April 23, 2026

TL;DR Agentic AI in procurement ≠ RPA, GenAI, or copilots. It’s goal-driven software that perceives, decides, acts, and adapts across multiple steps — not single-turn assistance. Most “agents” on the market aren’t agents. Gartner estimates only ~130 vendors are genuinely agentic; the rest are agent-washing — and 40%+ of agentic AI projects will be cancelled […]

TL;DR Enterprise procurement AI was framed as depth vs speed — it was a false choice. The trade-off CPOs thought they had to make never actually existed. AI-native platforms nailed intake, missed fulfillment. Great front door, not enough depth behind it. Enterprise suites had depth, but bolted AI on top. Real substrate, non-native agentic layer.