Procurement teams can't solve today's challenges of changing tariffs, rising materials prices, and shrinking time windows, if their best tool is email and excel.

In this third conversation between LightSource CEO Spencer Penn and aPriori’s director of product Marketing, Chris Jeznach, we hear what’s missing from the current procurement model in most manufacturing companies today. And we’ll learn how new software technology can help bridge that gap. Spencer Penn draws from his vast experience working at Tesla and then founding LightSource, where he aims to revolutionize direct procurement in manufacturing today. From this frontline perspective, he explains the gaps he’s seen in procurement and what’s possible for teams that adopt new technology to bring the procurement process into the modern AI era.