Gustavo’s Corner: AI News for CFOs - #4

This edition highlights how the AI landscape is rapidly shifting from experimentation to integrated productivity across major enterprise platforms. Microsoft’s rollouts signal a direct push toward automation and low-code development, making process optimization accessible to non-technical teams. Anthropic’s new Skills and Claude for Excel reinforce a clear move toward embedded, task-specific AI—bringing analytical, presentation, and compliance capabilities directly into tools CFOs already rely on.

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The Indirect Spend Blind Spot: HOW Finance Leaders Can Recapture Millions

Most finance leaders can recite their cost of goods sold down to the basis point. They know supplier terms, volume discounts, and margin impacts like the back of their hand. But ask about spend on waste management, cleaning, or software subscriptions, and the answer gets vague.

This isn’t an oversight. It’s structural. And it’s costing companies millions annually.

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