The Office of the CFO is evolving — but most of the software supporting it isn't (you know which of your systems I’m thinking about).

Today's finance teams are still burdened by the same reality they've faced for years: vendor contracts buried in email threads, compliance, error or fraud exposure from manual processes, audit risk from incomplete oversight, and a relentless volume of tactical tasks that leave little time for strategic work.

At Vic.ai, we've been solving this problem since day one. AI isn't a buzzword for us — it's our foundation. We've spent years perfecting how AI drives real-world ROI in complex finance workflows, helping Accounting teams process millions of invoices while reducing errors and accelerating cycles. This quarter, we're taking that expertise to the next level with VicAgents™ — intelligent agents that don't just automate tasks, they execute business workflows.

These aren't "smart tools" or reactive chatbots. They're intelligent collaborators who work alongside your finance team, bringing tireless capacity and expertise to every task they’re given.

Launching the Contract Agent: From contract chaos to intelligent oversight

Every AP team we talk to has the same wish: "I wish I had an AI assistant for my inbox." For most teams, that assistant now exists — but we're going beyond inbox management.

The newest VicAgent we're introducing is the Contract Agent — an autonomous specialist designed to transform how you manage vendor relationships and contractual risk.

This agent doesn't just read your contracts. It becomes your institutional memory for every vendor agreement, working continuously to:

• Parse contract terms from uploaded agreements and extract key obligations
• Monitor spend patterns against agreed terms, catching violations before they compound
• Flag compliance gaps and automatically route follow-up actions to the right stakeholders
• Identify audit risks months before review season, not during it
• Surface renewal opportunities and discount optimization based on actual payment behavior

It's built for modern finance teams managing hundreds or thousands of vendor relationships, as well as finance leaders who need comprehensive contract oversight without manually reviewing every clause.

The Contract Agent transforms static documents into active business intelligence — ensuring your team operates within agreements while maximizing every negotiated advantage.

Why agents, and why now?

We've always believed AI's real power in finance lies in execution, not just insights.

Every finance team today carries out structured, repeatable work: reconciling vendor terms with actual spend, cross-checking approvals against policies, investigating payment exceptions, or responding to the same compliance inquiry for the tenth time this month. These tasks are critical yet consuming — they follow established patterns and rules, but require business context and sound judgment.

This is where Agentic Tasks come in.

An Agentic Task is work your team would typically handle — "Find duplicate payments across subsidiaries that need recovery and reach out to the vendor with a refund request," "Document the approval trail for every invoice over $10K this quarter," "Scan all vendor invoices for services that violate our SOX controls," "Confirm vendor insurance requirements are met before processing payments" — but instead of consuming hours of human time, you delegate it to an AI agent trained to execute with precision.

At Vic.ai, we're building agents specifically for finance workflows because we understand what finance teams actually need:

• Domain expertise: They specialize in high-stakes, high-volume finance work
• Seamless integration: They operate inside your existing workflows and systems
• Continuous improvement: They learn from your decisions and adapt to your business context over time

These aren't general-purpose copilots trying to do everything. They're finance specialists built for execution.

From stewards of history to architects of the future

Finance teams are in the midst of a fundamental transformation — evolving from stewards of historical data focused on reconciliation and compliance, to architects of the future who drive strategic decision-making with real-time intelligence.

VicAgents accelerate this evolution.

They don't replace finance professionals — they multiply their impact by executing the routine but critical work that used to consume entire days. When your Contract Agent handles vendor compliance monitoring, your Analytics Agent delivers instant answers to complex questions, and your Inbox Agent manages routine correspondence, your team has the bandwidth to focus on what humans do best: strategy, relationships, and business optimization.

Need to assess contract performance across your entire vendor portfolio?
Need to identify patterns in payment exceptions that could signal process improvements?
Need to respond to complex vendor inquiries with accuracy and consistency?

You don't need another dashboard to check. You need a VicAgent to handle it.

Proven AI, expanded reach

While VicAgents officially launched this quarter, one has already been delivering results.

Our Inbox Agent — available today as VicInbox™ — is live across customers, handling a time-intensive task in AP operations: categorizing vendor emails, managing payment inquiries, validating account changes, and writing replies based on real-time Vic.ai AP- and ERP-data. It's a clear demonstration of how we turn daily friction into agentic tasks.

Teams tell us VicInbox feels like having a dedicated Inbox assistant who never takes a break — precisely the kind of AI assistant every finance professional has wished for.

Alongside VicInbox, both the Contract Agent and Analytics Agent are now available in limited beta, with broader rollout planned for later this year.

These are just the foundation. Additional agents will follow — each focused on domains where autonomy and accuracy create the highest business value:

• Spend forecasting based on contract terms and payment patterns
• Compliance monitoring across regulatory requirements and internal policies
• Payment optimization to maximize discounts and minimize risk

All coordinated by Victoria™, the core intelligence powering the Vic.ai platform.

Enterprise adoption: The real challenge

The technology for autonomous finance already exists. The real challenge isn't building smarter AI — it's driving enterprise adoption at the speed business demands.

Finance teams know what they need: more strategic time, better risk visibility, faster processes, and stronger compliance. The question isn't whether AI can deliver these outcomes — we're already proving it can by reaching more than 70% autonomous AP processing for customers. The question is how quickly organizations can adopt AI-driven workflows and capitalize on the competitive advantage they create.

Early adopters aren't just improving efficiency — they're fundamentally changing how finance operates, making their teams more strategic and their organizations more agile.

A final thought

Autonomous finance doesn't happen overnight — but it is happening now.

By transforming routine tasks into intelligent, agentic workflows, VicAgents free finance professionals to focus on what creates the most value: optimizing spend, reducing risk, building strategic partnerships, and shaping the financial future of the business.

If you're a Vic.ai customer, we'd love to hear which agents would deliver the highest impact for your team.

And if you're new to Vic.ai — welcome. We're excited to show you what intelligent finance looks like when AI expertise meets real-world execution.

Alexander Hagerup
CEO & Co-Founder, Vic.ai

To explore our vision for agentic AI and to learn more about Vic.ai, schedule time with our team.

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