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Zip AI agents for accounting automating procure-to-pay workflows and financial close processes in enterprise finance systems

Zip Introduces AI Agents to Automate Complex Accounting Workflows

Sarah Huntington May 8, 2026

For most of its six-year existence, Zip has been a procurement company. It built a consumer-grade interface on top of...

Collective acquires Open Ledger to build an AI-driven embedded bookkeeping and accounting platform for solopreneurs

Collective Acquires Open Ledger to Bolster AI-Driven Bookkeeping

Tom Radcliffe April 24, 2026

Collective has agreed to acquire Open Ledger, an embedded accounting startup that builds API infrastructure for automated bookkeeping. The deal...

Monk platform automating accounts receivable workflows and invoice collections for B2B companies

Monk Wins $25 Million Backing to Grow Receivables Platform

Tom Radcliffe April 23, 2026

Monk has raised $25 million to automate the accounts receivable workflows that leave an estimated $3 trillion in accounts receivable...

Cleavr AI system automating invoice collection and accounts receivable for small and mid-sized businesses in Europe

Cleavr Raises €1 Million to Bring AI to Accounts Receivable Automation

Ingrid Patterson March 19, 2026

Cleavr, a Paris-based startup that built an AI system to chase unpaid invoices, raised €1 million in a seed round...

Klarity AI and Forvis Mazars collaborate to implement AI-driven automation in finance and accounting

Klarity AI Partners with Forvis Mazars as 73% of Finance Leaders Bet on AI

Howard Locke March 11, 2026

Klarity AI partners with Forvis Mazars to accelerate AI-driven finance transformation for enterprise clients, combining the global advisory firm's consulting...

CFO reviewing AI and automation impact on finance as traditional accounting skills decline

CFO Survey: Traditional Accounting Skills Losing Relevance in Finance

Sarah Huntington March 4, 2026

Of all the numbers in a recent CFO survey by cloud accounting provider iplicit, one lands hardest: 14%. That is...

Basis AI accounting platform automating tax and audit workflows

Basis Attracts $100 Million From Investors in Series B Financing

Tom Radcliffe February 26, 2026

Basis, the artificial intelligence startup building autonomous agents for the accounting profession, has reached a $1.15 billion valuation after closing...

Rivage AI-powered payroll platform dashboard for accounting firms

Rivage Pulls in €2.6M to Grow Payroll Tools for Accounting Firms

Ingrid Patterson February 23, 2026

Paris-based startup targets legacy software incumbents with AI-native platform backed by Partech and prominent angel investors. Rivage, the Paris-based payroll...

Office buildings of Dains and Hurst accounting firms after merger announcement

Dains Acquires Hurst, Expands UK Footprint

Howard Locke February 18, 2026

Birmingham-based accountancy and advisory group Dains has completed the acquisition of Stockport firm Hurst, securing its first foothold in England's...