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ProcureTech Wonders: Predictive Procurement with Arkestro

AI-powered. Negotiation-ready. Savings at speed.

In this episode of ProcureTech Wonders, Amanda Prochaska sits down with Shannon Kreps, VP of Marketing, and Eric Dudleck, Sales Solution Consultant at Arkestro, to explore how their predictive procurement platform is transforming how sourcing gets done—with the help of game theory, behavioral science, and automation.

Arkestro empowers procurement teams to influence 3x more spend without adding headcount by automating supplier negotiations, generating predictive pricing, and cutting sourcing cycles from weeks to hours. It’s a fundamentally different way to source: smarter, faster, and deeply data-driven.

🎥 In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How Arkestro reduces sourcing events from weeks to 48 hours or less
  • Why game theory and behavioral science make AI-powered sourcing more accurate
  • How procurement teams can manage more spend with fewer manual steps
  • How Arkestro drives 16–20% average savings across direct and indirect categories
  • Why suppliers actually prefer Arkestro’s frictionless, portal-free experience

“We believe the best time to influence a sourcing outcome is before the first email goes out. Arkestro gives you that head start—every single time.”
— Shannon Kreps, VP of Marketing, Arkestro


🔍 About Arkestro

Arkestro is a predictive procurement orchestration platform that helps enterprise procurement teams deliver faster, smarter sourcing outcomes using a combination of AI, machine learning, game theory, and behavioral science. Founded in the early 2020s and headquartered in San Francisco, Arkestro supports complex sourcing across Capex, logistics, MRO, and indirect categories.

By automating negotiation workflows, surfacing predictive pricing insights, and enabling supplier interactions via email, Arkestro radically accelerates time-to-value without increasing procurement headcount.

Global companies like BASF, Box, and Koch Engineered Solutions trust Arkestro to compress cycle times, improve supplier engagement, and unlock measurable cost savings in record time.

Whether you're managing high-volume sourcing events or complex global spend, Arkestro helps you stay ahead—with predictive intelligence built in.


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