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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Mercanis: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/mercanis/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/mercanis/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/mercanis.md",
  "title": "Mercanis: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Mercanis is on the AI procurement software map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated June 18, 2025.",
  "period": "June 18, 2025",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "slug": "mercanis",
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    "site": "https://www.mercanis.com/",
    "summary": "\"The entire source-to-pay process, executed by AI agents and led by procurement teams.\" Mercanis sells a Berlin-built procurement suite where an agent called Mercu structures sourcing requirements, invites suppliers, compares offers and routes intake requests. It covers RFI, RFP and RFQ events including direct sourcing, plus contracts, analytics and a 4-way match. Every AI action is logged and people approve.",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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      "Sourcing and AI negotiation"
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  "summary": {
    "text": "\"The entire source-to-pay process, executed by AI agents and led by procurement teams.\" Mercanis sells a Berlin-built procurement suite where an agent called Mercu structures sourcing requirements, invites suppliers, compares offers and routes intake requests. It covers RFI, RFP and RFQ events including direct sourcing, plus contracts, analytics and a 4-way match. Every AI action is logged and people approve.",
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      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-mercanis",
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      "name": "Mercanis",
      "site": "https://www.mercanis.com/",
      "category": "Sourcing and AI negotiation",
      "what": "\"The entire source-to-pay process, executed by AI agents and led by procurement teams.\" Mercanis sells a Berlin-built procurement suite where an agent called Mercu structures sourcing requirements, invites suppliers, compares offers and routes intake requests. It covers RFI, RFP and RFQ events including direct sourcing, plus contracts, analytics and a 4-way match. Every AI action is logged and people approve.",
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        "name": "mercanis.com",
        "url": "https://www.mercanis.com/"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led (demo request only)",
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      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
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          "Named agent",
          "Contract review",
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          "Invoice and PO matching",
          "AI negotiation",
          "RFx and bid analysis"
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      },
      "scale_tier": 3,
      "scale": "Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed (Series A of over $20M (2025-06-18) led by Partech and AVP; customers named on its site include BASF and Brose.)",
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        {
          "name": "mercanis.com",
          "url": "https://www.mercanis.com/newsroom"
        },
        {
          "name": "partechpartners.com",
          "url": "https://partechpartners.com/news/mercanis-secures-over-20m-in-series-a-round"
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      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/mercanis/#event-1",
      "on": "2025-06-18",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Mercanis raises over $20M Series A for its agentic procurement suite",
      "summary": "Partech and AVP led, with Signals.VC, Capmont Technology and Speedinvest. Money goes to AI features and a US launch. The suite has four modules: Spend Analytics, Sourcing (RFx), Supplier Management and Contract Management, with the Mercu AI Co-Pilot.",
      "kind": "Funding round",
      "from": {
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        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-mercanis"
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        "name": "Investor release (Partech)",
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