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Meet Clara, the colleague who runs procurement

Ask in plain words. Clara sources, checks, pays and reports, and keeps you in the loop at every step.

01Intake

Explore Intake AI

02Sourcing

See Sourcing in Action

03Risk

Explore Supplier Ops

04Payables

See AP in Action

05Spend

Explore Spend Control

06Orchestration

See Orchestration in Action

World's biggest enterprises trust Procol for AI in procurement.

Customer stories
Reliance
Noon
Aditya Birla
Signature Global
Tata Group
M3M
Saint-Gobain
Pulcra Chemicals
IKEA
Gopal Snacks
Fairfax
Zuari Farmhub
Hershey's
Quippo
Six super agents

01Guided Intake Agent

Intake that feels human. Converts plain-language employee requests into procurement workflows, enabling more efficient, collaborative and compliant purchasing from the start.

  • Purchase Request Agent
  • Guided Buying Agent
  • Catalogue Agent
  • Budget Validation Agent
  • Demand Forecasting Agent
Explore Intake AI →
Clara · Guided Intake AgentRunningDone
Request REQ-0001Approved
Item
Annual maintenance contract
Value
$48,000
Cost center
Operations
Source
Slack · #procurement
Spend type
Contracted · MSA-0001

Approval workflow

  1. Requester
  2. CPO
  3. CFO
  4. PO created

Stakeholders informed

RequesterCPOCFOFinance

02Autonomous Sourcing Agent

Run your entire sourcing process on autopilot with purpose-built AI, from RFP to award. Cut sourcing cycle time by up to 80% while ensuring complete compliance.

  • Demand Aggregation Agent
  • Negotiation Agent
  • Supplier Discovery Agent
  • Auto-Award Agent
  • Bid Analysis Agent
  • Should-Cost Agent
See Sourcing in Action →
Clara · Autonomous Sourcing AgentRunningDone
Sourcing event RFQ-0001Awarded
5,000 valve assemblies8 invitedDue diligence 20 / 20
SupplierUnitTotalRank
Supplier A$39.80$199,000L1
Supplier B$41.20$206,000L2
Supplier C$42.10$210,500L3
Clara · Call Can you do $39.80 on NET60? — Agreed. Award sent for approval. Call summary saved.
  1. CPO approved
  2. Within $200,000 limit

Outside my limit. Options sent to you.

RFQ-0002 · $320,000 is above the $200,000 auto-award limit.

Approve awardRe-run auctionEscalate to CFO

03Supplier Risk & Monitoring Agent

Continuously monitor supplier health and risk across the S2P workflow, detect issues early, and take action before they become disruptions.

  • Supplier Onboarding Agent
  • Supplier Risk Agent
  • Due Diligence Agent
  • Communication Agent
  • Supplier Scorecard Agent
  • Supplier Relationship Agent
Explore Supplier Ops →
Clara · Supplier Risk & Monitoring AgentRunningDone
Supplier BRenewal sent
  • PAN
  • TAN
  • W-9
  • EIN
  • Sanctions screen
  • Insurance certificate · expires in 14 days

Risk score

Low · next scan in 7 days

04Accounts Payable Concierge

Ingest, validate and clear invoices instantly with the accounts payable agent. Get full clarity on every transaction across teams, business units and currencies.

  • Invoice Capture Agent
  • Invoice Matching Agent
  • Exception Resolution Agent
  • Fraud Detection Agent
  • Payment Processing Agent
  • AP Compliance Agent
See AP in Action →
Clara · Accounts Payable ConciergeRunningDone
2-way match · PO #DEMO-0012 discrepancies
POInvoice
VendorDemo VendorDemo Vendor
Amount$12,400$12,400
TermsNET90NET30
Line 2Qty 40Qty 44

Next

  1. Vendor call
  2. Corrected invoice
  3. Payment

Outside my limit. Options sent to you.

Vendor asked to move NET90 to NET30. Cash impact: paid in 10 days, not 90.

Accept NET30Keep NET90Use alternative

05AI Spend Control Tower

No dashboard bloat. Build dashboards and widgets that matter to you with simple prompts. Talk to your data and make decisions that you won’t regret.

  • Spend Analytics Agent
  • Savings Tracking Agent
  • Budget Variance Agent
  • Spend Compliance Agent
  • Market Intelligence Agent
Explore Spend Control →
Clara · AI Spend Control TowerRunningDone
Budget forecast · next quarterPlan preview

Drivers

Seasonal deficitExport spike

Nothing is committed until you accept.

Accept plan

06Agentic Orchestration

One configurable layer that runs approvals in parallel, validates requests and triggers every downstream step. It sits inside your existing stack and connects your agents, teams and processes.

  • Policy Validation Agent
  • Autonomous Monitoring Agent
  • Approval Routing Agent
  • Multi-System Orchestrator
See Orchestration in Action →
Clara · Agentic OrchestrationRunningDone
Run overview5 running
  • Guided Intake Agent
  • Autonomous Sourcing Agent
  • Supplier Risk & Monitoring Agent
  • Accounts Payable Concierge
  • AI Spend Control Tower

Guardrails

Auto limit
$200,000
REQ-0001 · $48,000
Auto
REQ-0002 · $320,000
CPO approval
Human override
On
How it connects

Every request flows in. Every agent runs from it.

Requests from

  • Slack & TeamsSlackMicrosoft Teams
  • EmailGmailOutlook
  • TicketingServiceNow
  • ERPSAPOracle
  • CLMDocusignIcertis
  • FinanceQuickBooksStripe
Clara

Run by

  • Guided Intake Agent01
  • Autonomous Sourcing Agent02
  • Supplier Risk & Monitoring Agent03
  • Accounts Payable Concierge04
  • AI Spend Control Tower05
  • Agentic Orchestration06
You set the level

Workflow

1 of 5 steps by Clara

  1. Draft RFQClara
  2. Send to suppliersYou
  3. AwardYou
  4. Raise POYou
  5. Match and payYou

Agents running on their own · 1/6

  • Guided Intake Agent: on its own
  • Autonomous Sourcing Agent: with you
  • Supplier Risk & Monitoring Agent: with you
  • Accounts Payable Concierge: with you
  • AI Spend Control Tower: with you
  • Agentic Orchestration: with you

#procurement

L1 · Assisted
You

You 10:42

Source the latest approved PR

Clara 10:43

I've drafted the RFQ for 5,000 valve assemblies with 8 suppliers. Want me to send it?

Logged to the audit trail

Integrations

No rip and replace. Clara sits on your stack.

Clara sits on top of the stack you already run. Connect the tools you work with today, and your agents, teams and processes finally work as one.

  • ERP & finance tools

  • Accounting

  • CLM and E-Sign

  • Risk & compliance

  • Communication

  • Data & insights

  • Payments & cards

Procurement and finance leaders on running with Procol

Purpose-built AI to handle enterprise complexities and execute procurement end-to-end.

Features

Most tools stop at a suggestion. Clara carries the work through tools, teams, suppliers and agents while ensuring compliance at stage.

  1. 01 · Intake request

    Slack · parsed

  2. 02 · Sourcing

    RFQ to 6 suppliers

  3. 03 · Risk check

    Due diligence

  4. 04 · Budget check

    Within limit

  5. 05 · Approval and PO

    CPO · CFO · in parallel

  1. 01 Orchestration layer

    One view across tools, teams and agents.

    See every request, agent and approval in one place. Clara runs approvals, validation and downstream steps in parallel across your stack.

    Read more ›
    Budgetary Approval In progress · CPO · CFO in parallel
    Legal ReviewLegal ApprovalGRC Approval

  2. 02 Autonomous negotiation and award

    Clara negotiates and awards inside your guardrails.

    She drafts counters, prices the trade-offs and awards within the limits you set. Anything outside them comes to you.

    Read more ›
    L1L2L3
    counter(bid="L1")
 price: $41.20 → $39.80
 terms: NET30 → NET60
within_limit: true
award → Bright Supplies

  3. 03 Clara calls

    Clara picks up the phone.

    She calls suppliers to confirm POs, chase follow-ups and clear invoice mismatches. Every call comes with a recording and a written summary.

    Read more ›
    CLARACan you confirm PO 4500 by Friday?BRIGHT SUPPLIESConfirmed. Shipping Thursday.
    Bright Supplies00:24

  4. 04 Multi-language, multi-currency

    Suppliers hear their own language.

    Clara speaks, writes and quotes in the supplier’s language and currency, including for global payments, then reports back in yours.

    Read more ›
    Quote request for PO 4500DEWrites in Deutsch quotes in € EURहिWrites in Hindi quotes in ₹ INR日Writes in Japanese quotes in ¥ JPYENReports back in English $ USD

  5. 05 Audit trail

    Every action is on the record.

    Each decision, call and approval is logged with its reasoning. Transcripts are open to audit.

    Read more ›
    Logged with reasoning10:42Intake · Requisition createdMatched to MSA-2291, within category budget10:51Call · Bright SuppliesRecording and written summary attached11:02Negotiation · Counter accepted$39.80, NET60, inside the award limit11:08Approval · CPO approvedTranscript open to audit

  6. 06 Build your own agents

    Your process, your agent.

    Configure agents for your own workflows, with the same guardrails and audit trail as Clara’s.

    Read more ›
    New agentDRAFT
    Name
    Contract renewal agent
    Runs when
    A contract is 60 days from expiry
    Guardrails
    • Auto limit $50,000
    • Human override on
    • Audit trail on
    Deploy agent

Agentic AI Procurement Orchestration

Run your entire procurement autonomously with Clara. The system of AI built for procurement, finance and IT teams.

A procurement leader at their desk, head in their hands, buried in filesThe same leader leaning back, relaxed, with a clear deskPO releasedInvoice matchedSupplier onboarded
Flip to autopilot

1,000+ AI agents running procurement and finance, right now, worldwide

Spend Under Management

Every purchase, invoice, and payment flows through one system, visible in real time.

$30B+

under Procol's watch

Savings Delivered

Drive lower procurement costs and capture more value from every purchase.

$1B+

returned to customers

Global Footprint

More than 250 enterprises across 10+ countries already work with Procol.

250+

trust Procol today

AI for Procurement: Recognized by Leaders. Chosen by Enterprises.

Gartner

Featured in Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Multiagent Systems

Everest Group

Recognized in Everest Group’s PEAK Matrix for AI in Procurement

IDC

Procol is shaping the post-S2P era with Agentic AI

Governed AI agents. Infrastructure your CISO and CIO require

Built for scale, trust and compliance with globally recognized security certifications.

ISO 27001 Certified - Procol Information Security Management

ISO 27001

AICPA SOC - Procol Service Organization Control Report

AICPA SOC 1 Type I

SOC 2 Type 2 Certified - Procol Enterprise Security

SOC 2 Type II

GDPR Compliant - Procol Data Privacy Certification

GDPR

Cyber Security Insured - Procol Enterprise Security

Cyber Security Insurance

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FAQs about AI in procurement

Expert-backed answers to help you make informed AI procurement decisions.

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AI in procurement is the use of artificial intelligence technologies, including machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and generative AI, to automate and optimize procurement processes. It helps organizations improve sourcing, purchasing, supplier management, contract analysis, and decision-making while reducing manual effort, costs, and procurement cycle times.

Artificial intelligence improves procurement processes by automating repetitive tasks, providing spend visibility, and managing risks with a predictive approach. A team of AI agents performs actions like sourcing, supplier selection, due diligence, contract and risk analysis, negotiation, and procurement approval, all under human supervision and your defined policy, which allows the procurement team to focus on more strategic goals, including supplier relationships and strategic decision-making.

When evaluating an AI for procurement, don't just look for automation. Assess how well it integrates with your current ERP and procurement systems, its security and compliance standards, its ease of use, the accuracy and transparency of its AI, support for supplier and contract management, scalability, and the level of human oversight and policy controls it provides.

Procol is the best AI platform for procurement, helping businesses automate sourcing, supplier management, purchasing, and other procurement workflows with a Multi-Agent System (MAS). Unlike general-purpose AI tools, Procol is purpose-built for procurement, combining AI-driven automation with enterprise-grade controls, workflows, and visibility.

Enterprises use AI in procurement processes for cost benefits, to automate business processes, and to effectively manage risks. Examples of the benefits it offers are expedited decision-making, increased spend visibility, cost savings, supplier relationship management, quicker processing of procurement activities, and automation of time-consuming, repetitive, and low-value work so procurement professionals can focus on strategy.

AI agents are shifting procurement away from a support role to a self-running process. Teams will spend less time hassling for sign-offs and updating spreadsheets. These agents can execute and negotiate based on the rules you set. Approvals can be routed automatically; systems get updated in real time. Basically, AI works for you, so your teams can do the strategic work and focus on the relationships with your suppliers, while automated, routine operations proceed seamlessly in the background without interruption.

There are various use cases of AI in Procurement. Key use cases include autonomous RFx creation and bid evaluation, contract intelligence for compliance checks, AI-powered spend analysis, supplier risk and ESG monitoring, and invoice and AP automation to improve accuracy, efficiency, and decision-making across procurement workflows.