NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tropic, the intelligent procurement platform, today announced significant expansions to its procurement intelligence capabilities, including visibility into 30,000 suppliers, a 5X increase in deep supplier intelligence, and contract analysis that delivers insights in 60 seconds instead of days. With these updates, Tropic is doubling down on its vision to make technology a buyer’s market by continuing to layer in AI with their proprietary data and human expertise to deliver rapid and actionable intelligence beyond basic price benchmarking.

Over the past year, Tropic has built the industry's most impactful, yet easy to use, procurement intelligence platform by leveraging its proprietary data and AI capabilities. By focusing on what matters most – real negotiation data from actual customer contracts, expert-validated insights, and AI that amplifies human judgment – Tropic delivers exactly what busy finance and procurement leaders need: clear answers on what to pay and how to save. The platform transforms $14B of proprietary spend data into simple, focused action plans, providing intelligence across pricing variability, contract terms, negotiation tactics, and compliance. This shows customers exactly where and how to save on purchases and renewals, turning procurement intelligence into a competitive asset.

“Our industry is obsessed with the idea of ‘AI or bust,’ but what companies really need is AI that builds trust,” said Russell Lester, President and CFO of Tropic. "Our roots as a services business give us something pure technology companies can't replicate – over 100,000 customer engagements and deep human expertise that allows us to train our AI on real negotiations, real contracts, and real outcomes. This human-in-the-loop approach ensures we're not just providing data, we're delivering intelligence that procurement and finance teams can act on with confidence."

New enhancements expand Tropic's intelligence capabilities across multiple dimensions:

• 5X growth in supplier coverage that has deep intelligence profiles with auto-updated commercial strategies drawn from real customer negotiations
• Visibility across 30,000 suppliers through Tropic's platform and services
• New visual intelligence tools including contract term charts and pricing variability graphs that pinpoint high-impact negotiation opportunities
• AI-powered document extraction and classification, transforming multi-day manual processes into insights available in seconds

Every enhancement is rooted in one goal: to give procurement and finance teams more leverage by combining proprietary data, AI-driven speed, and human expertise and deliver intelligence in seconds, not hours, days or weeks.

“Tropic’s supplier intelligence and AI have been game changers for us. We now know which suppliers we should negotiate with, and enter negotiations with the information we need to drive the best outcomes for our business, ” said Silver Wade, Senior Manager of Procurement at Flatiron Health.

"The best AI companies aren't really AI companies. They're data companies that happen to use AI," said Justin Etkin, Co-founder and COO of Tropic. "Our customers don't just want tools that 'make it easier' to negotiate. They want solutions that do it for them. This is why each of our supplier profiles contains hundreds of real data points from actual negotiations. It's the difference between knowing what's on a vendor's website and knowing exactly how they behave when it's time to sign. By combining our proprietary negotiation data with AI and human expertise, we've created a flywheel where better data leads to better outcomes, which attracts more customers, which generates even better data. It's a competitive advantage that compounds daily."

The expanded intelligence capabilities are available immediately to all Tropic customers. Companies interested in experiencing Tropic's AI-powered procurement intelligence can get a free savings assessment here, or download sample supplier playbooks and insights here.

About Tropic:
Tropic is your intelligent procurement partner, purpose-built to help modern finance and procurement teams save time, cut costs, and drive impact. Whether you’re a solo finance leader or part of a larger team, Tropic combines AI agents and expert services to handle the procurement work you don’t have time for, from complex negotiations to renewal headaches. Powered by nearly $14B (and growing) in software spend intelligence, Tropic gives you unmatched visibility, automation, and negotiation leverage across your stack. We don’t just flag problems, we solve them, transforming procurement into a strategic advantage that scales with your business. Learn more at tropicapp.io and follow us on LinkedIn.

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