Coupa's Cost Formula Assistance Agent turns plain-language calculations into sourcing cost formulas. Flo, Spendflo's AI agent, takes the request in, checks policy and duplicates, and lands it in Coupa.
Coupa describes the Sourcing Optimization Cost Formula Assistance Agent as a way to create CSO cost formulas from natural language.
Navi identifies the relevant event fields, confirms them with the user and generates a formula that can be applied to the event. It can also explain existing formulas step by step.
Source: Coupa AI, Sourcing Optimization Cost Formula Assistance Agent, read 22 October 2026.
Estimates are Coupa's own figures.
Flo takes requests in from Slack, email or forms and routes the approvals before they reach Coupa.
As Coupa describes the flow.
Explain the cost logic you need in plain language.
Navi identifies the event fields involved and confirms them.
It generates a syntactically correct formula for the event.
Ask Navi to explain any formula already in use.
Flo catches a request for a tool you already have before it becomes a second contract.
Describe the calculation instead of writing syntax.
Uses the active event's own fields and data.
Formulas ready to apply to the event.
Breaks existing formulas into understandable parts.
Flo creates the requisition in Coupa and syncs its status and PO details back every day.
How other Coupa Navi agents work, and where Spendflo fits next to them.
Keep Coupa for sourcing, requisitions and purchase orders. Spendflo takes care of the requests in front of Coupa.
Short answers about the Coupa Sourcing Optimization Cost Formula Assistance Agent, from Coupa's public pages.
Coupa describes the Sourcing Optimization Cost Formula Assistance Agent as a way to create CSO cost formulas from natural language.
Yes. Coupa says Navi can explain existing formulas as well as create new ones.
Coupa's published value estimate: 2–4% incremental savings realization with associated bids. These are Coupa's own figures.
Yes. Spendflo handles requests and approvals before Coupa, creates the purchase requisition in Coupa, and syncs requisition status and PO details back every day.
A Coupa administrator creates an OAuth2 client in Coupa and enters the credentials in Spendflo. An admin then maps Spendflo request fields to Coupa's requisition fields. Vendors, items and accounts import from Coupa every hour.
Flo takes requests in, checks policy and lands each one in Coupa. Flo is live in 14 days.
Book a DemoCoupa and Coupa Navi are trademarks of Coupa Software Inc. Spendflo is not affiliated with Coupa. Coupa features are described from Coupa's public page as of 22 October 2026.
