Frequently Asked Questions

• What makes Agent Bob different from traditional conversational AI?

  Agent Bob executes complete procurement workflows and generates structured, strategic documents. 

• What data does Agent Bob use?

  Agent Bob relies on Spend Cube’s cleansed, classified, and enriched procurement dataset for accuracy.

• What documents can Agent Bob produce?

  Category plans, savings assessments, budget forecasts, and executive-ready briefs. Also, produces charts, sourcing comparisons and recommendations, benchmarking and many more.

• What example of questions can Agent Bob answer?

  - “How do I save 10% across my IT spend, what actions should I take?”
  - “Identify and give me 3 strategies for managing our tail spend?”
  - “Create a category plan giving me alternative suppliers.”
  - “How does US tariffs effect the purchase of organic and inorganic chemicals from India” - and many more.

• Does Agent Bob replace dashboards?

  Agent Bob eliminates the need to navigate dashboards by generating complete analytical deliverables for you. 

• Does Agent Bob only handle quantitative data?

  No - Agent Bob also provides qualitative insights, including: 

  • SWOT analyses 

  • Negotiation recommendations 

  • Category insights 

  • Opportunity identification 
    

  
  

  Agent Bob blends structured spend data with external research sources (when enabled) to give strategic intelligence. 

• How fast does Agent Bob produce outputs?

  Seconds to minutes, replacing hours or days of manual work. 

• How accurate are Agent Bob’s insights?

  All quantitative responses are validated against the Spend Cube dataset. 
  Agent Bob does not “invent numbers” - it retrieves actual spend, contract, and supplier data exactly as stored in your system. 
  Accuracy is governed by: 

  • Spend Cube classification 

  • Your organization’s data quality 

  • Built-in validation rules 

  • Guardrails that restrict outputs to your dataset 

• How is my data secured?

  Your data remains private, governed by: 

  • Enterprise-grade security controls 

  • Compliance-ready governance frameworks 

  • Strict isolation of each customer dataset 

  • No cross-customer mixing 

  • Optional VPC or private deployment 

   

  LLMs cannot access or retain your data outside the protected environment.