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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Tropic: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/tropic/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/tropic/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/tropic.md",
  "title": "Tropic: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Tropic is on the AI procurement software map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated May 22, 2026.",
  "period": "June 10, 2025 to May 22, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
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    "slug": "tropic",
    "name": "Tropic",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://www.tropicapp.io",
    "summary": "\"Procurement Software: stop overpaying for AI and SaaS.\" Tropic helps finance and procurement teams buy and renew software and AI tools, with price benchmarks from its own spend data and agents that prepare renewals and negotiations. It named a Renewal Agent and a Proposal Agent. Tropic also puts its data inside ChatGPT and Claude, and Omnea resells its benchmarks.",
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    "categories": [
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    ],
    "status": "active",
    "price_note": null,
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
    "off_map": null,
    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Software buying"
    ]
  },
  "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": "\"Procurement Software: stop overpaying for AI and SaaS.\" Tropic helps finance and procurement teams buy and renew software and AI tools, with price benchmarks from its own spend data and agents that prepare renewals and negotiations. It named a Renewal Agent and a Proposal Agent. Tropic also puts its data inside ChatGPT and Claude, and Omnea resells its benchmarks.",
    "source": {
      "name": "tropicapp.io",
      "url": "https://www.tropicapp.io"
    },
    "from": "record"
  },
  "maps": [
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      "map": "procurement-software",
      "title": "The AI procurement software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-tropic",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Tropic",
      "site": "https://www.tropicapp.io",
      "category": "Software buying",
      "what": "\"Procurement Software: stop overpaying for AI and SaaS.\" Tropic helps finance and procurement teams buy and renew software and AI tools, with price benchmarks from its own spend data and agents that prepare renewals and negotiations. It named a Renewal Agent and a Proposal Agent. Tropic also puts its data inside ChatGPT and Claude, and Omnea resells its benchmarks.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "tropicapp.io",
        "url": "https://www.tropicapp.io"
      },
      "price": "not published; pricing page linked, no prices shown",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agent",
          "Contract review",
          "Assistant",
          "AI intake",
          "Invoice and PO matching",
          "MCP or agent API",
          "AI negotiation",
          "Price benchmarks"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (2025 results release reports $85M in customer savings, more than $18B spend under management and 100,000+ price benchmarks delivered)",
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      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "tropicapp.io",
          "url": "https://www.tropicapp.io"
        },
        {
          "name": "tropicapp.io",
          "url": "https://www.tropicapp.io/newsroom/2025-momentum"
        },
        {
          "name": "tropicapp.io",
          "url": "https://www.tropicapp.io/newsroom/tropic-delivers-85m-in-customer-savings-in-2025"
        },
        {
          "name": "digitalitnews.com",
          "url": "https://digitalitnews.com/?p=16433"
        },
        {
          "name": "ground.news",
          "url": "https://ground.news/article/tropic-launches-new-intelligence-hub-and-brings-its-procurement-data-inside-chatgpt"
        },
        {
          "name": "omnea.co",
          "url": "https://www.omnea.co/press-release/omnea-and-tropic-partner"
        }
      ],
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      "cross_listed": false
    }
  ],
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/tropic/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-05-22",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Tropic launches the Intelligence Hub and a ChatGPT App",
      "summary": "Tropic launched the free Tropic Intelligence Hub, which combines its spend data, expert analysis and negotiation guidance, and made the Tropic ChatGPT App generally available to bring its procurement data into ChatGPT.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI procurement software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-tropic"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.tropicapp.io/newsroom/tropic-launches-new-intelligence-hub-and-brings-its-procurement-data-inside-chatgpt"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/tropic/#event-2",
      "on": "2025-10-08",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Tropic launches Purchase Prep for renewals",
      "summary": "Tropic launched Purchase Prep, AI agents that prepare software renewals by ranking renewals, benchmarking prices and reviewing contracts. It was available to all Tropic customers at release.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI procurement software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-tropic"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Digital IT News",
        "url": "https://digitalitnews.com/?p=16433"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/tropic/#event-3",
      "on": "2025-06-10",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Tropic launches five AI procurement agents",
      "summary": "Tropic launched five AI agents for intake, compliance, negotiation, contract management and invoicing: Smart Request Assistant, Compliance Copilot, Contract Intelligence Engine, Negotiation Navigator and AI Invoice Match.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI procurement software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-tropic"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "GlobeNewswire release via FinancialContent",
        "url": "https://markets.financialcontent.com/fatpitch.financials/article/gnwcq-2025-6-10-new-survey-86-of-finance-leaders-plan-major-ai-investment-by-2026-as-tropic-unveils-five-procurement-agents"
      }
    }
  ]
}