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Half way through 2026 and we're seeing common patterns in vendor behaviour. Different vendors, one playbook. Forced AI upgrades and unwarranted price spikes abound.

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Building a renewals calendar using AI

Aug 18, 2026 04:00 PM

Your next nasty surprise is a contract that auto-renewed while you weren’t looking. The information you needed to stop it was sitting in your inbox and your finance data the whole time.

In our next AI session, I’ll show how to point AI at your raw ITAM data and turn it into a working renewals calendar in minutes, not weeks.

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