Every agentic procurement platform you're evaluating runs on a large language model it rents from a provider you've never assessed... And most vendors won't tell you which one unless you ask.

This minisode makes the case that the model behind your platform is a strategic supplier (one you'd never let into your supply base unvetted).

Joël Collin-Demers breaks down the four forces pushing procurement toward "Bring-Your-Own-LLM" (cost, performance, data security and control), points to the enterprise vendors that already shipped it, and gives you three questions to put in your next software RFP while asking them still costs a conversation instead of your leverage.

For procurement and IT leaders with an agentic platform in evaluation, or a vendor already in the inbox promising AI agents.

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Reports referenced in this episode:

LayerX, Enterprise AI & SaaS Data Security Report 2025: https://go.layerxsecurity.com/hubfs/LayerX_Enterprise_AI_and_SaaS_Data_Security_Report.pdf

Cyberhaven, 2026 AI Adoption & Risk Report: https://info.cyberhaven.com/hubfs/Webflow_Resources/Cyberhaven-AI-Risk-Report-2026.pdf