aPriori Technologies today announced the general availability of aiSource™, its AI sourcing and negotiation solution that gives direct materials sourcing teams the manufacturing product intelligence and step-by-step guidance to negotiate more effectively with suppliers. Since its early access launch in May 2026, aiSource has been deployed by global manufacturers across automotive and industrial equipment, with consistent results in negotiation preparation speed, cycle compression, and buyer capability development across experience levels.

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Introducing aiSource, the sourcing solution that brings aPriori Intelligence and AI together to help sourcing teams act faster, align easily, and consistently deliver more savings.

Introducing aiSource, the sourcing solution that brings aPriori Intelligence and AI together to help sourcing teams act faster, align easily, and consistently deliver more savings.

The problem aiSource solves is fundamental to manufacturing procurement: the supplier knows exactly what their parts cost to make but the buyer’s team often does not. That gap has measurable consequences — aPriori’s baseline research found that over half of buyers miss their own savings targets every year. Built on aPriori’s should-cost models, manufacturability analysis, and manufacturing process data, aiSource closes that gap by delivering clear, actionable manufacturing product intelligence and negotiation guidance grounded in each customer’s own product, supplier, and process data, without requiring technical manufacturing expertise.

“Buyers have always been at a disadvantage in supplier negotiations because the supplier knows the manufacturing math and the buyer often does not,” said Stephanie Feraday, President and Chief Executive Officer of aPriori Technologies. “What we are seeing in early deployments is exactly what we set out to deliver — buyers walking into negotiations better prepared, engaging suppliers on cost and process rather than just price, and closing the negotiation significantly faster. aiSource is proving that the expertise gap is a solvable problem.”

What Early Deployments Are Showing

Across early deployments with global manufacturers in automotive, industrial equipment, and energy, two themes are emerging consistently. Buyers are getting to relevant cost intelligence faster, compressing preparation work that previously took days into hours and shifting their focus from gathering data to evaluating opportunities. And the guidance aiSource provides is proving valuable throughout the entire negotiation, not just at the start, helping buyers prioritize where to focus, respond to supplier feedback in real time, and build negotiation capabilities that previously required years of experience to develop.

“aiSource provided clear guidance on where to focus negotiation efforts, helping to prioritize key opportunities and navigate discussions more effectively. Its ability to start with strategic insights and progressively refine recommendations as supplier feedback becomes available makes it a valuable tool throughout the negotiation process. It is especially valuable for users looking to strengthen their negotiation capabilities and make informed decisions throughout the process.”– Global Strategic Sourcing Manager, Industrial Pump Manufacturer

Built for Scale Across the Entire Procurement Organization

Unlike solutions that require manufacturing expertise or extensive onboarding, aiSource is designed to deliver consistent outcomes across negotiators of every experience level. A commodity manager with twenty years of should-cost experience and a buyer in their first year of negotiations work from the same quality of intelligence. That scalability — consistent guidance, repeatable outcomes, no specialist dependency — is what makes aiSource a platform-level capability rather than a tool for the few.

aiSource is the first sourcing-focused solution built on the aPriori Intelligence Platform. The next planned capability will extend that same AI-powered intelligence into design engineering workflows, where manufacturing cost and manufacturability decisions are made earliest in the product lifecycle.

Availability

aiSource is generally available today to global manufacturing organizations. Visit apriori.com/aisource to learn more or request a personalized demo.

About aPriori Technologies

aPriori provides AI-powered product intelligence that helps manufacturers make faster, more profitable decisions from design through sourcing to production. Built on proprietary simulation engines and deep manufacturing data, the aPriori Intelligence Platform delivers real-time insight into product cost, manufacturability, and carbon footprint — enabling teams to reduce time-to-market, improve margins, and meet sustainability targets. According to a Forrester Total Economic Impact™ study, aPriori customers achieve approximately 600% ROI within three years and payback in under six months. To learn more, visit www.apriori.com.

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