# Zycus: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/zycus/
Covers: Jan. 23 to June 16, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Zycus: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/zycus/, updated 2026-11-11

> Zycus is on the AI procurement software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated June 16, 2026.

Zycus sells source-to-pay with the Merlin Agentic Platform: "Autonomous Procurement from Intake to Outcomes". Merlin Intake takes requests in Microsoft Teams. The Autonomous Negotiation Agent (ANA) negotiates tail spend with suppliers in parallel. Merlin Autonomous Sourcing, shown as a first look in June 2026, builds supplier shortlists and runs sourcing comparisons. Buyers are enterprise procurement teams. Source: [zycus.com](https://www.zycus.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [zycus.com](https://www.zycus.com/)
- Category: Source-to-pay suites
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI procurement software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-zycus)

Zycus sells source-to-pay with the Merlin Agentic Platform: "Autonomous Procurement from Intake to Outcomes". Merlin Intake takes requests in Microsoft Teams. The Autonomous Negotiation Agent (ANA) negotiates tail spend with suppliers in parallel. Merlin Autonomous Sourcing, shown as a first look in June 2026, builds supplier shortlists and runs sourcing comparisons. Buyers are enterprise procurement teams. Source: [zycus.com](https://www.zycus.com/).

- Category: Source-to-pay suites
- Price: not published; sales-led
- AI capabilities: Named agent, Contract review, Assistant, Supplier discovery, AI intake, AI negotiation and RFx and bid analysis
- Scale: Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Zycus's homepage says 500+ enterprises run on the Merlin Agentic Platform; it announced a 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader placement (Zycus release, 2026-01-23).)

Sources: [zycus.com](https://www.zycus.com/), [zycus.com](https://www.zycus.com/solution/merlin-agentic-ai-platform), [zycus.com](https://www.zycus.com/solution/merlin-ana), [zycus.com](https://www.zycus.com/press-releases/zycus-named-a-leader-in-the-2026-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-source-to-pay-suites), [zycus.com](https://www.zycus.com/press-releases/zycus-horizon-us-2025-i2o-era-of-procurement) and [zycus.com](https://www.zycus.com/blog/agentic-ai/agentic-ai-procurement-us-dpw-new-york-2026).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Zycus shows first look at Merlin Autonomous Sourcing

Launch, June 16, 2026. After Digital Procurement World New York (June 3 and 4), Zycus posted that its booth offered "a first look at Merlin Autonomous Sourcing (MAS), the newest addition to the lineup", which "takes on the legwork of building supplier shortlists and running sourcing comparisons", with category managers governing the outcome.

Source: [Vendor blog](https://www.zycus.com/blog/agentic-ai/agentic-ai-procurement-us-dpw-new-york-2026). From [the AI procurement software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-zycus).

### Zycus named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Source-to-Pay Suites

Research, Jan. 23, 2026. Zycus said it was named a Leader and tied the result to Merlin Intake and to agentic AI for tail-spend management through autonomous negotiation.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.zycus.com/press-releases/zycus-named-a-leader-in-the-2026-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-source-to-pay-suites). From [the AI procurement software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-zycus).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology