Artificial intelligence has quietly been rewriting the rulebook for business operations, and in 2025 it’s hitting the books—literally. QuickBooks, already a household name in accounting software, has rolled out a virtual team of AI agents designed to handle bookkeeping drudgery, from categorizing transactions to reconciling bank statements.
Solver, the cloud-based extended financial planning and analysis (xFP&A) software provider, revealed its AI-first initiative at ASCEND 2025, the company’s annual customer conference held August 11–14 in Huntington Beach, California. Central to the initiative is Solver Copilot, a suite of intelligent AI agents designed to help stakeholders make faster, more informed financial decisions.
Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) have long wrestled with one big headache: financial visibility. Payroll lives in one tool, invoicing in another, expenses scattered everywhere—and by the time leaders stitch it all together, the data’s already out of date. QuickBooks is trying to fix that with its AI Business Insights Platform, which has just been recognized by Better Business Advice as Best AI Business Insights Platform.
CloudWalk, the company behind InfinitePay and Jim.com, has climbed to the top of Brazil’s Open Finance rankings, outpacing both traditional banks and larger fintech rivals. According to consulting firm Bip, InfinitePay now holds 19.5% of all business account data-sharing consents—a stunning 97% increase since May 2025.
QuickBooks isn’t just about bookkeeping anymore. Intuit’s accounting giant has been steadily rebranding itself as a full-fledged business management platform, and its latest win underscores that transformation.
A coalition of top venture capitalists, startup founders, and AI companies today unveiled Leading the Future (LTF), a new political machine with one mission: ensure the U.S. leads the world in AI innovation, development, and governance.
Method AI, a Cleveland Clinic spinout focused on improving cancer surgery outcomes, has raised $20 million in Series A funding to advance its AI-powered surgical navigation platform. The round was led by a private family office, with participation from Cleveland Clinic and JobsOhio Growth Capital Fund.
UBS is doubling down on artificial intelligence. The Swiss banking giant announced an expanded strategic partnership with Domino Data Lab, the enterprise AI platform provider, that includes an equity investment and a UBS representative joining Domino’s board as an observer.
Procurement leaders are doubling down on digital transformation in 2025, with budgets for Source-to-Pay (S2P) technology on the rise and AI adoption shifting from pilot projects to practice, according to Ardent Partners’ newly published State of Source-to-Pay Digitization 2025 report.
