Here’s a concise map of specific Spend Matters articles (2018–2025) to the closest Hansen pillars — Metaprise, Agent-based, and Strand Commonality — with a one-line “why it maps” for each.
Article-to-Pillar Map (2018–2025)
What this shows about the overlap with Hansen’s models
Metaprise (ecosystem orchestration across enterprises): Spend Matters’ arc from community intelligence (2018–2019) to network effects (2020) and the full Intake & Orchestration category (2023–2025) mirrors Metaprise’s core: an orchestration layer spanning teams, systems, suppliers, and networks. (Spend Matters)
Agent-based (autonomous assistants executing policy): Early hints in supplier discovery (2019) and the Community.ai launch (2022) evolve into explicit agentic AI by 2025—aligning to autonomous “agents” that guide/execute S2P work. (Spend Matters)
Strand Commonality (shared dependencies/strands across parties): The community narrative assumes common strands (suppliers, categories, risks, and ESG signals) that bind participants; this’s the basis for cross-customer benchmarks and alerts. (Spend Matters)
Net take
From 2018 to 2025, Spend Matters’ public coverage steadily converges on Hansen’s pillars: first by championing community/network data, then formalizing orchestration (I&O) as the operating fabric, and finally highlighting agentic AI on top of that fabric.
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Still Riding The AI Hype Train?
Posted on August 13, 2025
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“And yes, Jason Busch has slowly come around, but is unfortunately still riding the AI hype train …
https://tinyurl.com/yw8pax4y” – Michael Lamoureux’s comment on previous post, August 13, 2025
Here’s a concise map of specific Spend Matters articles (2018–2025) to the closest Hansen pillars — Metaprise, Agent-based, and Strand Commonality — with a one-line “why it maps” for each.
Article-to-Pillar Map (2018–2025)
What this shows about the overlap with Hansen’s models
Spend Matters’ arc from community intelligence (2018–2019) to network effects (2020) and the full Intake & Orchestration category (2023–2025) mirrors Metaprise’s core: an orchestration layer spanning teams, systems, suppliers, and networks. (Spend Matters)
Early hints in supplier discovery (2019) and the Community.ai launch (2022) evolve into explicit agentic AI by 2025—aligning to autonomous “agents” that guide/execute S2P work. (Spend Matters)
The community narrative assumes common strands (suppliers, categories, risks, and ESG signals) that bind participants; this’s the basis for cross-customer benchmarks and alerts. (Spend Matters)
Net take
From 2018 to 2025, Spend Matters’ public coverage steadily converges on Hansen’s pillars: first by championing community/network data, then formalizing orchestration (I&O) as the operating fabric, and finally highlighting agentic AI on top of that fabric.
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