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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"LightSource: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/lightsource/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/lightsource/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/lightsource.md",
  "title": "LightSource: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "LightSource is on the AI procurement software map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated July 31, 2026.",
  "period": "July 31, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "site": "https://lightsource.ai/",
    "summary": "\"From concept to award, in one AI-powered operating system.\" LightSource sells AI sourcing for direct materials to manufacturers. Its AI Workforce, launched July 2026, has five capabilities: natural-language questions over spend and suppliers, item ingestion from drawings and PDFs, RFQ setup, supplier activation and award optimization against cost, location and lead-time limits.",
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  "summary": {
    "text": "\"From concept to award, in one AI-powered operating system.\" LightSource sells AI sourcing for direct materials to manufacturers. Its AI Workforce, launched July 2026, has five capabilities: natural-language questions over spend and suppliers, item ingestion from drawings and PDFs, RFQ setup, supplier activation and award optimization against cost, location and lead-time limits.",
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      "category": "Sourcing and AI negotiation",
      "what": "\"From concept to award, in one AI-powered operating system.\" LightSource sells AI sourcing for direct materials to manufacturers. Its AI Workforce, launched July 2026, has five capabilities: natural-language questions over spend and suppliers, item ingestion from drawings and PDFs, RFQ setup, supplier activation and award optimization against cost, location and lead-time limits.",
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      "price": "not published; sales-led (demo request only)",
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      "scale_tier": 3,
      "scale": "Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed ($33M seed and Series A at a $130M valuation (April 2025) led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Bain Capital Ventures; customers named on its site include Arxada, BRP and Canada Goose.)",
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          "url": "https://lightsource.ai/blog/lightsource-funding-news"
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          "name": "silicon.co.uk",
          "url": "https://www.silicon.co.uk/press-release/lightsource-emerges-from-stealth-with-33m-to-modernize-sourcing-and-procurement-with-ai"
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      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/lightsource/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-07-31",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "LightSource launches AI Workforce for direct materials sourcing",
      "summary": "Five capabilities: Ask LightSource, item ingestion from drawings and PDFs, RFX setup, supplier activation and award optimization. CFOtech reports it is live, with 3,300+ items processed and 250+ quote formats created in the first two months.",
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