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AI agents for sourcing and procurement

Kipo helps engineering and procurement teams discover parts, evaluate bids, and execute purchases in one system.

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Printed circuit board components for consumer electronics

Discovery & Research

AI agents research suppliers across direct and indirect spend categories that match your technical specifications and supply chain constraints. They surface qualified options from a network of millions of suppliers in minutes.

  • Find suppliers for custom parts based on a drawing
  • Search for suppliers from complex specification documents
  • Limit to suppliers based on NDAA, DFARS, ITAR compliance or financial requirements
  • Search for distributors across a whole BOM
  • Send RFIs to qualified suppliers and complete compliance matrices
Kipo candidate pool showing matched suppliers with price, lead time, and stock

RFQ, Bidding, & Negotiation

Automate the process of requesting quotes, evaluating bids, and negotiating with suppliers. Kipo equips buyers with market research and should-cost analysis for negotiations, RFQs a greater number of vendors to drive competition, and compares bids on pricing, lead time, and terms.

  • Automatically send RFQs, answer supplier questions, and track responses in one place
  • From a single RFQ, RFQ vendors with competitive products to expand competition beyond your usual supplier list
  • Support negotiations with market benchmarks, should-cost analysis, and insights from supplier financials
  • Compare and recommend bids on price, lead time, terms, and compliance so buyers make data-driven decisions

12%

spend reduction for indirect

2%

spend reduction for direct

Bid comparison

10102.001 diaphragm pump · 3 responses

Recommended
Vendor AVendor BVendor C
Price$186.13$204.50$192.00
Lead time2 days5 days3 days
MOQ12510
Payment termsNet 30Net 45Net 30
ComplianceITAR ✓ITAR ✓Pending

Supplier Performance & Risk

Monitor and mitigate supply chain risks, resolve disruptions, and monitor vendor performance.

  • Flag obsolescence and sole-source risk across your program
  • Find alternate sources and cross-references to resolve disruptions
  • Score supplier performance on quality and on-time delivery
  • Consolidate redundant parts across multiple Bills of Material

23 days

of downtime avoided per year

Supplier scorecard

Program BR3 · Q2 performance

Precision Motion Co.

No active risks
Low risk
Quality94%
On-time delivery88%

Atlas Industrial Supply

Late delivery trend
Medium risk
Quality71%
On-time delivery62%

Legacy Controls LLC

EOL riskSole source
High risk
Quality58%
On-time delivery45%

Procurement Automation

Automate routine purchasing so buyers focus on strategic work. Kipo autonomously approves purchase requests and issues POs to increase purchasing compliance, and automates repetitive follow-ups with vendors on delivery statuses.

  • Autonomously approve/deny purchase requests against procurement policy
  • Issue purchase orders to approved suppliers from within your ERP
  • Automate repetitive follow-ups with vendors on delivery statuses
  • Automate 3-way matching against invoices and receipts

85%

of routine POs executed automatically

Purchase workflow

PR-4821 · DRV8353RSRGZT · qty 500

Purchase request

PR-4821 · $4,280

Policy check

Approved · contract pricing

2 requests denied this week

PO issued

PO-99102 → Arrow

Delivery follow-up

Vendor confirmed · ETA Jun 28

Agent follow-up sent

3-way match

Awaiting receipt