Legal Guardrails for Agentic AI in Procurement

Agentic AI in procurement creates legal exposure when systems move from drafting or summarizing to acting on supplier, contract, invoice, or purchase order decisions. The article explains why companies remain liable when AI agents make binding mistakes, how EU AI Act deadlines affect high-risk procurement use cases, and why GDPR, auditability, vendor contracts, and meaningful human oversight must be designed before deployment. It also highlights risks from public AI models, unclear decision criteria, and weak approval workflows. Technology leaders should treat procurement AI as a governed operating architecture, not an automation shortcut.