Expana Launches Expana IQ Connect for AI-Driven Agrifood Intelligence

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, September 30, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Expana, a leading provider of food commodity intelligence, has launched Expana IQ Connect, a new enterprise-grade MCP server product. This innovative solution connects AI platforms such as Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini with Expana’s independently audited benchmarks, forecasts, and insights, enhancing the decision-making capabilities of procurement teams.

At the Digital Procurement World (DPW) conference, Expana showcased Expana IQ Connect, which allows AI agents to access Expana’s IOSCO-assured benchmark prices, forecasts, news, and expert insights. This integration is designed to accelerate the right sourcing decisions, sharpen negotiation preparation, and strengthen cost forecasting for commodity buyers, category managers, and supply chain directors, directly within their AI tools.

Julie Harris, CEO of Expana, emphasized the importance of using trusted, reliable data in AI-driven processes.

Vinay Kapoor, Chief Product Officer at Expana, explained the rationale behind the new product.

Expana IQ Connect is now available, marking the latest step in Expana's strategy to make its commodity intelligence AI-ready everywhere customers work. The company is also developing Expana IQ Agents, a growing set of specialist agents designed to work alongside a customer's own procurement team. The first agent, a cost model agent, is already live, with more specialist agents on the horizon.

Expana's mission is to bring clarity to the decisions that feed our world. As an independent, IOSCO-assured Price Reporting Agency, Expana serves procurement, supply chain, and trading teams across the global agrifood industry. Its platform offers more expertise, more data, and deeper forecasts than any other provider in the category.

Expana IQ Connect gives AI agents access to Expana's IOSCO-assured benchmark prices, forecasts, news, and expert insights. That access accelerates the right sourcing decisions, sharpens negotiation prep with Expana’s robust data and strengthens cost forecasting for commodity buyers, category managers, and supply chain directors, directly within their AI tools.

Expana IQ Connect is available now as the latest step in Expana's wider strategy to make its commodity intelligence AI-ready everywhere customers work. That shift comes to life through Expana IQ Agents, a growing set of specialist agents built to work alongside a customer's own procurement team. The first, a cost model agent, is already live, with more specialist agents on the way.