LAS VEGAS — Artificial intelligence, digital twins and autonomous supply chain workflows dominated Day 2 discussions at Coupa Inspire 2026 as executives from Coupa, GAF and Sonepar USA described how AI-driven tools are rapidly reshaping procurement, transportation and network optimization. Coupa is a cloud-based, AI-native platform designed for total spend management and supply chain optimization. The company is headquartered in Foster City, California with offices throughout Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. The conference, held Monday through Wednesday at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, brought together hundreds of procurement, finance and supply chain executives focused on spend management, sourcing and supply chain technology. During the opening keynote on Tuesday, CEO Leagh Turner unveiled new AI-focused products, including the launch of Coupa Compose and Coupa Catalyst, while also announcing the acquisition of AI-based intelligent document processing company Rossum. ‘AI is the new UI’ for supply chain software Dean Bain, Coupa’s general manager and senior vice president of supply chain, said companies are moving beyond simple generative AI chatbots toward “agentic AI” systems capable of automating operational tasks and making complex supply chain decisions. “AI is the new UI,” Bain said during an interview Wednesday with FreightWaves. “As a software company, as an innovator in the space, if that’s not the direction we head, we will be behind.” Coupa executives said the company has developed more than 20 AI agents and plans to expand that number significantly over the next year as it embeds automation directly into procurement and…
