Autonomous purchasing

Autonomous procurement that still respects budget and vendor policy

Let agents buy inventory, services, software, or repairs on demand without giving up purchasing control. The agent can source and transact on its own, but only inside the vendors, categories, and budgets you approve.

Industries

Supply chain · Travel & events · Agentic commerce · Property management

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Best for

Supply chain, travel, commerce

Controls

Supplier policy, PO caps, approvals

Outcome

Repeatable buying without spend drift

Product

Conto products behind governed purchasing

Runtime controls

Policy Engine

Define the rules for how agents spend, then evaluate every payment request before funds move. Conto keeps limits, categories, trust requirements, and approval rules in the transaction path.

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Human review

Approvals

Route only the payment requests that need judgment to a human reviewer, with the triggering policy, recipient, amount, and agent context already attached.

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Counterparty trust

Network Intelligence

Use transaction history, relationship data, and shared risk signals to understand who agents are paying before the payment clears.

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Workflow

How agent purchases stay inside vendor policy

Agents can source and transact on their own, but Conto checks supplier, category, amount, and approval rules before the purchase clears.

Step 1

The agent selects what to buy

A procurement or commerce workflow identifies the need, compares vendors, and assembles the purchase request.

Step 2

Conto validates the spend path

Supplier allowlists, spend categories, per-order budgets, and approval thresholds are evaluated before the transaction can clear.

Step 3

Approved buying stays autonomous

Repeat purchases from known vendors move quickly. New vendors or larger orders route to the right approver first.

Controls

Controls that keep autonomous buying disciplined

Purchasing policy sits in the transaction path, so known vendors can move quickly and new or oversized orders pause for review.

Supplier allowlists

Ensure that autonomous buying stays inside approved vendors unless someone explicitly signs off on a new counterparty.

Category restrictions

Limit the agent to the types of goods or services it should actually be able to buy.

Per-order spend caps

Put a hard ceiling on how much a single purchase or PO can commit without escalation.

Approval-backed exceptions

Keep a manual gate for large orders, unusual suppliers, or purchases that do not match the normal operating pattern.

Visibility

Purchase, vendor, and approval context in one view

Procurement leaders can review vendor usage, PO amounts, and approval escalations without leaving the same system that enforced the payment policy.

Conto dashboard showing payments, approvals, and policy outcomes

Demo

Supply chain reference workflow

Supply chain applies this solution to a realistic agent payment workflow, with approved payments, review paths, and blocked requests visible from request to settlement.

Autonomous procurement with bidding and approval workflows.

An AI shopper that can only spend where you let it.

Delegated booking agents with hard mandate and price-drift controls.

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Outcomes