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It has been an extremely busy year here at Levelpath. We have more than doubled both our customers and our team members, building momentum and making procurement delightful for as many people as possible.
Our AI-native platform expanded faster than ever, with weekly Wednesday releases and more than double the product improvements shipped in 2024. Even bigger innovations are ahead in 2026. Every feature, every workflow, and every AI Agent is built around our top value, which is to obsess over the customer.
So join us as we shuffle through Levelpath’s 2025 playlist, the standout tracks and the behind-the-scenes moments that defined our year. Catch up on the highlights you might have missed this year and gather resources to help you in 2026.
🎧 Track 1: How to Get Technology Investment Approval
Every great playlist starts with a track that sets the tone. This guide, built specifically for procurement leaders trying to move big decisions forward, is that step toward transformation. Many leaders are interested in new technology products, especially those designed with AI innovation, but are faced with getting sign-off from other departments. This detailed guide helps CPOs and procurement leaders build a compelling, finance-ready business case for technology investments.
How it helps you prepare for 2026:
Technology approvals are often slowed by unclear ROI, competing priorities, or difficulty translating procurement value into financial language. This paper gives leaders a structured, repeatable model for communicating cost savings, risk reduction, and strategic impact. The CPO guide explains what to say, how to say it, and what approvers want to see.
Who this content is useful for:
CPOs and other procurement leaders preparing annual planning or ROI justification.
Download The CPOs Guide to Technology Investment Approval today and make your case impossible to ignore.
🎧 Track 2: How to Leverage AI in Procurement – Smart CPOs Are Saving Millions
This is one of the most replayed pieces of content of the year. Procurement teams everywhere are looking for practical ways to launch and scale AI programs, and this guide offers a clear and accessible starting point. We believe in a crawl, walk, run model for AI adoption. Teams start with crawl by introducing simple automations. Walk then means expanding AI into broader workflows and cross-functional processes. When they are ready for the run stage, they begin enabling intelligence that predicts, accelerates, and orchestrates procurement at scale. This guide shows teams how to move through each stage with confidence.
How it helps you prepare for 2026:
This resource outlines the foundations of AI in procurement, explains where to begin, and provides a realistic view of what success looks like at every stage of maturity. It helps teams understand early automation opportunities, workflow expansion strategies, and the advanced intelligence that unlocks measurable cost savings and cycle time improvements. It is designed to support strategic planning, executive alignment, and long-term roadmap development.
Who this content is useful for:
CPOs, transformation leaders, operations managers, and teams responsible for building or maturing AI strategy.
Download the full How to Leverage AI in Procurement guide and start building your 2026 roadmap today.
🎧 Track 3: Connect Plus
Earlier this year, we hosted Connect Plus, a celebration of partnership, innovation, and what it truly means to be AI-native in procurement. The event was one of the standout moments of the year, creating space for collaboration, learning, and a shared vision for the future of procurement.
The event featured future-looking keynotes, customer stories, and real AI use cases in action. Attendees saw how procurement teams are already using Levelpath to build RFPs in seconds, create intuitive front door intake experiences, and achieve measurable savings through more visible, connected workflows.
As leaders look toward 2026, the themes from Connect Plus remain highly relevant. Teams should continue to discuss what is working as they structure their AI strategies, align stakeholders, and create intelligent workflows.
Read the full Connect Plus recap blog now to see what is driving Levelpath customers to reach increased efficiency and more strategic work.
🎧 Track 4: Tariff and Inflation Risk Management
This year brought uncertainty and volatility around tariffs, rising inflation, and the overall economic environment. To help procurement teams combat cost pressures and potential risk, Levelpath created a two part resource that helps leaders identify their own exposure through contract data and supplier analysis.
How it helps you prepare for 2026:
These resources help procurement leaders understand how macroeconomic shifts impact budgets, suppliers, and long-term financial planning. The guide includes a step-by-step approach for reviewing your contract clauses and identifying risk language early. It is a practical tool for procurement and finance teams seeking to stay ahead of global cost pressures.
Who this content is useful for:
Strategic sourcing leaders, category managers, FP&A teams, and global supply chain executives.
Read the blog on Navigating Tariff Exposure and Inflation in Procurement with Contract Visibility to see how Levelpath helps protect against economic uncertainties, then download the Procurement Leaders Guide to Managing Tariff and Inflation Risk for more tactical information.
🎧 Track 5: Why AI Is Now Risk Leaders’ Secret Weapon
Even beyond economic uncertainty, risk teams were asked to do more than ever this year, and this paper is foundational for leaders evaluating the role AI can play. It details how AI elevates supplier risk assessments, detects early warning signals, and unifies contract, supplier, and performance data into a single view.
How it helps you prepare for 2026:
This content outlines how AI strengthens risk workflows, accelerates assessments, and provides visibility that was previously unavailable. It is especially valuable for teams preparing for regulatory updates, compliance audits, or supplier rationalisation initiatives.
Who this content is useful for:
Chief risk officers, compliance teams, procurement operations leaders, and legal partners.
Download our report on third-party risk management in the era of AI and learn Why AI is now Risk Leader’s Secret Weapon.
🎧 Track 6: Delightful Procurement? We Have Agents for That.
This year at DPW Amsterdam, we brought our AI Agents into the spotlight and showed what AI-native procurement looks like when intelligence is built into every workflow from the ground up. Procurement teams are ready for support that removes the manual, fragmented work that slows them down, so they have time for the work only they can do.
Levelpath’s AI Agents are designed to become your teammates in procurement. They search and compare contract clauses, create summaries, prepare information for QBRs, guide requesters through intake, and surface insights that used to take hours to collect. They provide answers in seconds, not days, which means teams spend less time gathering information and more time using it. For every procurement challenge you may face, we have Agents for that.
How it helps you prepare for 2026:
These capabilities will be transformative in 2026 as organizations focus on efficiency, accuracy, and scale. AI Agents help teams handle higher volumes of work without having to add headcount, shorten cycle times across sourcing and requests, and improve the quality of decisions across the entire supplier lifecycle. They manage the annoying work so teams can focus on the strategic work. For procurement leaders building their roadmap for the year ahead, AI Agents represent a proven way to increase impact while reducing friction.
Find out more about Levelpath’s AI Agents and get details about why AI Agents are a strategic game-changer in our Agents blog.
🎧 Track 7: Customer Advisory Board
Last month, we brought leaders from across the country together for our first Customer Advisory Board, an event that marked an important milestone in our ongoing commitment to customer partnership. The day created space for meaningful discussion, shared learning, and a collective look at the future of procurement. It also reinforced the value of community in shaping a platform that reflects the real needs and ambitions of modern procurement teams.
Throughout the sessions, attendees engaged in open conversations about integrations, AI automation, and the product roadmap. Leaders shared feedback on current capabilities, explored upcoming features, and offered insight into the procurement challenges they are navigating. The energy in the room reflected a shared excitement about the pace of innovation and the growing momentum behind AI native procurement.
As organizations plan for 2026, the discussions from CAB offer a valuable look into the priorities and opportunities that matter most to procurement leaders today. The event surfaced common themes around scalability, visibility, and intelligent automation, and highlighted the importance of aligning technology decisions with long-term strategic goals. The ideas exchanged at CAB will continue to influence how procurement teams innovate in the year ahead.
Read the full CAB recap blog now to hear more about the momentum Levelpath is building and how customers are experiencing truly delightful procurement.
🎧 Track 8: Procurement Orchestration, Integrations, and Gartner ® Recognition
This fall, Levelpath was included in the Gartner Innovation Insight: Procurement Orchestration Platforms report. We believe this recognition underscores Levelpath’s position as an AI-native procurement platform that unites people, systems, and processes across the enterprise by providing a seamless, intelligent workflow automation experience.
Levelpath’s orchestration capabilities are made possible through a strong integration foundation. Our platform connects ERPs, CLM systems, ticketing tools, e-signature platforms, data lakes, and other enterprise applications through a robust library of native integrations, APIs, and custom connectors. This integration layer gives procurement a single source of truth across intake, sourcing, contracting, and supplier management, and it ensures that AI delivers insights with complete context and accuracy.
How it helps you prepare for 2026:
Seamless integration is essential for organizations planning to adopt AI procurement next year. Unified systems reduce manual work, improve data quality, and create efficient end-to-end processes that support higher volumes of work. A connected ecosystem also amplifies the value of AI, since clean, consistent data allows intelligence to operate reliably across every workflow. This content explains how procurement orchestration works, why integrations are essential to visibility and accuracy, and how Levelpath connects systems.
Who this content is useful for:
CPOs, CIOs, enterprise architects, digital transformation teams, and vendor management leaders.
Read the Gartner Innovation Insight: Procurement Orchestration Platforms report.
🎧 Track 9: Invoice Automation
This reliable track brought meaningful efficiency to AP and procurement operations teams. Our invoice automation release helped organizations streamline matching, reduce manual entry, and accelerate exception handling, which created a more connected and transparent request-to-pay experience.
How it helps you prepare for 2026:
Invoice automation improves accuracy, reduces cycle time, and increases collaboration between procurement and finance teams. It strengthens operational foundations and prepares organizations for advanced automation and workflow acceleration in the year ahead.
Who is this content useful for:
AP directors, procurement operations leaders, finance teams, and shared services organizations.
Request a demo, read the press release, or catch up on our blog to find out more about invoice automation.
Wrapping Up the 2025 Playlist
Thank you for listening to Levelpath Wrapped 2025. This year, we introduced new ideas, new innovations, and new ways for procurement teams to work. The tracks featured in this review supported organizations as they modernized their processes, expanded their use of AI, and prepared for a fast-moving future. As we look toward 2026, we remain committed to building technology that is simple, intelligent, and above all, delightful.
Most of all, we are extremely grateful. We want to thank our team members, partners, and all of our amazing customers for the incredible year. See you next year!
–The Levelpath Team
