riding-unicorns-venture-capital-entrepreneurship-technology-3057693)
Published: 2026-01-28T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Ben Freeman is the Co-founder and CEO of Omnea, an AI native procurement and supplier management platform used by companies from the mid-market through to enterprise, including Synthesia, Typeform, Spotify, Monzo, Albertsons, and The Adecco Group. Ben’s path to procurement was not obvious. From running a bootstrapped events business in Manchester (and dropping out of uni), to a stint in investment banking at Lazard, to scaling cybersecurity company Tessian in New York, he accidentally discove...

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