For much of the past decade, the CFO role has been expanding relentlessly. What began as “strategic finance” has now evolved into something much broader: enterprise leadership, decision architecture, talent development, technology governance, and risk orchestration.
Welcome to another great episode of CFO Talk! In today’s conversation, host Steve Rosvold sits down with Carlos Giha, a finance leader with hands-on experience in driving AI transformation initiatives within complex organizations. Carlos draws from his extensive background in finance, including leading teams through the adoption of generative AI tools—a journey that’s reshaping how finance professionals approach everything from data analysis to board reporting.
This edition of Gustavo’s Corner: AI News for CFOs captures a moment where AI progress is accelerating across consumer tools, enterprise platforms, and core infrastructure, while underlying risks and costs are becoming more visible. From real-time translation and next-generation models to research gaps and shifting corporate strategies, the news reflects how AI is moving from experimentation into everyday business reality.
A Strategic Analysis for Finance Leaders
This paper examines the evolution of generative artificial intelligence capabilities relevant to corporate finance functions throughout calendar year 2025. The analysis tracks two parallel developments: the advancement of frontier large language models from major AI laboratories, and the deployment of AI-powered agents within enterprise resource planning and financial software platforms. The research documents a fundamental transition from advisory “copilot” interfaces toward autonomous “agent” architectures capable of executing bounded multi-step workflows. Key findings include dramatic pricing compression following DeepSeek’s January 2025 open-source release, context window expansion enabling analysis of complete contract portfolios within single prompts, and the maturation of reasoning capabilities sufficient for investment-grade financial analysis. Enterprise platforms from Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, and Workday achieved general availability for production-ready finance agents addressing reconciliation, close processes, collections, and planning functions. The paper concludes that 2025 represents an inflection point where autonomous finance operations transitioned from research demonstration to enterprise procurement, while acknowledging that independent validation of return on investment remains an industry gap entering 2026.
In this episode of CFO Talk, Steve Rosvold sits down with Anne Warren, Owner of Price Profitability Advisors and an expert pricing strategist. Anne, has built up a wealth of knowledge from an extensive career in accounting and pricing strategy, discusses how CFOs can effectively leverage pricing to enhance profitability. The episode covers two primary types of pricing—new product pricing and day-to-day pricing processes—highlighting the critical role CFOs play in these areas. This conversation is a must-read, watch or listen for any finance professional looking to gain deeper insights into strategic pricing.
