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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Graphite Connect: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/graphite-connect/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/graphite-connect/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/graphite-connect.md",
  "title": "Graphite Connect: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Graphite Connect is on the AI procurement software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Sept. 4, 2026.",
  "period": "March 23 to Sept. 4, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "site": "https://www.graphiteconnect.com/",
    "summary": "\"Free yourself from the chaos of bad supplier data.\" Graphite runs a supplier network where suppliers enter and maintain their information once and share it with many buyers as a golden record. Its security checks verify bank details before payment. In 2026 it launched an MCP server so AI agents such as Claude or ChatGPT can query supplier records and, with permission, update them. Buyers are procurement and finance teams.",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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  "summary": {
    "text": "\"Free yourself from the chaos of bad supplier data.\" Graphite runs a supplier network where suppliers enter and maintain their information once and share it with many buyers as a golden record. Its security checks verify bank details before payment. In 2026 it launched an MCP server so AI agents such as Claude or ChatGPT can query supplier records and, with permission, update them. Buyers are procurement and finance teams.",
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      "name": "Graphite Connect",
      "site": "https://www.graphiteconnect.com/",
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      "what": "\"Free yourself from the chaos of bad supplier data.\" Graphite runs a supplier network where suppliers enter and maintain their information once and share it with many buyers as a golden record. Its security checks verify bank details before payment. In 2026 it launched an MCP server so AI agents such as Claude or ChatGPT can query supplier records and, with permission, update them. Buyers are procurement and finance teams.",
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      "price": "MCP server included at no extra cost for Enterprise customers (vendor blog); other pricing not published",
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      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Homepage testimonial cites a network of over 800,000 suppliers; MCP server included at no extra cost for Enterprise customers (vendor blog, 2026-09-04))",
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          "name": "graphiteconnect.com",
          "url": "https://www.graphiteconnect.com/blog/mcp-server-supplier-management"
        },
        {
          "name": "thehackettgroup.com",
          "url": "https://www.thehackettgroup.com/insights/from-watch-to-know-2025-2026-how-graphite-connect-made-the-transition/"
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      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/graphite-connect/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-09-04",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Graphite Connect launches a supplier management MCP server",
      "summary": "AI agents that support MCP can query and, within read and write scopes, update validated supplier records, for example search suppliers, check status or start onboarding. Access uses OAuth 2.0 and the server is listed in the official MCP registry.",
      "kind": "Launch",
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    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/graphite-connect/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-03-23",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Graphite Connect launches a $250K anti-fraud payment guarantee",
      "summary": "The Graphite Diamond Guarantee covers payments to qualifying bank accounts up to $250,000, backed by a multi-layer data and identity validation process called the Security Waterfall. It is available to Enterprise customers.",
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