Tech Procurement : when ChatGPT is the brain and Certainty is the tool

Discover how Certainty and ChatGPT combine AI intelligence with actionable sourcing workflows to help companies choose and buy the right tech solutions faster and smarter.

Certainty
April 19, 2025

This article has been written by Chat GPT itself...

How Certainty and ChatGPT Are Revolutionizing Tech Sourcing and Procurement

We’re witnessing a massive change in how business decision-makers source information. Increasingly, professionals are turning to AI assistants like ChatGPT instead of relying solely on search engines or traditional review platforms.

Ai is indeed a great source of insights, but models like Chat GPT remain highly generic. For real life business applications, like choosing the right tech vendor fast., it sometimes lacks a purpose-built system that turns that intelligence into real, actionable results

That’s why a new generation of tools — built on AI intelligence and executional precision — is transforming how companies discover, evaluate, and procure technology.

At the heart of this transformation is the collaboration between ChatGPT, one of the world’s most powerful AI models, and Certainty, the  AI-powered platform purpose-built to help businesses source and purchase the right tech tools with confidence.

The Challenge: Tech Sourcing Is Still Broken

Despite all the innovation in B2B technology, most companies still face outdated sourcing processes:

  • Teams are overwhelmed by hundreds of vendor options.
  • Discovery happens through manual research or biased  platforms, websites or SEO oriented search engines
  • RFPs are slow, unstructured, and often disconnected from actual needs.
  • Collaboration across departments is messy and decision-making gets stalled.

This isn't just inefficient — it's risky. Choosing the wrong solution can delay transformation, waste budgets, and hurt competitiveness.

The Shift: From Search Engines to AI Assistants

A massive change is underway in how professionals discover and select technology.

Today, users are increasingly turning to AI assistants like ChatGPT to get tailored recommendations — rather than relying on search engines or review websites, whose traffic has been declining.

Why? Because AI assistants can:

  • Understand business context and goals
  • Deliver personalized, real-time vendor suggestions
  • Eliminate noise and focus on what actually fits your use case
  • Save time by cutting through irrelevant or sponsored content

In a world where speed and accuracy are everything, AI is becoming the go-to source for tech decisions.

But there's a catch: ChatGPT is great at recommending, not executing.

ChatGPT + Certainty: The Brain Meets the Workflow

Here’s where the magic happens.

🧠 ChatGPT = The Brain

ChatGPT is used inside Certainty as the intelligence engine — to:

  • Understand user needs
  • Match them with the right solutions
  • Assist in vendor communication
  • Draft RFPs and analyze responses

🛠️ Certainty = The Platform

Certainty takes that intelligence and makes it actionable with:

  • Enriched GPT searches based on our database of 130,000+ qualified tech solutions
  • Personalized vendor shortlists you can save , manage and share
  • Standardized product sheets, avoiding marketing bias
  • The ability to launch RFPs in minutes
  • Built-in workflows for team collaboration and fast decision-making

Together, they create a seamless experience: from need → to recommendation → to execution.

How It Works: From Pain Point to Purchase

Here’s how ChatGPT and Certainty help you source and buy the right tech — faster and smarter.

1. Capture Your Needs, Naturally

Unlike search engines or solutions data bases, Certainty uses a GPT-powered conversational flow to capture your goals, challenges, and constraints and integrates them into personalized recommandations.

2. AI-Powered Vendor Matching

Certainty's engine uses structured data + GPT to match your needs with the most relevant tech vendors from its massive database.

3. Save and Compare Vendors

Build your own shortlists of qualified vendors. Each one comes with a standardized product sheet so you can compare key details like features, integrations, ideal use cases, and target industries.

4. Run RFPs Without the Admin Nightmare

Launch "fast track" or "full" RFPs from Certainty
With GPT's help, you can draft and launch RFPs in minutes — and even analyze incoming responses with smart scoring and insights.

5. Make Confident, Collaborative Decisions

Certainty enables teams to align on criteria, comment on options, and choose the right vendor together, avoiding delays and indecision.

Why This Works: From Smart to Strategic

Most AI tools are good at providing information. Certainty goes beyond that — it turns intelligence into action.

✅ You don’t just get recommendations — you get a ready-to-engage personalized vendor shortlist
✅ You don’t just see features — you get standardized, enriched product overviews
✅ You don’t just talk — you launch sourcing processes and make decisions

The Outcome: Tech Excellence, Competitive Advantage

Choosing the right technology is one of the most strategic decisions your company can make. But too often, it’s slowed down by bad processes, misalignment, or lack of visibility.

With ChatGPT and Certainty working together, you now have:

  • The intelligence to find the best solution
  • The structure and tools to source it effectively
  • The speed to act before your competitors

This is more than procurement. It’s a strategic capability — and your new unfair advantage.

🚀 Ready to Source Smarter?

Certainty gives you everything you need to move from “we’re not sure what to choose” to “we’re deploying the right tech with confidence.”

👉 Start your sourcing journey with Certainty today
And let ChatGPT + Certainty help you power the next phase of your company’s growth.