AI Procurement Assistant — supplier sourcing and verification powered by artificial intelligence
A cloud platform that analyzes any product down to its components, sources suppliers across multiple markets 24/7, and verifies counterparties via government registries. A shortlist of verified suppliers with the best terms — within one business day.
Start a free pilot How it worksWhat is AI Procurement Assistant
The service fits manufacturing and trading companies, retail and e-commerce — anywhere buyers source raw materials, ingredients, components and finished goods, and where the cost of choosing the wrong counterparty is penalties and production downtime.
Procurement pains the service removes
Three typical problems that make purchasing more expensive and break delivery deadlines
Supplier search eats up weeks
Buyers manually monitor dozens of sources and marketplaces. While the search goes on, prices and stock levels change and delivery dates slip. A manual search-and-selection cycle takes up to 80 hours.
Counterparty risk is a lottery
Shell companies, bankruptcies, disputes and receivables surface only after the contract is signed — at the cost of penalties and production shutdowns.
Narrow supplier pool and overpayments
Purchasing runs through habitual channels: alternatives and import substitutes are never found, while the product composition and supply-chain risks remain a black box.
How AI Procurement Assistant works: from request to deal in 1 day
Five steps — from the buyer's request to a shortlist of verified suppliers
Request or product scan
EAN/UPC/GTIN barcode or a plain-text description of the need
Product decomposition
Composition, raw materials and components + supply-chain risk scoring
AI supplier sourcing
Agents build counterparty profiles and an AI reliability rating
Registry verification
INN/UNP: status, beneficiaries, bankruptcy and reorganization
Shortlist and deal
Best terms — the buyer makes the decision
The human stays in control: the AI prepares options and risk profiles; the final deal decision is always made by the buyer.
What the platform consists of
Four independent microservices working as a single system
Product analysis and scanning
An analytical product card by EAN/UPC/GTIN barcode: composition and components, supply-chain scoring (scarcity, geopolitics, quality). Fewer surprises at acceptance — the product composition stops being a black box.
AI supplier database building
Intelligent agents collect suppliers and ingredients from open sources 24/7: counterparty profiles with verified contacts and catalogs, an AI reliability rating, fast discovery of alternatives and import substitutes.
Counterparty verification (Due Diligence)
Express verification of legal entities by INN/UNP via government registry APIs: beneficiaries, founders and ownership structure, status monitoring — liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization. Minimum tax, legal and financial risk.
Identity and access management (IAM)
Centralized authentication, role-based access control (RBAC), session logging and auditing for compliance control. Protection of commercial information and alignment with security standards.
AI Procurement Assistant vs manual procurement
Labor intensity of typical tasks: manual process versus the service
| Task | Manual process | With AI Procurement Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Supplier search and selection | Up to 80 hours: dozens of sources and marketplaces checked by hand | About 8 hours: AI agents search 24/7, the buyer receives a shortlist |
| Product and composition analysis | 24 hours: composition and supply-chain risks remain a black box | 1 hour: an analytical card by barcode with a risk assessment |
| Counterparty verification | 16 hours: manual registry collection, risk of missing a bankruptcy | 30 minutes: express INN/UNP check via government registries |
| Supplier pool | Habitual channels, narrow choice, overpayments | 3–5x wider: alternatives and import substitution |
| Deal risks | Surface after the contract is signed | Up to 90% detected before signing |
Bottom line: up to 90% less time on routine search and verification tasks, one business day from request to shortlist, and AI agents working while your team closes deals.
Who AI Procurement Assistant is for
The service covers procurement tasks in companies with regular purchasing of raw materials, components and finished goods
Industries
- Manufacturing and industrial — raw materials, components, packaging
- Retail and e-commerce — product categories and private label
- Food industry — ingredients and import substitutes
- Construction and development — materials and equipment
- Pharma and healthcare — components and consumables
Roles in the company
- Heads of procurement and sourcing — process transparency and control
- Category managers — fast discovery of alternatives within a category
- Buyers — 90% less routine on search and verification
- Security and compliance teams — counterparty checks before deals
- CFOs — 5–15% procurement cost savings
SaaS delivery and the "Buyer" plan
No implementation projects or capital expenditure: connect your users and work in the browser from day one
What the subscription includes
- All 4 platform services without limits
- LLM tokens and infrastructure included
- Registry verification checks included in the plan
- Model updates, SLA and support
- Per-user pricing: add a buyer — add a license
- Pilot: 5 days for 3 users — free
How we run the pilot
- Day 1. We connect 3 buyers and set up access
- Days 1–5. The team runs real procurement tasks
- Day 5. We measure the time savings of one buyer
- Next. We scale the effect across the team and set a fair monthly subscription price
Technology, security and import independence
The platform is built by DUC Technologies — an accredited Russian IT company
Agent-based AI architecture
Proprietary practices for building agent systems and big-data scoring: AI agents for sourcing and verification, LLMs for analysis — Russian YandexGPT and GigaChat, plus open Qwen, Gemma and DeepSeek models.
Enterprise-grade security
RBAC, session auditing and strong password policies out of the box. Your requests and supplier database never leave the perimeter. Aligned with information security standards and data confidentiality requirements.
Import independence
DUC Technologies solutions are listed in the Russian domestic software registry. Running on Russian and open models ensures compliance with import substitution requirements for the public sector and large enterprises.
Why DUC Technologies
An accredited Russian IT company: designing and implementing AI, machine learning and big data solutions since 2022
Science-driven approach
The company's founder is Alexander Suleykin, PhD in Engineering — a big data and AI expert with 10 years of hands-on experience, a speaker at industry conferences and an expert commentator for federal media (TASS, Izvestia, Kommersant).
Full cycle and guaranteed outcomes
We never subcontract: analytics, architecture, development, testing and industrial operation are all done in-house. The AI Procurement Assistant's target metrics are fixed during the pilot and written into the SLA.
FAQ about AI Procurement Assistant
Short, complete answers to the key questions about the service
What is AI Procurement Assistant?
A cloud service by DUC Technologies that automates procurement routine: it analyzes any product down to its components, sources suppliers across multiple markets 24/7, and verifies every counterparty via government registries. The result is a shortlist of verified suppliers within one business day.
How is it different from a supplier catalog or marketplace?
A catalog gives you a list of companies — checking and comparing them is manual work. AI Procurement Assistant does the job for the buyer: it decomposes the product, finds suppliers with AI agents, verifies each against government registries and delivers a shortlist with an AI reliability rating and the best terms.
How does the service find suppliers?
AI agents scan open data sources 24/7, build counterparty profiles with verified contacts and catalogs, and assign an AI reliability rating. Because the search is driven by product composition, it surfaces alternatives and import substitutes.
How are counterparties verified?
Express verification of legal entities by INN/UNP via government registry APIs: company status, beneficiaries and ownership structure, bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization. Up to 90% of risks are detected before the contract is signed.
How long does supplier sourcing take?
One business day from request to shortlist. A task that takes up to 80 hours manually is solved in about 8 hours — up to 70% faster across the full cycle.
Does it help with import substitution?
Yes. The platform analyzes product composition down to raw materials and finds alternative suppliers and substitutes for imported items across Russia and the EAEU. Procurement cost savings reach 5–15%.
Which AI models are used?
Russian large language models YandexGPT and GigaChat, plus open models Qwen, Gemma and DeepSeek — ensuring import independence and data confidentiality.
Is it safe to upload procurement data?
Yes. Built-in IAM with role-based access (RBAC), session auditing and strong password policies. Buyer requests and the supplier database never leave the company perimeter. DUC Technologies is an accredited IT company.
Does it require implementation?
No. The service runs as SaaS: browser access from day one, nothing to install. Pricing is a monthly per-user subscription; infrastructure and LLM tokens are included.
Who makes the final deal decision?
A human. The AI prepares supplier options and risk profiles; the final decision is always made by the buyer. The platform removes the routine — it does not replace expertise.
How to start and what does it cost?
Start with a free pilot: 5 days for 3 buyers. We measure time savings during the pilot, scale them across the team and set an individual subscription price. Contact us: sales@duc-technologies.ru, +7 (917) 399-12-12.
Start with a free pilot
5 days of access for 3 buyers — test AI Procurement Assistant on your real tasks and get a savings estimate for your team.
DUC Technologies experts answer on business days from 9:00 to 18:00 MSK
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