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Those two numbers come from the same survey of 500+ finance and AP leaders, and they're not a contradiction. They're the actual state of AI adoption in accounts payable right now. In a recent conversation, Jesse Henry and Daniel Shore of Direct Commerce d

When a supplier rejects an invoice, most AP teams already know what happens next. Someone has to step away from the job in front of them, whether that's a check run, a weekly payment cycle, or a hold they're trying to clear, and go dig through the history

The kids are back in school. The out-of-office replies are done. The calendar is filling up fast. If you spent any part of the summer thinking about your AP process - what's working, what isn't, whether your suppliers are actually set up to succeed - now

AP teams have absorbed years of AI hype, but where do they actually stand? We polled a room of AP managers, controllers, and finance leaders during a recent webinar on AI-native accounts payable. The results: manual exceptions are still the top pain point

A couple weeks ago, Daniel and I hosted a webinar on AI-native accounts payable. Somewhere between explaining what "AI-native" actually means and walking through the platform, we ran a handful of live polls with the audience. Nothing scientific, just a pu

Everyone is talking about AI in AP. Vendors are slapping "AI-powered" on everything. Finance leaders are fielding pitches left and right. And somewhere in the middle, AP teams are wondering: is any of this actually changing anything? The honest answer? It

It's mid-July. Half the team is out. The calendar is quiet. Approvals are slower than usual. This is the part of the year where most AP teams put their heads down and coast to Q4. Don't. The Lull Is a Gift. Most Teams Waste It. Summer slowdowns feel like

A new content hub for AP professionals, led by an accountant who has run AP departments and now shapes the products that serve them San Francisco - April 21, 2026 - Direct Commerce , the company reshaping AP automation with its Supplier First approach, to

"That Made Me Question A Decade Worth of Work." Joe Hyland, President of Direct Commerce, has worked in the industry for decades. A few years ago, he started asking a simple question: who is AP automation actually working for? He started talking with indu

With bad data. Billing and AP aren't inefficient. They're stuck mediating problems they didn't create. The invoice doesn't match the PO. The receipt is missing. The amount is wrong. So your team steps in. Again. And again. This isn't automation. It's depe