# Assent: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/assent/
Covers: Aug. 14 to Dec. 16, 2025
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Assent: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/assent/, updated 2026-11-11

> Assent is on the AI procurement software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Dec. 16, 2025.

"Build Products the World Can Trust." Assent collects compliance and sustainability data from suppliers for manufacturers: conflict minerals, EU Deforestation, Battery and CBAM rules, and full materials disclosures. Request Manager is "AI-powered": it parses, matches and reuses verified data when suppliers answer customer requests, and the EUDR solution is "AI-enhanced". Buyers are compliance, sustainability and sourcing teams. Source: [assent.com](https://www.assent.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [assent.com](https://www.assent.com/)
- Category: Supplier data, risk and compliance
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI procurement software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-assent)

"Build Products the World Can Trust." Assent collects compliance and sustainability data from suppliers for manufacturers: conflict minerals, EU Deforestation, Battery and CBAM rules, and full materials disclosures. Request Manager is "AI-powered": it parses, matches and reuses verified data when suppliers answer customer requests, and the EUDR solution is "AI-enhanced". Buyers are compliance, sustainability and sourcing teams. Source: [assent.com](https://www.assent.com/).

- Category: Supplier data, risk and compliance
- Price: not published on the pages opened; sales-led
- AI capabilities: Supply chain compliance and Supplier data
- Scale: No disclosed scale (No customer count or funding published; Ottawa-based, CEO Michael Southworth (2026-05-27 release))

Sources: [assent.com](https://www.assent.com/), [assent.com](https://www.assent.com/solutions/esg-supply-chain/eudr/), [esgdive.com](https://www.esgdive.com/press-release/20250813-assents-new-eu-deforestation-regulation-solution-helps-manufacturers-ens/), [shapefin.com](https://shapefin.com/?p=8863) and [assent.com](https://www.assent.com/?p=390492).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Assent introduces AI-native Request Manager for supplier compliance requests

Launch, Dec. 16, 2025. Request Manager brings all customer compliance and sustainability requests into one workflow. It uses AI-powered parsing and matching, reuses verified data, and shares declarations proactively. It was slated to launch for new Assent customers in January 2026.

Source: [Shapefin (vendor release)](https://shapefin.com/?p=8863). From [the AI procurement software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-assent).

### Assent launches an AI-enhanced EU Deforestation Regulation solution

Launch, Aug. 14, 2025. The EUDR solution helps manufacturers assess exposure, engage hard-to-reach suppliers in several languages, collect verified data, generate due diligence statements and prepare for audits. Assent's EUDR page says it maps parts to commodities using HS codes and bill of materials data.

Source: [Vendor release via ESG Dive](https://www.esgdive.com/press-release/20250813-assents-new-eu-deforestation-regulation-solution-helps-manufacturers-ens/). From [the AI procurement software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-assent).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology