Archlet AI-native eSourcing with Spark Agents

Archlet AG is a Zurich, Switzerland company founded in 2019 by Lukas Wawrla, Jakob Manz and Tim Grunow. It builds sourcing software for procurement teams that still evaluate complex, multi-item bids in spreadsheets, and now has offices in the United States, Switzerland, Spain and Singapore.

The platform runs RFIs, RFPs, RFQs and reverse auctions, with a sourcing optimisation engine that models award scenarios across bundled items, volumes and constraints. Spark, its AI layer, provides agents that set up questionnaires and bid sheets, recommend auction formats, generate scenarios from plain-language rules and summarise supplier bids. Autonomous Sourcing, launched in 2026, lets Spark handle tactical and tail-spend events from intake to award under policies set by procurement. Categories include direct materials, packaging, MRO, services and logistics and freight.

• eSourcing: RFIs, RFPs and RFQs with structured bid sheets and cost formulas.
• Reverse auctions: multiple auction formats with an Auction Agent that recommends setup.
• Sourcing optimisation: award scenarios across bundles, volumes and supplier constraints.
• Spark agents: Setup, Auction, Scenario and Summary agents for event preparation and bid analysis.
• Autonomous Sourcing: conversational intake, autonomous event management, award recommendations and optional auto-award.
• Integrations: open APIs, SAP partnership, Xeneta freight data and ORO partnership.

• An FMCG company in Vietnam can run packaging tenders with thousands of SKUs and compare award scenarios by supplier capacity.
• A logistics buyer can run freight tenders informed by market rate data.
• A manufacturer can let AI agents handle low-value MRO requests while buyers focus on strategic categories.

• Archlet cites 1-10% cost savings and 15% faster sourcing cycles, with up to 30% shorter cycles and 5-25% savings depending on category.
• Scenario optimisation lets buyers compare award options across thousands of line items quickly.
• Configurable autonomy lets procurement decide which steps run hands-off and which need approval.
• Strategic and tactical sourcing run on one platform, so simple events can escalate to optimisation or negotiation.

Procurement teams in manufacturing, retail and logistics are moving from spreadsheet bid analysis to optimisation and AI agents, partly to handle volatile freight and material prices. Archlet's Singapore office signals attention to Asia, where Vietnam's export manufacturers and FMCG groups run large packaging, materials and freight tenders that benefit from scenario-based awarding.

Archlet AG was founded in 2019 by Lukas Wawrla, Jakob Manz and Tim Grunow and is registered at Hardturmstrasse 132, Zurich. It has offices in the US, Switzerland, Spain and Singapore. Customers shown on its site include TotalEnergies, Walmart, FedEx, PepsiCo, Covestro, Takeda and OMV. It was named to the 2025/26 ProcureTech100, The Hackett Group 2025-26 '50 to Watch' and the Swiss Deep Tech Report 2026 watchlist.