SpendHQ, the leading provider of enterprise procurement intelligence solutions, has made a strategic investment in Sligo AI, the pioneer of procurement-specific agentic AI, to jointly launch the first Agentic Enterprise Procurement (AEP) platform, combining SpendHQ's $10T+ spend intelligence with Sligo AI's autonomous agents for scalable, secure AI deployment in procurement workflows.
Procurement leaders grapple with demands for cost savings, supply chain resilience, and risk mitigation amid resource constraints, yet AI initiatives often falter due to inadequate data and security. The AEP platform resolves this by merging SpendHQ's centralized analytics—drawing from $10T+ in spend data—with Sligo's autonomous agents, creating a purpose-built solution that automates repetitive tasks while empowering strategic oversight. “Clean, centralized data is the foundation of every successful AI program. Making this strategic investment in Sligo AI allows us to leverage our $10T+ data foundation with Sligo AI’s autonomous agent technology to deliver an unmatched offering to the industry,” said Scott Macfee, CEO, SpendHQ. “This partnership turns procurement from a reporting function into an execution engine, helping leaders move faster, reduce risk, and deliver measurable impact.”
Sligo 2.0, accelerated by the investment, introduces three models to suit enterprise needs: Sligo Enterprise for VPC-hosted sovereignty, Sligo Cloud for managed SLAs, and Sligo API for seamless system integrations. Pre-built agents handle specialized functions with guardrails to minimize errors, covering sourcing, risk assessment, contract analysis, and compliance. This human-teammate design offloads routine work, accelerating cycles while keeping professionals in strategic control. “Too many procurement AI initiatives remain experiments that never deliver,” said Matt McCarrick, Founder & CEO, Sligo AI. “With SpendHQ, we’re combining trusted data with proven agentic technology to give procurement leaders something truly practical, AI that works securely, scales quickly, and makes their jobs easier from day one.”
Data-ready by default, the platform ensures reliable outputs from SpendHQ's analytics, enabling predictive insights and automated actions. Secure hosting options protect sensitive data, while rapid 4-6 week rollouts for current users yield immediate gains in efficiency and compliance. “The future of procurement is an agentic AI workforce where every professional is supported by intelligent agents,” said Pierre Laprée, Chief Product Officer, SpendHQ. “With Sligo AI, we’re giving procurement leaders a practical way to accelerate decisions, strengthen compliance, and deliver measurable outcomes, without the risks of generic copilots or failed pilots.”
Debuting at DPW Amsterdam (October 7–9, 2025), the AEP platform positions SpendHQ and Sligo AI to redefine procurement as a proactive engine, fostering innovation and value in a data-intensive landscape.
SpendHQ empowers procurement leaders at complex organizations to make important decisions with confidence by providing a single source of truth for spend data, project tracking, and performance management. By integrating the full procurement workflow – from reliable spend and supplier data in Spend Intelligence to real-time project tracking in Performance Management – teams can easily execute strategy and deliver on their goals related to cost savings, ESG, risk reduction, compliance, and more. Over 500 global organizations rely on SpendHQ’s platform for visibility, workflow organization, and out-of-the-box reporting capabilities needed to accelerate procurement’s impact – all in one intuitive interface. Learn more at http://spendhq.com.
Sligo AI provides enterprise-grade infrastructure that enables procurement teams to design, deploy, and manage custom AI agents tailored to their unique requirements while maintaining complete data sovereignty. The platform deploys entirely within customer networks, supports all model deployment types, and integrates with existing enterprise systems without exposing sensitive data. This foundational capability has created Agentic Enterprise Procurement (AEP) – a new category where autonomous agents reconstruct procurement processes from the ground up, eliminating manual orchestration while preserving enterprise control. Sligo AI is leading the Great Reconstruction of procurement – shifting the industry from human-operated software to human-directed intelligence, where agents handle complexity and humans drive strategy.
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