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December 15, 2025 5:52 AM

Gartner® Predicts 2026: Al Sourcing Excellence for Cost Control and Enhanced Value

Gartner predicts that AI sourcing excellence will become essential for controlling costs and maximizing value as AI adoption accelerates. By strengthening value assessment, price transparency, and consumption control, procurement leaders can gain the visibility and governance needed to protect ROI.Now is the time to understand what AI sourcing excellence means and how to prepare.
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Gartner® Predicts 2026: Al Sourcing Excellence for Cost Control and Enhanced Value

Procurement teams are facing a new challenge as AI adoption accelerates. Gartner® finds that most organizations still rely on disconnected tools that make AI spend difficult to track, govern, and optimize. This new Gartner report highlights why AI sourcing and consumption management must be unified. With a single flow across intake, sourcing, contracting, and supplier management, procurement can finally gain the visibility and control needed to prevent cost overruns and maximize AI value.

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Gartner, Predicts 2026: Al Sourcing Excellence for Cost Control and Enhanced Value, Yoann Bianic, Zach Nagle, Mike Tucciarone, Stephen White, 1 December 2025 Gartner is a trademark of Gartner, Inc., and/or its affiliates.

What You Will Learn

Gartner predicts that AI sourcing excellence will become essential for controlling costs and maximizing value as AI adoption accelerates. By strengthening value assessment, price transparency, and consumption control, procurement leaders can gain the visibility and governance needed to protect ROI.Now is the time to understand what AI sourcing excellence means and how to prepare.
Real-Time Supplier Intelligence Is the Next Frontier
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AI Will Orchestrate Procurement by 2030
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Gartner® Predicts 2026: Al Sourcing Excellence for Cost Control and Enhanced Value