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Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Procurement and Sourcing Solutions 2026

Key Things Covered

Where Generative AI for Procurement sits on this year's curve, rated High benefit and at adolescent maturity, and what that timing means for teams deciding when to scale
How Gartner® sees generative AI applied across the source-to-pay process, from contract analysis to spend analysis to workflow generation
Which procurement capabilities are consolidating into broader platforms, and how to invest without buying tools that age out as standalone markets

Summary

Procurement leaders want faster decisions, real visibility across spend, and more time for the supplier relationships that matter. Levelpath was named a Sample Vendor for Generative AI for Procurement in the 2026 Gartner® Hype Cycle for Procurement and Sourcing Solutions, a category we believe represents how procurement teams will work next. Levelpath was built as an AI-native platform from day one, with AI Agents performing real work across intake, sourcing, contracting, and payment, and human oversight at the moments that count.

Gartner, Hype Cycle for Procurement and Sourcing Solutions, 2026, Lynne Phelan, Martin Shreffler, Chaithanya Paradarami, Magnus Bergfors, Alex Brady, 10 June 2026. Gartner and Hype Cycle are trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular

This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from Levelpath.

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