NetSuite continues to post impressive growth, with revenues rising 14% to $1.1 billion. Oracle is also touting more than 100 AI agents and AI-powered features across the platform. But at TheCFOAI, we believe the bigger story isn't the AI features themselves—it's the data foundation underneath them. AI performs best when enterprise data is centralized, structured, and consistent, which is exactly what ERP systems like NetSuite were built to do.

Intuit’s “AI-HI” (Artificial Intelligence + Human Intelligence) approach is gaining traction, with AI agents reaching 85% repeat usage. The takeaway isn’t just capability—it’s structure. AI works best when it operates within workflows that remain reviewable and overseen by humans. In finance, effective AI isn’t autonomous—it’s supervised, controlled, and built around human judgment.

The real power of finance data, and the AI built on top of it, starts from the bottom up. A strong data foundation begins with uniform naming, structured onboarding, and disciplined entry at the transactional level. Companies that build from clean, consistent inputs will unlock faster closes, better insights, and true AI leverage. Those that don’t will spend their time fixing what better design could have prevented.

Tipalti has raised $200M and rolled out new AI features, from natural language reporting to predictive bill approvers. While these enhancements make the platform easier to use, they feel more incremental than transformative. For CFOs, Tipalti remains a strong payables tool. But there's only so much you can do as an AP module.

QuickBooks AI Agents: Smart Enhancements, Not a Full Virtual Team As a longtime QB user, I was eager to explore Intuit’s newly announced AI agents. These tools are meant to automate core business workflows like invoicing, transaction categorization, financial analysis, and customer engagement. The marketing describes them as a “virtual team” — but after watching a few hands-on reviews and testing some of the features myself, I’d describe them more as smart enhancements than a