finance AI

A recent Sage study revealed that 71% of finance leaders would dismiss a highly accurate AI tool if it lacked explainability, emphasizing that transparency and the ability to validate AI-generated outputs are crucial for trust and compliance in financial decision-making.

Sage Intacct 2026 R2 moves the connected finance story into data-control territory, with AI Gateway, intelligent 3-way matching, and construction workflows showing why finance AI needs guardrails before automation can scale.

Priority Commerce EVP Steve Tackett joins ERP Today Live to explain why AP workflows keep escaping the ERP, what breaks down when they do, and how supplier enablement and AI-driven transparency are reshaping how mid-market organizations think about payment modernization.

Perplexity has introduced a finance-specific AI agent designed to provide trusted data integration, robust audit trails, and prebuilt workflows for corporate finance teams, emphasizing the importance of traceability for meeting audit and reporting requirements.

The evolution of ERP systems from passive record-keeping to proactive, AI-powered agents capable of real-time monitoring and decision-making is outlined by Sage, emphasizing the necessity for companies to integrate such capabilities to remain competitive.

Addovation's partnership with Snowfox enables IFS customers to automate over 90% of invoice processing within existing finance workflows using embedded AI, addressing rising invoice volumes and enhancing operational efficiency without requiring system redesigns.