Vertice Launches Ana, AI Agent That Cuts Software Spend by 18%
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London – September 11, 2026 -- Vertice launched Ana, an autonomous AI negotiation agent for enterprise software procurement, after the system completed more than 4,000 live negotiations worth $500 million in spend, delivering average savings of 18% and cutting renewal cycles by 15 days.
Ana targets the software contracts procurement teams have no time to review
Vertice data shows one in seven software contracts auto-renews without oversight, rising to three in four contracts within tail spend, where vendor price uplifts and compliance changes typically go unchallenged. Ana runs unlimited simultaneous negotiations across a company's entire software stack, building scenario-specific strategies, modelling likely outcomes and drafting vendor correspondence in the customer's own voice.