DPW New York is a conference that truly earns its reputation. Two days, thousands of procurement and supply chain leaders in one room, and a floor full of conversations that go well past the usual vendor talk. The theme this year was RECODE, and it showed up in almost every conversation we had.
The question we heard most often wasn't about features or pricing. It was a version of the same thing, over and over:
How do we actually trust the data underneath all this AI we've invested in?
It's a fair question. Most enterprises have spent the last two years buying AI. A lot of them are still waiting for it to pay off. The reason is usually the same. The data sitting inside contracts, invoices, and purchase obligations hasn't been touched. It's not clean, it's not structured, and no AI tool built on top of it is going to change that.
That's the layer Terzo lives in. Connecting contract data to financial outcomes so that finance and procurement teams can finally see what they're actually committed to. That conversation resonated this year more than ever.
DPW NYC also gave us a chance to spend real time with the people thinking hardest about these problems. Not just in presentations, but in the hallways, at the booth, and off the floor. The energy in that building was genuine. Procurement has been quietly becoming one of the most strategically important functions in the enterprise, and the people at DPW feel that.
We also had the chance to bring some of those people together at something a little more our speed. For the evening of Day 1, Terzo partnered with DPW to host Rooftop Riservato, an intimate get-together on a Brooklyn rooftop overlooking the Manhattan skyline. The guest list was small by design. Senior procurement and finance leaders who wanted to go deeper on the ideas from the day, without the noise of a packed venue.
The night delivered. There's something about getting people out of the conference setting that changes the conversation. The pressure drops. The real opinions come out.
DPW NYC keeps getting better. The problems on the table are more specific, the technology is more real, and the people building and buying it are more honest about what's working and what isn't.
Check out our full recap above.
