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Exciting news for all our customers: The Zip Community is officially live! "It’s like having a sounding board to make sure we’re taking advantage of not just the product’s capabilities, but also other perspectives from the industry." – Garner Blume, Procurement Manager at Lattice. I’ve been at Zip for 3.5 years leading our Customer Team, and I hear it every week: practitioners want a place to connect, swap ideas, and share what’s working. This community has existed in WhatsApp groups, side chats, and conference hallways for years—now we’re finally bringing it together. In our pilot, customers showed us how powerful this could be when designed for real value. Here’s what you’ll find inside: - Thought leadership: real stories and expert insights - Community forum & education: private Slack with AMAs and peer matchups - Events: in-person meetups and virtual sessions that take online relationships offline It’s incredible to finally see it come to life. Hope to see you inside. Check out the video below and come join us. https://lnkd.in/egRtM7pm

The Zip Community is now live. For years, Zip customers and practitioners have been connecting in side-channels to compare notes, swap fixes, and find mentorship. What was missing was a shared space where this energy could live and grow. That’s what we’re building with the Zip Community. The promise is simple: built by practitioners, powered by peers. Here’s what the Zip Community offers from day one. - Thought leadership: Real stories and insights from the experts - Community forum & education: Private Slack with AMAs and practitioner workshops - Events: In-person meetups and virtual sessions to bring online relationships IRL "[The Zip Community] is like having a sounding board to make sure we’re taking advantage of not just the product’s capabilities, but also other perspectives from the industry." - Garner Blume, Procurement Manager at Lattice If this sounds like your kind of room, you can apply to join today: ziphq.com/community

Let's be honest... Most vendor conferences are a waste of time. Often, they're thinly veiled sales events... If you're not a customer (or seriously considering becoming one), it's tough to justify the time and travel. → Customer engagement sessions feel irrelevant → Product demos focus on features you don't need → Networking is mostly with existing customers → Content is heavily skewed toward the vendor's solutions Generic industry conferences aren't much better. You get surface-level content that applies to everyone and no one. They often lack practical takeaways you can take home and apply NOW... That's what I find refreshing about Zip Forward... They're taking a different approach. Yes, of course there will be Zip content. BUT they're making a clear, concerted effort to offer tech-agnostic insights that are valuable whether you become a Zip customer or not. The proof? They've asked me to host a session called "A Skeptic's Look at AI in Procurement" 😅 And sessions like mine are not an outlier... Check it out for yourself: https://lnkd.in/ett8TaDY What does this unlock? You can get generally applicable ideas, frameworks and content... ...And "put them to the test" with an actual product then and there. This gives you education and experience at the same time. That's digital literacy development on fast forward (Zip forward?) Now that's the kind of conference content procurement needs more of. Not vendor pitches disguised as education. Actual frameworks you can bring back to work and implement on Monday morning. Whether you use Zip, their competitors, or stick with spreadsheets. What's your experience with vendor versus industry conferences? Where's the sweet spot? Let me know in the comments 👇

What an incredible time at #ProcureConEurope, the energy was beyond anything we could have anticipated! We came to connect with procurement leaders across the continent, sharing ideas on the future or orchestration, AI, and next-level collaboration, and left with our hearts and minds completely full of the power of what's possible. Some highlights: Our keynote session with Damyan Grozdanov of Bitpanda; the live calligraphy from Viennese artist Natascha Safarik; an amazing dinner co-hosted with WNS Procurement, a celebration of new and old friends alike! Thanks to everyone who joined us in Vienna, and to the amazing ProcureCon Europe Series organizers who brought it all together. We're inspired and can't wait for the next one! Find out where the Zip team is headed next: https://ziphq.com/events

Wondering how agentic AI can *actually* help in procurement? Zip PM William Yan shares how we build technology that gets the real work done. 👇

A legendary week in London for Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE! The Zip team was on the ground hosting events, leading workshops, and meeting EMEA industry leaders across procurement and finance. It was non-stop action, with Nathan Wiles co-hosting the keynote with Irina Malkina from AppsFlyer, running a workshop on AI agent-building workshop, leading demos, and closing out with a fantastic dinner with some wonderful new friends. Thanks so much to Supply Chain Digital, and in particular James White of BizClik for bringing this community together! Can't wait for the next one! Find out where our team is coming next: https://ziphq.com/events

We partnered with Zip in 2021, just one year after the company was founded. Over its five year existence, Zip has reined in billions of costs for its customers.

SPEAKER DROP! The march is on toward the biggest procurement event of the year! Will we be seeing you in San Francisco for Zip Forward? Catch visionary leaders like Ignacio Cabrera from Cloudflare, Katie Streu from Anthropic, Edina Cavalli from CIBC, Laurie Hill from Prudential Financial, Kim McGlinn from LinkedIn and *so many many more* up on the big stage. This year's theme is 'Agents of Change,' reflecting the transformational moment we find ourselves in where AI agents are becoming essential and trusted components of modern procurement workflows. At Zip Forward, 500+ of the world's most innovative leaders come together to share what's working and push each other forward. We hope to see you there! Read the full press release: https://lnkd.in/eE7yVh2u