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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Scoutbee: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/scoutbee/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/scoutbee/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/scoutbee.md",
  "title": "Scoutbee: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Scoutbee is on the AI procurement software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Nov. 6, 2025.",
  "period": "Oct. 7 to Nov. 6, 2025",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
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    "id": "CSHRDKX",
    "slug": "scoutbee",
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    "site": "https://www.scoutbee.com/",
    "summary": "\"The future of AI-powered procurement.\" Scoutbee sells supplier discovery and qualification: buyers search a supplier dataset, check compliance and run sourcing, and suppliers get a free profile for discovery by large buyers. Coupa bought it in late 2025 to put supplier search inside its platform and feed AI sourcing agents. The vendor's site names no specific AI features.",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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  "summary": {
    "text": "\"The future of AI-powered procurement.\" Scoutbee sells supplier discovery and qualification: buyers search a supplier dataset, check compliance and run sourcing, and suppliers get a free profile for discovery by large buyers. Coupa bought it in late 2025 to put supplier search inside its platform and feed AI sourcing agents. The vendor's site names no specific AI features.",
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      "site": "https://www.scoutbee.com/",
      "category": "Sourcing and AI negotiation",
      "what": "\"The future of AI-powered procurement.\" Scoutbee sells supplier discovery and qualification: buyers search a supplier dataset, check compliance and run sourcing, and suppliers get a free profile for discovery by large buyers. Coupa bought it in late 2025 to put supplier search inside its platform and feed AI sourcing agents. The vendor's site names no specific AI features.",
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        "name": "scoutbee.com",
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      "price": "not published; suppliers get a free profile, buyer pricing not listed",
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      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Supplier discovery",
          "Supplier data"
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      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Acquired by Coupa (announced 2025-10-07); customers named on its own site include Walmart, Unilever, Siemens and Mondelez.)",
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        {
          "name": "media.scoutbee.com",
          "url": "https://media.scoutbee.com/scoutbee-advances-ai-vision-with-core-product-shift-and-strategic-move-to-san-francisco"
        },
        {
          "name": "techintelpro.com",
          "url": "https://techintelpro.com/news/ai/enterprise-ai/coupa-acquires-scoutbee-for-ai-supplier-intelligence"
        },
        {
          "name": "osborneclarke.com",
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    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/scoutbee/#event-1",
      "on": "2025-11-06",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Scoutbee sale to Coupa reported as completed",
      "summary": "A law firm notice says Scoutbee has now been acquired by Coupa and that its supplier discovery, data matching and network functions are moving onto the Coupa platform.",
      "kind": "Acquisition",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI procurement software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-scoutbee"
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      "source": {
        "name": "Osborne Clarke",
        "url": "https://www.osborneclarke.com/news/osborne-clarke-advises-shareholders-scoutbee-sale-coupa"
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      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/scoutbee/#event-2",
      "on": "2025-10-07",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Coupa agrees to acquire Scoutbee",
      "summary": "Coupa signed a definitive agreement to buy Scoutbee's supplier discovery platform and network, to embed it in Coupa and use community data to power AI agents that automate sourcing. Terms not disclosed.",
      "kind": "Acquisition",
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        "name": "TechIntelPro (PR Newswire release)",
        "url": "https://techintelpro.com/news/ai/enterprise-ai/coupa-acquires-scoutbee-for-ai-supplier-intelligence"
      }
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