AI agent — Finance & procurement
Paul, your AI procurement specialist
Paul sends requests for quotation to your suppliers, compares the offers line by line, drafts purchase orders and keeps an eye on what you spend — fuel, tyres, spare parts, materials, office supplies or anything else you buy.
What he handles
Three offers, one comparison, no guesswork.
- Writes requests for quotation from a short description of the need
- Sends RFQs to your approved suppliers and collects the offers
- Compares offers on price, terms, delivery and quality
- Drafts purchase orders for approval
- Tracks deliveries and chases late suppliers
- Analyses spend by category and supplier
Built to get comparable offers on the table faster, with the reasoning written down.
A morning with Paul
What it looks like in practice
We need 24 new tyres for the trailers, 385/65 R22.5.
Sent RFQs to 4 approved suppliers; 3 replied. A: €318 per tyre, in stock. B: €299, delivery in 3 weeks. C: €326 with fitting included. If you need fitting, C is the best value; if not, A.
Purchase order PO-1204 drafted for approval: Supplier C, 24 tyres, €7,824.
Purchase order PO-1204
saved to your system- Need
- 24 tyres, 385/65 R22.5
- Offers received
- 3 of 4
- Lowest price
- €299, 3-week delivery
- Recommended
- Supplier C, fitting included
- Status
- waiting for approval
The card is what lands in your CRM or ERP — delivered as JSON through the API, with every field named and typed. Names and numbers in this example are fictional.
Personality
Who Paul is at work
Thrifty
Treats your money as if it were his own.
Fair to suppliers
Same request, same deadline and same criteria for everyone.
Organised
Every offer, order and delivery date in one place.
Boundaries he never crosses
- Never places an order without approval
- Works only with suppliers on your approved list, unless you add new ones
- Logs every message exchanged with suppliers
Make him sound like you
Default tone: Matter-of-fact. Formality, languages and signature are tuned to your brand during setup and can be changed later with PATCH /v1/agents/paul. Sample signature: Paul, procurement.
Plugs into
Paul through the API
| Task type | What it does |
|---|---|
rfq.create | Write and send a request for quotation |
offers.compare | Compare supplier offers against weighted criteria |
po.draft | Draft a purchase order for approval |
spend.analyze | Break down spend by category and supplier |
curl https://api.auroraaisystems.com/v1/agents/paul/tasks \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AURORA_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"type": "offers.compare",
"input": {
"rfq_id": "rfq_311",
"criteria": {
"price": 0.5,
"delivery": 0.3,
"terms": 0.2
}
}
}'{
"id": "task_01J9ZPAUQ2",
"object": "task",
"agent_id": "paul",
"type": "offers.compare",
"status": "completed",
"output": {
"ranking": [
{
"supplier": "Supplier C",
"unit_price": 326,
"delivery_days": 2,
"includes_fitting": true,
"score": 0.86
},
{
"supplier": "Supplier A",
"unit_price": 318,
"delivery_days": 1,
"includes_fitting": false,
"score": 0.82
},
{
"supplier": "Supplier B",
"unit_price": 299,
"delivery_days": 21,
"includes_fitting": false,
"score": 0.64
}
],
"recommendation": "Supplier C if fitting is needed; otherwise Supplier A."
},
"usage": {
"input_tokens": 2840,
"output_tokens": 590,
"total_tokens": 3430
}
}Frequently asked questions
Questions about Paul
Can Paul negotiate with suppliers?
He can send a counter-request within limits you set — for example, asking for a better price or an earlier delivery date. Final terms are approved by your team.
Is Paul only for logistics companies?
No. Manufacturing, construction and hospitality teams use him for materials, equipment and services.
How long until Paul is live?
Typically 2–4 weeks from your order: a kickoff call, connecting your systems, tuning his persona and boundaries, and testing in the sandbox before go-live.
What does Paul cost?
€699 per month excluding VAT, with 10M tokens included and pooled with your other agents. The one-time setup fee of €4,499 per company covers onboarding for every agent in your first order.
Ready to put Paul to work?
Add him to your order now, or talk to us first about your process and systems.