OpenAI and PwC Build AI Agents for Finance Operations
OpenAI and PwC announced a partnership this week to develop AI agents for corporate finance functions including planning, forecasting, reporting, procurement, payments, treasury, tax, and accounting.
The collaboration focuses on "practical, high-value workflows where AI agents can execute and coordinate work under human supervision," PwC said in a Tuesday release.
Building in Real Conditions
Rather than designing agents in theory, PwC and OpenAI are testing them inside OpenAI's own finance organization first. The companies are building a procurement agent within OpenAI's finance team and applying those learnings to additional agents across core finance workflows.
OpenAI's finance organization is serving as "customer zero" for the initiative, testing enterprise-scale workflows, governance models, runtime controls, and human-agent collaboration patterns.
Other agents under development will handle contract reviews, risk assessments, close activities, reporting, and customized dashboards.
Wider Push Toward Agentic AI in Finance
The partnership reflects a broader trend among major consulting firms and technology companies. In late April, KPMG launched an AI assistant for month-end close powered by Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise. Deloitte expanded its Google Cloud alliance by establishing a dedicated agentic transformation practice and partnered with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to test agentic AI in finance workflows.
Tyson Cornell, PwC's U.S. advisory leader, said in the release: "Finance is at an inflection point, where organizations are moving from process efficiency to intelligent, decision-centric operations."
OpenAI's Existing Finance AI Use
OpenAI has already been applying AI agents across its own finance organization, using tools like ChatGPT to support workflows in investor relations, treasury, tax, reporting, corporate development, and contract review.
For CFOs looking to understand how AI agents apply to finance operations, AI Learning Path for CFOs covers financial strategy, forecasting, and finance automation. Additional resources on AI for Finance address implementation across finance workflows.
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