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What is autonomous procurement?

Software that buys inputs under a budget, a rights gate and an audit log — not an unconstrained agent with a credit card.

zFinia published 7 September 2026

Autonomous procurement is a machine buying a bounded input under policy: allowlisted counterparties, a remaining budget, usage rights, and an audit log. It is not an unconstrained agent holding a consumer credit card.

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