Coupa Inspire 2025: Interview with Eric Weitz, Relish
Technologists, procurement practitioners, supply chain leaders and finance executives came together under one roof at Coupa Inspire 2025 in Las Vegas.
Supply Chain Digital caught up with Eric Weitz, VP for the Coupa Channel and Customer Growth at Relish, to discuss the evolving partnership between Relish and Coupa, emerging technologies and the value of industry gatherings in driving innovation.
Extending enterprise value through partnership
Relish has established itself as a key player in the Coupa ecosystem, focusing on automating supplier data validation and invoice intake for Coupa users.
"Our purpose really is to help customers extend their investments in their enterprise platform," explains Eric.
This collaborative approach involves working closely with Coupa's marketplace and product teams to identify opportunities for added customer value.
"We meet with the community, we talk to existing Coupa customers to determine what types of products we can build that help extend the value of Coupa," Eric continues.
This relationship creates what Eric describes as "a very collaborative opportunity" resulting in "a journey to deliver shared value for our customers".
AI buzz continues
Asked about key talking points at Coupa Inspire 2025, Eric identified change as the predominant theme, particularly surrounding AI and its applications.
"There's an undertone of buzzwordsâagentic AI, artificial intelligence in general," he noted.
Eric questioned: "What does this mean? How is this going to transform the way that we're doing business today? How is it going to make our lives easier as humans versus replace it?"
He went on to emphasise that, beyond the technology itself, many conversations are centring on practical applications: "We have all of this information around us, but what are the use cases that are going to drive value when it comes to this topic of AI?"
This pragmatic approach reflects the business-focused nature of the Coupa community.
Coupa's competitive edge
In an increasingly volatile business landscape, Eric points to Coupa's configurability as a key differentiator.
"Coupa – from the very beginning – has done a great job in creating a very configurable product," he goes on. "It was cloud-borne; it's the velocity in which you can deploy and change and I think that's really important for businesses today."
This flexibility is proving particularly valuable given current market conditions.
"We're seeing a lot of things – geopolitical influences, macroeconomic influences – that require businesses to be flexible," Eric explains.
"When you have a configurable platform like Coupa that was designed with that in mind, it means when you have really smart people working together – customers and Coupa – as a team, you get a lot of smart people thinking pretty quickly."
The power of community
As a veteran of Coupa Inspire events, Eric values the opportunity to bring the entire Coupa ecosystem together under one roof.
"It's one of those situations where you can have an honest conversation with everybody," he says. "You can literally walk up to people, engage and ask them how they're using Coupa to solve problems. And, chances are, that solution or method they're using can apply to you."
These interactions foster a collaborative environment where shared challenges can result in mutual solutions.
"Innovation, partnerships and collaboration will be born here," Eric concludes. "That's a reason that we're here â to have that contact with people and be part of this community so we can just be successful together."
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