[September 08, 2025] New Study Finds That While Adoption Varies by Industry, Procurement Professionals Are Widely Embracing AI TweetIronclad study of 800 procurement professionals finds AI adoption strongest in Finance, Technology, and Business Services, while Retail, Healthcare, and Transportation approach AI more cautiously SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ironclad , the leading AI contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform, announced the publication of its first annual State of AI in Procurement Report . The 2025 report includes seven chapters addresing differences in AI adoption across industries, top use cases, and the biggest opportunities for AI in procurement. A few key findings of the report were:Procurement is embracing AI on the whole, but levels of adoption vary by industry 73% of procurement professionals report that they're already using AI for procurement use cases. Transportation (70%), Healthcare (68%), and Retail (65%) saw the lowest numbers in terms of AI adoption. Contracting is a proven procurement AI winner 80% of procurement leaders across industries use AI for contracts and find it to be highly impactful, making it one of procurement's reliable and mature AI applications.