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Smarter, Not Just Faster: Win the AP Automation Race with InvoiceAI

Written by Leigh Celones | June 12, 2025

Transform your accounts payable with embedded,
purpose-built AI

Today’s finance leaders face mounting pressure to automate—to reduce manual work, improve accuracy, and do more with less, quickly.

In the AP automation race, speed often becomes the lead priority. There’s a constant push to close the books faster, process invoices instantly, and match the pace of a rapidly evolving business environment. But speed alone won’t secure your victory…. Sprint without strategy, and you’ll get nowhere fast.

No one is arguing that a fast accounts payable process creates a competitive advantage, boosting agility, improving vendor relationships, and freeing up working capital.

Unfortunately, it’s just no longer enough.

Finance leaders today face a deeper challenge: How do we move fast without making mistakes? How do we automate more without losing control? The answer? Stop chasing speed alone. Automation shouldn’t only make your AP faster. It must make it smarter.

That’s why we built InvoiceAI—an embedded, purpose-built AI designed from the ground up for accounts payable. Not a buzzword. Not a bolt-on. But a deeply integrated intelligence layer that helps finance teams work smarter. Better. Not just faster.

InvoiceAI: Purpose-built AI, proven impact

While many AI tools promise to save time, few are truly built for the complex realities of accounts payable. InvoiceAI is different. It’s purpose-built, seamlessly embedded, and delivering measurable impact.

  • Built with AP, for AP: Designed in partnership with finance teams, not simply added to an existing tool. This is AI that understands your day-to-day.
  • Seamlessly embedded AI: From invoice capture to compliance checks, AI is woven into the Basware platform.
  • Recognized expertise: Validated by top analysts and rooted in over a decade of applied AI innovation.
Trust the experts: Basware Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Accounts Payable Applications

Give business users the answers they need

Forget simply streamlining your workflows, with InvoiceAI, you elevate them and empower your teams in the process. It’s time to bring clarity, context, and confidence to every user across your AP ecosystem:

  • Business users get tailored guidance on next steps, coding suggestions, and approval clarity through the AP Business Agent.
  • AP teams gain efficiency, reduce exception handling, and automate common inquiries via the AP Data Agent.
  • Leaders access predictive insights for faster, more strategic decision-making.
85% of those who invested in AI in accounts payable have seen significant ROI. Discover how, with our report, From AI to ROI - CFOs and the Fast Track to Value

Smarter today. Even smarter tomorrow

InvoiceAI is not a one-time innovation—it’s a living roadmap. We’re actively expanding AI capabilities and agents to further support:

  • Compliance monitoring and fraud detection.
  • Supplier communications and engagement.
  • Scenario modeling for working capital optimization.

We’re committed to advancing AI that delivers real value, today, and as your business needs grow.

Ready to win the race?

Basware is redefining invoice automation with InvoiceAI. It's not just about saving time. It’s about unlocking the strategic power of AP through intelligent automation and insight. InvoiceAI delivers real, measurable transformation.

Let’s put AI to work—where it matters most. Discover how InvoiceAI will transform your AP process.