Introducing mercantis.ai: an Artificial Intelligence for modern Sourcing
mercantis.ai Team
Published on 2026-01-15
Procurement has been stuck in the past for too long. While every other business function has embraced automation and AI, purchasing teams are still drowning in spreadsheets, chasing suppliers via email, and manually comparing quotations line by line.
Today, that changes. We're excited to introduce mercantis.ai — an AI-powered procurement platform that brings intelligence, speed, and simplicity to how businesses source and buy.
The Problem We're Solving
If you've ever managed procurement for your company, you know the pain: spending hours searching for suppliers, writing the same quote request emails over and over, waiting days for responses, then copying data from PDFs into spreadsheets to compare prices.
This manual process is not just tedious — it's expensive. Companies lose an average of 12% in potential savings simply because they don't have time to properly compare suppliers. Errors in data entry lead to bad decisions. And the best suppliers often get overlooked because no one has time to find them.
Powerful Capabilities
Below is a complete end-to-end example of how mercantis.ai works. You describe what you need in plain language — the AI finds suppliers, filters by your criteria, generates quote request emails, sends them via Gmail, and when replies arrive, analyzes the quotations to recommend the best value. All in one conversation.
Find suppliers for the 120-line material list, select 5 with ISO 9001 certification, generate RFQ emails to send, extract and normalize the pricing from all quotation documents, flagging mismatches and building a side-by-side comparison with landed costs
items_list.xlsxSearching for industrial pump suppliers in Florida...
Found 47 suppliers in Florida. Filtering for ISO-certified manufacturers...
Selected 5 suppliers:
FlowTech Pumps Inc.
HydroSource Manufacturing
Industrial Pump Co.
PumpMasters Ltd.
AquaFlow Systems
Known Supplier (my@knownsupplier.com)
Drafting personalized RFQ emails for 6 suppliers...
Draft RFQ emails ready for your review. Send via Gmail when approved.
To: sales@flowtechpumps.com
Dear FlowTech Pumps, We are interested in obtaining a quotation for industrial pumps...
3 quotations received from suppliers. Extracting and normalizing pricing data...
Bid leveling complete! Here's your source-linked comparison:
| Supplier | Unit Price | Delivery Time |
|---|---|---|
| FlowTech Pumps Inc. | $8,450 | 5-7 days |
| HydroSource Manufacturing | $9,200 | 7-10 days |
| Industrial Pump Co. | $8,750 | 10-14 days |
Recommendation: FlowTech Pumps offers the best value with competitive pricing ($8,450) and fast delivery (5-7 days). All data source-linked to original documents.
Real Results
- Compress quotation cycles from 10+ days to 48 hours
- Discover 12% average savings through better price comparison
- Eliminate data entry errors with automatic extraction
- Focus on strategic decisions, not administrative tasks
Get Started Today
mercantis.ai is available now with a free tier to get you started. Whether you're a small business looking to professionalize your purchasing or an enterprise seeking to automate routine sourcing, our AI is ready to help.
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