06/02/2026
For the last two years, procurement AI has mostly acted as an assistant.
Summarizing documents.
Drafting emails.
Suggesting next steps.
Helpful? Yes.
But the buyer was still doing the work.
That's changing.
A new generation of agentic AI can qualify suppliers, analyze RFQs, review contracts, and monitor supplier risk with minimal human intervention.
The shift isn't about making buyers work faster.
It's about removing the work that never required human judgment in the first place.
In our latest article, we explore why procurement is moving from copilots to autonomous agents—and what that means for sourcing teams in 2026.
Read here: https://x.com/MESHsourcing/status/2061743816638660676?s=20
Agentic AI Is Replacing Procurement Copilots. Most Teams Haven't Realized It Yet.