procurement

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by James Waters · across every show →

Everything said about procurement, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 neutral
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Waters: Proprietary UI components help open-source companies differentiate in enterprise procurement
“Procurement is exceptionally good at pricing a certain kind of thing, which is labor per hour. So I've seen very large software contract orders and procurement will actually pick on the labor per hour because that has a near comparable. And so when you start t…”
James Waters Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:13 a16z Podcast | Monetizing Open Source (Or, All Enterprise Software)
Aug 26, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Acharya: AI loops can fully automate procurement and price optimization
“Things like price optimization, things like procurement, these are very natural sort of business loops that occur that can be fully automated by these models.”
Anish Acharya Aug 26, 2026 ▶ 16:01 The State of AI: Models, Moats, and the Consumer Renaissance
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