{
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Esker: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/esker/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/esker/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/esker.md",
  "title": "Esker: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Esker is on the AI procurement software map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated Sept. 9, 2026.",
  "period": "Sept. 9, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
    "id": "C6BA5FS",
    "slug": "esker",
    "name": "Esker",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://www.esker.com/",
    "summary": "Esker sells source-to-pay and order-to-cash automation to the office of the CFO, built on its Synergy AI platform. On the buying side it covers AI-assisted procurement intake, a procurement agent that starts requisitions and quote requests, sourcing, purchase orders and AP. Its Synergy Agentic Framework (2026-09-09) adds Business Agents, a chat entry point and MCP and A2A links to outside agents.",
    "founded": null,
    "categories": [
      "s2p"
    ],
    "status": "active",
    "price_note": null,
    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
    "off_map": null,
    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Source-to-pay suites"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
  "launch_list": false,
  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "Esker sells source-to-pay and order-to-cash automation to the office of the CFO, built on its Synergy AI platform. On the buying side it covers AI-assisted procurement intake, a procurement agent that starts requisitions and quote requests, sourcing, purchase orders and AP. Its Synergy Agentic Framework (2026-09-09) adds Business Agents, a chat entry point and MCP and A2A links to outside agents.",
    "source": {
      "name": "esker.com",
      "url": "https://www.esker.com/"
    },
    "from": "record"
  },
  "maps": [
    {
      "map": "procurement-software",
      "title": "The AI procurement software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-esker",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Esker",
      "site": "https://www.esker.com/",
      "category": "Source-to-pay suites",
      "what": "Esker sells source-to-pay and order-to-cash automation to the office of the CFO, built on its Synergy AI platform. On the buying side it covers AI-assisted procurement intake, a procurement agent that starts requisitions and quote requests, sourcing, purchase orders and AP. Its Synergy Agentic Framework (2026-09-09) adds Business Agents, a chat entry point and MCP and A2A links to outside agents.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "esker.com",
        "url": "https://www.esker.com/"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agent",
          "Assistant",
          "Guided buying",
          "AI intake",
          "Invoice and PO matching",
          "MCP or agent API"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Esker's homepage says it is trusted by 3,000+ businesses (its FAQ says more than 2,500); it is also in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Source-to-Pay Suites per Esker's own page.)",
      "founded": null,
      "founded_source": null,
      "fate": null,
      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "esker.com",
          "url": "https://www.esker.com/"
        },
        {
          "name": "esker.com",
          "url": "https://www.esker.com/solutions/procurement/"
        },
        {
          "name": "esker.com",
          "url": "https://www.esker.com/analysts/gartner/magic-quadrant-source-to-pay-2026/"
        },
        {
          "name": "esker.com",
          "url": "https://www.esker.com/company/press-releases/"
        },
        {
          "name": "esker.com",
          "url": "https://www.esker.com/company/press-releases/esker-launches-new-quote-request-solution-simplify-everyday-sourcing/"
        },
        {
          "name": "esker.com",
          "url": "https://www.esker.com/company/press-releases/esker-introduces-synergy-agentic-framework-office-cfo/"
        }
      ],
      "more_sources": 0,
      "cross_listed": false
    }
  ],
  "off_map_url": null,
  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/esker/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-09-09",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Esker introduces the Synergy Agentic Framework",
      "summary": "Esker unveiled a \"governed agentic layer\" on its Source-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash products. It combines Business Agents (invoice exceptions, approvals), Conversational Finance for plain-language requests and intake, and links to outside agents through MCP and A2A.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI procurement software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-esker"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.esker.com/company/press-releases/esker-introduces-synergy-agentic-framework-office-cfo/"
      }
    }
  ]
}