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Agent-as-a-Service

Procurement operations, run by governed agents.

PurveO runs your supplier trust, payables and intake-to-purchase operations end to end. Agents do the work on the PurveO platform, specialists take the exceptions, and your rules set the boundary. You pay for outcomes, not headcount.

  • Live in 4 to 6 weeks
  • Ready for UAE e-invoicing
  • NetSuite and Business Central
  • Every action cited and reversible

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PurveO Agent-as-a-Service

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About PurveO

PurveO is an agentic AI procure-to-pay platform. Its AI agent, PICO, turns every purchase request into a qualified PR (qPR™) after five checks, validates suppliers against official UAE sources, places POs only with approved suppliers, receives PINT AE e-invoices through your ASP, reads PDFs and scans by OCR, matches each invoice to its PO and goods receipt, and posts it to your ERP — every action cited and reversible.

  1. 01What is Agent-as-a-Service for procurement?03
  2. 02Three services. Each runs on its own. Together, they run procure-to-pay.04
  3. 03Supplier Trust05
  4. 04AP Automation07
  5. 05Intake → PR → PO09
  6. 06Operating rhythm11
  7. 07Beyond the core: services that ride the same platform.12
  8. 08Start on one rung. Climb when it is proven.13
  9. 09Not a cheaper BPO. Not another tool to run.14
  10. 10From first call to first outcome statement in about 30 days of running.17
  11. 11Governed by your rules. Evidenced in every action.18
  12. 12Questions procurement and finance leaders ask us.20
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01PurveO Agent-as-a-Service

What is Agent-as-a-Service for procurement?

Agent-as-a-Service is a managed procurement service in which AI agents, rather than a team of clerks, run your procurement operations: validating suppliers, processing invoices and turning requests into purchase orders, inside rules you set. PurveO runs the work on its own platform, specialists handle exceptions, and you pay per outcome.

  • Software

    Gives you a tool. Your team still does the work, and still carries the volume.

  • Outsourcing

    Gives you people. You manage them, and the knowledge leaves when they do.

  • PurveO Agent-as-a-Service

    Gives you the outcome. With the evidence behind every action, and the knowledge kept with you.

  • Agents do the work.

    • Reads, checks, matches, routes and posts
    • Works only inside your approved rules
    • Records the rule and evidence behind each action
    • Hands off the moment something falls outside a rule
  • A named specialist answers for the result.

    • Named person from the PurveO delivery pod
    • Resolves every exception the agent hands off
    • Verifies sensitive actions such as bank-detail changes
    • Signs the cycle report and meets you monthly
  • You keep every decision that is yours.

    • Owns policy, thresholds and approval limits
    • Approves what your rules reserve for people
    • Releases every payment. PurveO never moves money
    • Sets how far autonomy goes, rung by rung
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02PurveO Agent-as-a-Service

Three services. Each runs on its own. Together, they run procure-to-pay.

Start with one: each service can be bought on its own. Supplier Trust is the foundation, so AP Automation and Intake → PR → PO start from a Supplier Trust baseline of your supplier master. Most UAE clients start with Supplier Trust and AP Automation together, ahead of e-invoicing. PurveO targets are commitment bands, fixed in writing after your week-one baseline.

  • Supplier Trust

    Most clients start here

    Continuous supplier validation

  • AP Automation

    E-invoicing ready

    Compliant AP, run end to end

  • Intake → PR → PO

    Spend control

    From request to purchase order, gated

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03PurveO Agent-as-a-Service

Supplier Trust

Continuous supplier validation

  • You pay per: Active supplier, per month
  • Live in: 4 weeks
  • Cycle: Monthly; onboarding on demand
  1. Land & Read

    Once, at setup

    Master and payment history loaded; baseline measured.

  2. Resolve

    Every cycle

    Duplicates found and merged, with your approval.

  3. Verify

    TRN, trade licence, IBAN and screening checked.

  4. Collect

    Missing documents chased through the supplier portal.

  5. Issue the Supplier Passport

    Verified, Conditional or Blocked, with evidence per field.

  6. Sync to your ERP

    Approved changes written back; unverified bank changes held.

  7. Watch

    Expiries flagged 60 days ahead; bank changes called back.

  8. Report

    Monthly Supplier Trust Report, reviewed with you.

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Supplier TrustContinued

  • What you give us

    • Supplier master export
    • Payment history, last 12–24 months
    • Supplier documents on file
    • Supplier policy
    • Your e-invoicing status
    • Named owners
  • You receive

    • Monthly Supplier Trust Report
    • A Supplier Passport per supplier
    • Expiry alerts 60 days ahead
    • Self-serve supplier portal
    • Step 0 master diagnostic
  • PurveO targets

    • Duplicates resolved: 100% in cycle 1
    • E-invoicing ready: 100%, or flagged with an owner
    • Supplier onboarding: 3 business days or less
    • Unverified bank changes paid: Zero
    • Expiries missed: Zero, flagged 60 days ahead
    • Evidence per field: 100% of suppliers

E-invoicing go-live: 1 January 2027 for revenue of AED 50M or more; 1 July 2027 for the rest.

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04PurveO Agent-as-a-Service

AP Automation

Compliant AP, run end to end

  • You pay per: Invoice made payment-ready
  • Live in: 6 weeks
  • Cycle: Weekly payment run; month-end close
  1. Land & Read

    Once, at setup

    Baseline: cost, touchless rate, cycle time, duplicates.

  2. Receive

    Every cycle

    PINT AE, PDF and paper invoices in one queue.

  3. Check

    Fields, TRN, VAT, duplicates and bank details validated.

  4. Match and code

    Smart match; non-PO invoices coded.

  5. Resolve exceptions

    A named specialist owns each exception until it closes.

  6. Approve

    Your approver decides, with the evidence attached.

  7. Post

    Posted to your ERP with a full trail.

  8. Payment-ready

    Payment proposal prepared; your treasury releases it.

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AP AutomationContinued

  1. Close and report

    Weekly AP pack; month-end accruals and reconciliation.

  • What you give us

    • ERP access
    • Invoice channels
    • Invoice history, last 3–6 months
    • AP policy
    • Approvers
    • Clean supplier master
  • You receive

    • Weekly AP pack, month-end close
    • Payment-ready batches; you release
    • Supplier payment queries answered
    • Step 0 AP baseline
  • PurveO targets

    • Touchless invoices: 50% or more in 90 days
    • Receipt to payment-ready: 3 business days or less
    • Exceptions: 9% of invoices or less
    • Suspected duplicates held: 100%
    • Cost per invoice: Best-in-class band
    • Compliant posting: 100% of invoices

Best paired with Supplier Trust. Works with your accredited e-invoicing service provider.

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Intake → PR → PO

From request to purchase order, gated

  • You pay per: PO issued
  • Live in: 6 weeks
  • Cycle: Per request; weekly and monthly reports
  1. Land & Read

    Once, at setup

    Baseline: cycle time, approvals, off-contract spend.

  2. Capture

    Every cycle

    Requests from email, chat or form; gaps asked for.

  3. Qualify at the gate

    Duplicates, budget, policy and authority checked.

  4. Approve

    The right approver, with evidence and budget attached.

  5. Route

    To stock, a contracted supplier, or quotes.

  6. Quote, when needed

    RFQ to verified suppliers; you award.

  7. Issue the PO

    Created in your ERP, sent and acknowledged.

  8. Follow through

    Receipt confirmed, feeding AP Automation matching.

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Intake → PR → POContinued

  1. Report

    Weekly fulfilment pack, monthly compliance review.

  • What you give us

    • Organisation and approval limits
    • Procurement policy
    • Suppliers, contracts and price lists
    • Request channels
    • PR and PO history, last 6–12 months
    • PO terms
  • You receive

    • Weekly fulfilment pack
    • Monthly spend-compliance review
    • One complete PR per request
    • Quote comparisons; you award
    • Step 0 intake baseline
  • PurveO targets

    • PRs right first time: 95% or more
    • Request to PO: Same day, or 3 days with quotes
    • Off-contract spend: Toward 10% or below
    • Policy-compliant POs: 100%
    • Quote compliance: 100% of qualifying buys
    • Requests tracked: 100%

Uses verified suppliers from Supplier Trust. Procurement sees only complete requests.

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Operating rhythm

You set the rules once. The agents run the work inside them. A named pod owns the result and reports it to you every week.

  • Continuous

    Agents execute inside your rules. When an agent is unsure, it hands off to a named specialist. It never guesses.

  • Weekly

    AP Cycle Pack and Fulfilment Pack: volumes, cycle time against target, exceptions by owner and age

  • Monthly

    Supplier Trust Report, month-end close and a CFO review against your Day-0 baseline

  • Quarterly

    Rule Library refreshed for policy and regulation

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07PurveO Agent-as-a-Service

Beyond the core: services that ride the same platform.

Every extended service reuses the supplier record, the rules and the memory the core services already built, so it adds value without a new implementation.

  • E-invoicing readiness sprint

    Available

    Supplier master and invoice fields checked against PINT AE, provider onboarding coordinated.

  • Policy-to-Rules

    Available

    Your procurement policy turned into enforceable rules per category, tested for accuracy.

  • Supplier onboarding desk

    Available

    New suppliers collected, validated and activated through the portal, queries handled.

  • Audit evidence pack

    Available

    Every decision with its source and approver, exported on demand for internal, external or VAT audit.

  • Tail-spend and spot-buy desk

    Coming soon

    Low-value, high-frequency buying run end to end: request, quotes, PO.

  • Sourcing events desk

    Coming soon

    RFQs run, quotes compared side by side, an award recommendation. You decide.

  • Vendor and requester query desk

    Coming soon

    One desk answers where my PO is and where my payment is, from the live record.

  • Supplier insights

    Coming soon

    Supplier concentration, price variances and benchmarks across your base.

  • Budget control desk

    Coming soon

    Budget checked at the gate, commitments against budget reported monthly.

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08PurveO Agent-as-a-Service

Start on one rung. Climb when it is proven.

Every engagement starts with one service and a measured baseline. The next rung is added only when the current one delivers.

  1. Diagnose

    L0

    Your baseline and the metrics we are measured on. Inside every service.

  2. Supplier Trust

    L1 · Start here

    Per active supplier kept valid. Live in 4 weeks.

  3. AP Automation

    L2

    Per invoice made payment-ready. Live in 6 weeks.

  4. Qualified requests

    L3

    Intake → PR → PO, part one. Every request qualified at the gate.

  5. Purchase orders

    L4

    Intake → PR → PO, part two. Per PO issued.

  6. Autonomous intake-to-pay

    L5

    The full journey, run end to end by agents. Next.

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09PurveO Agent-as-a-Service

Not a cheaper BPO. Not another tool to run.

A BPO adds people to your problem. Software hands the problem back to your team. Agent-as-a-Service removes the work and keeps the evidence.

  • Outcomes, not headcount

    You pay per active supplier kept verified, invoice made payment-ready or PO issued. Not per seat, not per person.

  • Agents first, people on exceptions

    Agents carry the volume. A named pod takes every handoff, so quality rises while cost falls.

  • Governed by your rules

    Authority limits and five segregation-of-duties gates, enforced at the moment of decision. Compliance is a ceiling no setting can lift.

  • Evidence behind every action

    Each action names who took it, the rule it followed and the source it relied on. Reversible, with the trail kept.

  • UAE-native from day one

    PINT AE e-invoicing, Federal Tax Authority and National Economic Register checks, UAE sanctions lists and UAE data residency.

  • The knowledge stays yours

    Rules, supplier records and every decision live in your Memory Graph, not in somebody's inbox. People can leave; the knowledge stays.

How the four models compare
What you are comparingIn-house teamProcurement BPOProcurement softwarePurveO Agent-as-a-Service
Who does the workYour staffOffshore team following SOPsYour own team, with better toolsAgents inside your rules; named specialists on exceptions
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09PurveO Agent-as-a-Service

Not a cheaper BPO. Not another tool to run.Continued

How the four models compare
What you are comparingIn-house teamProcurement BPOProcurement softwarePurveO Agent-as-a-Service
What you pay forSalaries and turnoverTeam capacity (FTEs) or transaction volumeLicences and seatsOutcome units per cycle
Time to first valueA hiring cycleTransition and knowledge-transfer phaseImplementation, then adoption4 weeks for Supplier Trust; 6 weeks for AP Automation and Intake → PR → PO
Supplier validationUsually at onboarding onlyAt onboardingDepends on your team's disciplineContinuous, every cycle
Knowledge when people leaveLeaves with themSits with the providerIn the tool, if it was maintainedKept in your Memory Graph
Evidence per decisionEmails and spreadsheetsSampled QA and SLA reportsSystem logsRule and evidence on every action; signed cycle report
ScalingHire and train more staffAdd peopleAdd seats and admin effortVolume grows without adding headcount
Your policyHeld in documents and people's memoryWritten into SOP documentsConfigured in the toolApproved once as rules, enforced at every step
UAE rules and registriesDepends on the teamGlobal templatesVaries by vendorBuilt for UAE PINT AE, NetSuite and Business Central
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09PurveO Agent-as-a-Service

Not a cheaper BPO. Not another tool to run.Continued

How the four models compare
What you are comparingIn-house teamProcurement BPOProcurement softwarePurveO Agent-as-a-Service
Sized for the mid-marketAt the cost of headcountUsually enterprise-sizedYesBuilt for it
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10PurveO Agent-as-a-Service

From first call to first outcome statement in about 30 days of running.

  1. Operations review

    Day 0

    Thirty minutes. Bring a supplier master, an invoice log or a request log.

  2. Land & Read

    Week 1

    Data and access in. Baseline measured. Targets proposed.

  3. Rules

    Week 2

    Your policy turned into rules you approve. Owners and approvers set.

  4. Shadow run

    Week 3

    Agents run beside your team with no write-back. Results compared.

  5. Go-live

    Weeks 4–6

    Supplier Trust goes live in week 4; AP Automation and Intake → PR → PO in weeks 5–6, with ERP write-back and approvals switched on.

  6. CFO review

    Every month

    Add the next service when the current one is proven.

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Governed by your rules. Evidenced in every action.

The blocker to agents in procurement was never capability. It was accountability. Every action can be traced, explained and undone.

  • Attributable

    Every action names the agent or person who took it.

  • Explainable

    Every decision shows the rule applied and the evidence used.

  • Bounded

    Agents act only inside your rules. Compliance is a hard ceiling.

  • Reversible

    Every change is logged and can be rolled back.

  • Graduated

    Autonomy climbs one rung at a time, on evidence.

  • Standards we build to

    • Peppol PINT AE e-invoicing
    • UAE Ministry of Finance e-invoicing rules
    • UAE Personal Data Protection Law
    • Five segregation-of-duties gates
  • Validations we run

    • Federal Tax Authority, for the TRN
    • National Economic Register, for the trade licence
    • Peppol participant directory
    • UAE sanctions lists
    • ICV certification, through MoIAT
  • Audits and certifications

    • Audit evidence pack: Available
    • SOC 2 Type I: In progress
    • ISO/IEC 27001: In progress
    • SOC 2 Type II: Planned
    • ISO/IEC 42001, for AI management: Planned
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Governed by your rules. Evidenced in every action.Continued

  • What PurveO commits to

    • A named specialist pod for your account
    • No action outside your approved rules
    • Targets committed in writing after the week-one baseline
    • A cycle report with evidence, and a monthly review
    • UAE data residency
    • Your data stays yours, in the contract
  • What you commit to

    • Data and access in week one: read-only first, write access at go-live
    • One named owner per service, plus named approvers
    • Approval decisions within the agreed response time
    • Sign-off of the rules before the shadow run
    • Payment release stays with your treasury
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Questions procurement and finance leaders ask us.

If yours is not here, the operations review is the fastest way to an answer.

How is Agent-as-a-Service different from procurement outsourcing?
A BPO moves your work to another team of people, priced per head or per transaction. PurveO Agent-as-a-Service moves the work to governed AI agents on the PurveO platform, with a small specialist pod on exceptions. You pay per outcome, every action carries its evidence, and the knowledge stays with you.
How is Agent-as-a-Service different from buying the PurveO platform?
It is the same platform. With a platform subscription your team runs it. With Agent-as-a-Service, PurveO runs it for you and is accountable for the outcome. Your rules, supplier records and decision history stay yours either way.
Does Agent-as-a-Service help with UAE e-invoicing and PINT AE?
Yes. AP Automation receives structured PINT AE invoices through your accredited service provider, and Supplier Trust keeps the supplier data behind every e-invoice valid. Businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more had to appoint a provider by 30 October 2026 and go live on 1 January 2027; businesses below that threshold follow by 31 March 2027 and 1 July 2027.
What does the UAE e-invoicing mandate require?
Invoices must travel as PINT AE structured data through an Accredited Service Provider (ASP), with 51 mandatory fields; a PDF does not qualify. Businesses with revenue of AED 50 million or more had to appoint an ASP by 30 October 2026 and go live on 1 January 2027; the rest by 31 March 2027 and 1 July 2027. Penalties reach AED 5,000 a month without an ASP or system, up to AED 50,000 a year, and AED 250 a day for unreported data changes.
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Questions procurement and finance leaders ask us.Continued

Do we need to replace our ERP?
No. Agent-as-a-Service runs on top of your ERP and posts back to it. NetSuite and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central are supported today, and your ERP stays the system of record for organisation data, inventory, the general ledger and postings.
How long does it take to go live?
Four weeks for Supplier Trust, and six weeks for AP Automation and Intake → PR → PO, counted from signature. Each starts with a week-one baseline of your own data, then a shadow run beside your team before any agent writes to your ERP.
Who is accountable when an agent gets something wrong?
PurveO is. Each service has a named journey owner and a UAE-based service lead. Agents hand off to a person whenever confidence falls below your threshold, every action can be traced to its rule and source, and actions can be reversed with the trail kept.
Can agents approve purchases or release payments?
Agents approve only within the delegated-authority limits you set, and only where you have switched that autonomy on. Everything above a limit goes to your approvers. Payment release always stays with your finance team.
What does Supplier Trust check suppliers against?
Authoritative UAE sources: the Federal Tax Authority for the TRN, the National Economic Register for trade licences, the Peppol participant directory, UAE sanctions lists, and ICV certification where your tenders need it. Every result is stored with its source and date.
Where is our data stored, and which certifications do you hold?
Your data is stored in UAE cloud regions and is yours under the contract. SOC 2 Type I and ISO/IEC 27001 are in progress; SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 42001 follow. An audit evidence pack is available on demand today.
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Questions procurement and finance leaders ask us.Continued

Can a shared-services team or global capability centre use Agent-as-a-Service?
Yes. Shared-services and global capability centre teams can hand one journey to Agent-as-a-Service, such as supplier validation for their Gulf entities, while keeping process ownership and reporting.
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Service brief

Start with one service. See the outcome in 30 days.

Bring your supplier master or last quarter's invoice log. We will show you what is broken, what we would fix, and how we would be measured.

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