It's #ReleaseRoundup time! Another week, another leap forward in agentic procurement and vendor management. Here is what's new: 🚀 Open Signup with Microsoft is live If you missed our announcement last week, you can now create a BRM org via Microsoft sign-in on the public Open Signup flow — no invite needed. We’ve already received the first Open Sign Ups through Microsoft, making it even easier for procurement and finance teams using Microsoft to try BRM in minutes. 🔧 Reliability work — 6 bugs fixed We also cleaned up a set of bugs across integrations and signup flows. These fixes reduce onboarding friction, making it easier than ever to get started with BRM. Power to the buyers, Team BRM

🚀 Big news: BRM’s Contract Collector now supports Microsoft 365. Until today, only Google Workspace users could experience the magic of our Contract Collector AI Superagent, which finds every vendor contract buried in your inbox and turns chaos into clarity. Now, Microsoft 365 users can: ✅ Instantly surface every vendor contract (and only vendor contracts - the Agents are very smart) ✅ Catch hidden renewals (and potential compliance issues) before they cost you ✅ Get total vendor clarity, without lifting a finger ✅ Not worry about adding new contracts, Contract Collector does it automatically Plus, our customers love it: "BRM’s automated alerts the moment a new contract arrives is my favorite thing — I get the heads-up, but I don’t have to do anything. The contract and every key detail show up instantly...so I never have to dig through inboxes or become a detective to find what matters." - Sameer Bhalla, CEO, Tread 💡 Read more here: brm.ai/blog/brm-contract-col… Or reach out to us for a demo. #BRM #Microsoft365 #AI #Procurement #Contracts #FinanceOps

Vendor compliance can kill you. Yet few companies are actually on top of it. 🔒 You’ve locked down your systems. ✅ Your finance and legal teams are airtight. But what about your vendors? The biggest compliance risks are sitting quietly outside your firewall. - A payroll subprocessor in a non-compliant country. - A CRM breach you weren’t told about. - A vendor DPA that quietly expired months ago. Vendor compliance is a blind spot, not a checkbox. You can either be proactive, wait for it to inevitably bite you. Here’s how modern teams are getting ahead of third-party risk (without building a procurement department from scratch): brm.ai/blog/vendor-complianc…

🚨 Still managing contracts in spreadsheets or inboxes? Read this. If your team has ever: - Scrambled to find a vendor agreement buried in someone’s email - Been hit with a surprise renewal for a tool no one uses - Or realized you’re paying for something you forgot you had… You’re not alone, and you’re probably (definitely) overdue for a better way to track contracts. A Contract Tracking System helps you see every agreement, renewal date, and vendor relationship in one place — before things slip through the cracks. In my latest post, we walk through: - What a contract tracking system actually is (and how it differs from CLM) - Why fast-growing teams need one sooner than they think - The telltale signs you’ve outgrown Google Drive - And how to think about the purchase of a system, whether it be a point solution or a modern Agentic vendor management and procurement solution like BRM Because here’s the truth: If it’s not tracked, it’s not managed. And not managing contracts isn’t an option anymore. 👉 Read the full post here: brm.ai/blog/contract-trackin… #Procurement #FinanceOps #SaaS #VendorManagement #ContractManagement

It's Thursday, and that means it is time for BRM's weekly release roundup! 🚀 This week at BRM: we shipped a focused set of improvements and updates that make procurement without the work easier and faster than ever. We shipped: 📄 .docx support for Agreement Visualizations — native rendering of Word documents, so clause highlighting, anchored links, and Ask AI work the same as PDFs. No conversions necessary. ⚡ Extraction throughput ↑ — safely increased document extraction concurrency for faster ingestion of large batches. Contracts show up sooner than ever before (and certainly sooner than all of those non-BRM users who are still manually uploading contracts)! 🔃 Fulfilled an ask from 2 customers: We now include the ERP ID for your Vendors within BRM – making it easier to cross-reference your BRM data with your ERP (so go ahead and VLOOKUP to your heart’s content)! …and we fixed a number of bugs, including improving the reliability of SSO sign-on. Plus, we readied a few new secret improvements in support of a much larger project that will be revealed soon! Stay tuned, because change how you look at your tech stack. As always, power to the buyers. - Team BRM #AgenticBuying #ProcurementReimagined

🚀 This week at BRM: Smarter document linking, M365 compatibility, and Slack-native collaboration Another week of shipping fast 🛠 Here are some highlights: 🪟 Microsoft 365 Contract Collector is Now Available — M365 users can now connect to BRM to uncover every vendor contract hiding in their inbox. 🧠 Inference-Based Document Linking — Replacing our rules engine with a Holistic Judgement Agent that understands context to assign documents accurately. No flowcharts. Just intelligence. ✏️ Rename Custom Field Values — Typos fixed, data preserved. Rename field values across your whole workspace instantly. 💬 Reply to BRM in Slack — Got tagged? You were already able to talk to BRM, but now you can reply to others right in Slack. BRM lives where your work happens, so you can stay in your flow state. 🧹 6 Bug Fixes — From profile syncs to ownership fields, everything’s cleaner and faster. We’re building a system that helps buyers move as fast as the sellers. #AgenticBuying #ProcurementReimagined #AIProcurement #BRM

Auto-renewals are designed to be forgotten. That’s why they work...for vendors, not for you. We’ve seen companies get hit with surprise renewals for $42K, $72K, even six figures - all because someone missed a 60-day cancellation window. The result? - Lost negotiation leverage - Renewed tools no one uses - Compliance risks hiding in old contracts Most teams are still tracking renewals with spreadsheets, PDFs, and a few calendar invites. That’s how these mistakes happen. In our latest post, we break down: - Why auto-renewals exist (and why vendors love them) - The financial and operational risks they create - How modern teams are staying ahead, without hiring a procurement army So, if you want to end surprise, unwanted auto-renewals once and for all, this is the article for you. Read the full post: brm.ai/blog/the-hidden-risks…

🚀 This week at BRM: Parallel approvals, sharper ontology, and cleaner data across the board. We shipped some powerful upgrades this week: ✅ Parallel Workflow Approvals — Require all approvers to sign off, in any order. No more bottlenecks, just smoother approvals. This came in as a customer request - we are always happy to deliver on their ideas to improve the platform! 🧠 Ontology Upgrade — Our system now better distinguishes software variants (e.g., Zoho Meetings vs Zoho Bug Tracker), delivering cleaner insights and more precise vendor data. 🧹 Fixes and Polish — From faster request updates to smarter duplicate handling, BRM just got even more effortless. We’re continuing to perfect our Agentic procurement and vendor management solution to help you buy smarter, and take control of your vendors — and this week’s release keeps pushing that mission forward. #AgenticBuying #ProcurementReimagined #AIProcurement #BRM

Fast growth is exciting… until the chaos hits. Suddenly, you’ve got 300 vendors, renewals buried in email threads, and no one can answer: 💬 “Who owns this contract?” 💬 “When does it renew?” 💬 “Are we still paying for that tool marketing tested last quarter?” Your team bought all of these tools to help them do their job, but now it feels like the tools are owning you. You certainly have a finance problem. But, at its root, you have a visibility problem. And it’s costing mid-sized companies over $135,000 a year in wasted software spend alone. In our latest post, we break down: ✅ Why visibility breaks down so fast (hint: it’s not just spreadsheets) ✅ The real costs of poor vendor visibility — from compliance risk to morale ✅ What leading finance teams are doing right now to get control back If you’re scaling fast, this is a must-read before your next renewal cycle hits. Read the full post: brm.ai/blog/vendor-visibilit…

🚀 New Feature: Share Software and Vendors in BRM Collaboration should happen where the work lives, not in email threads or exported files. That’s why we’re excited to announce: You can now share software & vendor pages directly in BRM. ✅ Share Finance, Legal, IT, or Compliance permissions with your teammates ✅ Add notes, just like in Google Docs ✅ Adjust or remove permissions anytime No more downloads. No more lost context. Just seamless collaboration. This release was inspired by our customers, who asked us for a better way to share. We heard you, and we are happy to quickly deliver this new feature. 👉 Collaboration unlocked. Explore the update here: buff.ly/076MGq7

🌟 Welcome Joey to BRM! 🌟 We’re excited to have Joey join us as our newest Product Designer! She’s built solutions across complex systems, and her expertise will be key as we build BRM’s design to meet the needs of fast-moving, cross-functional buying teams. Thrilled to have her on board — let’s give her a warm welcome! 👏

Ever wonder how much you're paying for a tool or when a contract renews? Now you can just ask BRM—in Slack. No dashboards, no forms—just answers, right where you work. Sign up for a trial today to give it a try for free!

We were excited to have Matt Vassar at BRM last week for a session on public speaking and executive presence — how to communicate with composure, confidence, and skillful delivery. He left the team with thoughtful takeaways we’re still talking about! Big thanks to Matt for taking time to be with our team.

Verifying contracts just got a whole lot easier. Now you can verify new or updated agreements from BRM directly in Slack—no inbox clutter, no extra tabs. Just a quick check, right where you already work. Just click, review, verify.

How many of your vendor contracts do you actually negotiate? What if an AI agent could handle all of them for you? BRM’s AI Negotiator drafts cancellation notices, benchmarks vendors, and manages the entire negotiation—from first outreach to signed deal. Early users are saving 25% per contract and reclaiming 80 hours in just six months. 👇 Learn how it works through the link in the comments.

Introducing BRM’s AI Negotiator Agent Your team’s time is too valuable to spend chasing vendors for better pricing. That’s why we built the AI Negotiator—a fully automated agent that negotiates vendor renewals on your behalf. No back-and-forth emails. No missed savings. Just better deals, delivered instantly. Early customers are already using it to: ✅ Lock in savings ✅ Speed up renewals ✅ Remove negotiation from their to-do list 👉 See how it works: buff.ly/sDWDJlk If you’re ready to stop manually negotiating every contract, this one’s for you.

“BRM gave our finance team expert-level insight into vendor spend, without the hours of manual tracking.” -@KinshukRajan, COO at Santa Barbara Management See it in action. Sign up here: app.brmapp.net/signup

Celebrating a BRM Anniversary! 🎉 This month, we're thrilled to celebrate Ofri Harlev on his first anniversary at BRM. Ofri has built notifications and tasks, making sure everything is accounted for and nothing slips through the cracks. That makes him more than just an engineer—he's the foremost defender of customer budgets, helping teams stay ahead of those sneaky renewals. We’re lucky to have him on the team. Congrats on one year of building here at BRM, Ofri.