Source: Radio New Zealand
Xero will integrate Anthropic’s Claude AI system directly into its platform.
Accounting software company Xero and artificial intelligence firm Anthropic have announced a multi-year deal to add AI tools to the accounting softward giant’s tools.
Under the deal, Xero will integrate Anthropic’s Claude AI system directly into its platform – and allow Xero customers to use their financial data inside Claude’s interface.
The companies say the aim is to give small businesses and their accountants real-time financial insights they can act on immediately.
Xero chief product and technology officer Diya Jolly said small business owners routinely grappled with questions about tight cashflow and overdue invoices, and the integration with Anthropic was designed to help answer those in seconds.
“To run their business efficiently, small business owners and their accountants and bookkeepers need to be able to answer these questions and act on them in real time, whether using Xero or Claude,” she said.
Xero said the AI tools would reduce the time businesses spend chasing invoices, manually compiling reports, or trying to forecast cashflow, with Claude proactively surfacing insights and recommended actions.
The company also emphasised that the partnership fits within its responsible data-use commitments – with financial information shared between platforms used only for a customer’s session and not used to train Claude’s AI models.
Jolly said integrating Claude moves Xero further into “agentic workflows”, with its AI assistant JAX (Just Ask Xero) helping predict cashflow gaps and carry out more complex financial tasks on behalf of users.
Anthropic managing director for international Chris Ciauri said the tools would give small businesses access to the kind of financial intelligence that previously would have required a dedicated analyst or chief financial officer.
“Instead of spending hours making sense of their financials on top of everything else it takes to run a business, customers get clear answers and recommended actions in real time,” he said.
Xero and Anthropic expect to roll out the new Claude features in the coming months.
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