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Live sessions and on demand recordings from the Vera AI team. Every demo runs on the live product with sample data. Recordings are available on request with a work email.

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Introduction to Vera AI

22 min
Webinar · 3 min free preview

What Vera AI is built from and what it does: a live sign in and tour, a vendor order form read and redlined on camera, an instant benchmark, and a search across every agreement you hold.

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Session 01

The ServiceNow Renewal

21 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

Paying twice for the platform you run. A renewal worked live off the order form: the discount read from the paper, the peer band and verdict, the levers priced, and the asks written for the meeting.

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Session 02

Committing to OCI

20 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

The number you can live with. An Oracle cloud commit worked live off the order: the rate against the market, the expiry and overage clauses priced with their fixes, and the asks written for the meeting.

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Session 03

The Microsoft EA

21 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

Copilot, E5, and the renewal that prices itself. The blend taken apart into its three deals, each priced against its own market, the seat truth, and the asks written for the meeting.

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Session 04

The Salesforce Renewal

20 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

Stable discounts, rising net. A migration renewal worked live off both papers: the same percentage, a bill up sixty percent, the successor market priced, and the asks written for the meeting.

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Session 05

SAP: RISE, Stay, or Wait

20 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

Three paths, three leverage positions. A RISE proposal worked live off the order form: the rate placed against its market, the sizing audited, the stay case costed, and the steering group agenda written.

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Session 06

The AWS Commit You Can Actually Hit

20 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

The year three where the curve was wrong. A commitment schedule priced live against the customer's own run rate: the shortfall in money, the rate against the market, and the finance agenda written.

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Session 07

VMware After Broadcom

20 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

Per-core math and the exit question. A VCF quote worked live off the paper: the inflated core count corrected before the rate, the bundle challenged, the exit costed, and the renewal agenda written.

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Session 08

The Audit Letter

20 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

From Friday panic to a written position. Your own audit clause read off the paper, the walkaway that ends the argument, the standard built from your wins and graded against the live deal.

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Session 09

The Renewal Calendar

20 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

The calendar that runs the year. Every notice window pulled from the paper onto the day the leverage expires, the year triaged onto a runway with owners and next actions, and quiet opt-in alerts.

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Session 10

Seat Counts Are the Negotiation

20 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

The series finale. Entitlement against invoices and usage, the unused seats surfaced and priced across the estate, and the rightsizing case written for the business owner.

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Session 11

Brought In Too Late

16 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

Winning the intake battle. Why sourcing gets the deal after the decision, the four signals a deal is forming, and the estate surfacing renewals months early.

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Session 12

The Category Strategy on One Page

16 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

The difference between buying and sourcing. Four questions in order, the one page canvas, and a twelve month roadmap of sequenced plays.

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Session 13

Should-Cost: Negotiate the Cost, Not the Price

16 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

The price is an opinion, the cost is a fact. Five cost layers, a clean sheet built from your own paper, and a target priced over the full term.

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Session 14

The Bake-Off That Creates Leverage

16 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

Competition the vendor believes. What makes an alternative credible, bid design decided in daylight, and two proposals read clause by clause.

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Session 15

Savings That Survive

16 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

From negotiated to realized. The four places value leaks, the five station bridge to the P and L, and savings verified against the invoices.

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Session 16

Holding the Line

16 min
Sourcing in practice · 2 min free preview

Getting the business to say no with you. Demand as the lever nobody pulls, the stakeholder map, and the internal case initialed before the vendor arrives.

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AI and Sourcing: what actually changes

14 min
Webinar · New · 2 min free preview

The no magic talk session. The reading, the market, and the standing work, live, with the operating model that keeps people in charge. Presenters on screen.

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Session 01

Never Walk In Cold

14 min
Series · Session 1 · 2 min free preview

For negotiators. Twenty minutes of prep, done tonight, that puts you in the room knowing more than the account team expects.

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Session 02

Drop a Quote, Get a Deal Desk

16 min
Series · Session 2 · 2 min free preview

For anyone holding a fresh vendor quote. One PDF in, a fully worked deal out, with the reply ready to send.

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Session 03

What Is a Good Discount, Really?

16 min
Series · Session 3 · 2 min free preview

For benchmarking and pricing people. The three answers behind every verdict, and the ask ladder that follows.

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Session 04

Read the Market Before the Seller Walks In

16 min
Series · Session 4 · 2 min free preview

For researchers and category owners. The homework on every vendor, already done, in a fifteen minute weekly rhythm.

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Session 05

The Contract Estate That Runs Itself

16 min
Series · Session 5 · 2 min free preview

For contract managers. The ledger, the workbench, the renewal calendar, and search across everything you have signed.

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Session 06

Same Contract, Worse Terms

16 min
Series · Session 6 · 2 min free preview

For renewal reviewers. The vendor says nothing changed. The comparison desk reads both agreements and grades every move.

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Session 07

Upload Everything

17 min
Series · Session 7 · 2 min free preview

For the owner of the whole IT spend. Estate in, ranked savings list out, in an afternoon instead of a quarter.

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Session 08

The Eighty Page Contract, Read in Four Minutes

16 min
Series · Session 8 · 2 min free preview

For everyone who signs what they haven't read. The decoder reveal, the red lines ranked, and the terms worth defending.

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Session 09

Your Renewal Calendar Is Lying to You

16 min
Series · Session 9 · 2 min free preview

For renewal owners. The renewal that suddenly arrived did not sneak up, the calendar was watching the wrong date.

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Session 10

An Analyst on Every Vendor

16 min
Series · Session 10 · 2 min free preview

For teams that want the work done while they sleep. Watchdogs, autopilots, analysts, and the audit trail behind them.

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