Announcing GEP Qi: The Agentic AI Network for Procurement Orchestration

Procurement is facing a critical pivot point. The traditional methods of managing source-to-pay (S2P) are buckling under the complexities of operating today’s global supply chains. 

Procurement is no longer a linear assembly line focused on minimizing costs; it’s a complex engine for value creation, tasked with meeting sometimes conflicting objectives. C-suites are calling on procurement to enable growth, drive value and manage compliance and risks, while also controlling costs. 

Human teams, no matter how talented, cannot process this scenario overload manually. We need a new way to work, one that’s faster and doesn’t take months to produce results.

That’s why GEP built GEP Qi. 

GEP Qi is our agentic AI: a system of intelligent, autonomous agents that operate across procurement and supply chain processes to deliver superior business outcomes. These AI agents collaborate, learn and act, unifying data, intelligence and action to orchestrate the source-to-pay process. 

Procurement at the Crossroads of AI

Gartner listed AI becoming more agentic as the number one trend for CPOs in 2025. Rising geopolitical risk, the demand for real-time visibility and the explosion of data have created a gap: leaders know they need to move forward on AI, but they’re held back by rigid legacy systems and a lack of governance.

By 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, according to Gartner’s predictions. The companies that ignore this shift risk being left with analog processes in a digital world.

From Automation to Orchestration

So, what makes GEP Qi different? It comes down to one word: orchestration.

Traditional automation is like a traffic light. It follows a rigid set of rules: if this happens, then do that. It is useful, but it is passive. It waits for a car to approach before it changes.

GEP Qi sees the entire grid. It understands intent. It anticipates bottlenecks before they happen and reroutes traffic autonomously.

Unlike a standard chatbot that waits for a prompt, Qi is comprised of a network of specialized, autonomous agents that collaborate to achieve a goal. These agents are designed to orchestrate procurement processes with seamless interoperability.

• They Plan: They can break a complex request (e.g., "Source a new logistics provider for Southeast Asia") into a sequence of necessary steps.
• They Act: They won't just suggest an email; they can draft it, send it and process the reply.
• They Collaborate: A Market Intelligence Agent can pass data to a Negotiation Agent, which then informs a Contract Creation Agent.

This is Total Agentic Orchestration — a system that connects deep domain expertise with an intelligent data fabric to execute work end-to-end.

The Open Future: AI Without Handcuffs

GEP Qi is built on an open, extensible architecture to fit into any enterprise environment: 

• Works with any major AI model. GEP Qi is LLM-agnostic. It works with different Large Language Models, which are powerful AI models that can interpret what you want and produce the information or actions you need. You can choose the model that fits you best.
• Fits into your existing tools. GEP Qi is system-agnostic. It connects to your ERP and other systems without major changes.
• Lets you build your own AI agents. With GEP Qi Studio, you can create or customize agents so they match your own processes, policies and workflows.

This ensures that your AI strategy is both durable and adaptable. As the technology evolves, GEP Qi evolves with it.

The Shift From Savings to Value

For years, the procurement narrative has been focused on savings. But in conversations with CPOs, the goalposts have moved. Savings are now table stakes. The real prize today is creating value by mitigating risk, driving innovation and adapting with agility.

GEP Qi transforms procurement professionals, from process administrators to strategic value architects.

Think about the tasks that consume your team’s day: data entry, matching invoices, chasing supplier certificates, and building basic RFQs. By handing these manual tasks to GEP Qi, you liberate your team to do what humans do best: build relationships, negotiate complex strategies and drive innovation with suppliers.

The Foundation for the Autonomous Supply Chain

GEP Qi is more than just a feature update. It’s the realization of a vision we have held for years: the autonomous supply chain. By embedding deep procurement domain knowledge into an intelligent data fabric, we are finally enabling systems that can reason, adapt and learn to drive measurable results across any system or environment.

The era of static software is over. The era of the intelligent teammate has arrived. 

Learn more about how GEP Qi unlocks autonomous procurement for faster decisions, lower risk and better results.