San Francisco, 5 May 2026 – As AI becomes more powerful, trust is fast becoming the deciding factor in adoption. At Sage Future 2026, Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), showcased how it is leading this shift with a new generation of “glass box” AI designed to be visible, auditable and explainable in real-world workflows. This includes Sage’s work with PwC to move from “black box” to “glass box” AI in finance, which helps organisations adopt AI with greater transparency and human oversight.
At the event, Sage demonstrated how this approach is built directly into real- world workflows, AI that shows its work; human control over consequential decisions; and accountability through actions that are traceable from input to outcome. This marks a shift from AI as a capability to AI as a trusted system embedded across finance, HR and operations.
Turning trusted AI into real-world impact
The theme of trust was delivered through a series of announcements, showing how Sage is embedding trusted AI into real workflows to reduce manual effort, improve accuracy and give organisations greater clarity and control.
Announcements at Sage Future 2026 included:
- Sage expands Sage Intacct Advisory with AI-powered capabilities to help firms scale advisory services – New service-led capabilities help accounting firms deliver more consistent, scalable support to growing businesses.
- Sage and PwC accelerate Sage Intacct implementation with an agentic AI delivery model – Agentic AI is embedded directly into implementation to reduce manual work, accelerate deployment and help customers realise value sooner.
- Sage launches Sage HCM to connect HR, payroll and finance for mid-market businesses – A new solution integrated with Sage Intacct, combining AI-powered workflow automation with industry-specific capabilities, including a construction-focused offering.
- Sage Intacct brings core finance and industry workflows together – New capabilities reduce fragmentation, giving finance teams greater visibility, control and real-time insight across their operations.
- Sage acquires Doyen AI to accelerate AI-powered migration and implementation – The acquisition brings AI-enabled implementation capabilities to Sage, helping customers and partners move from legacy systems to modern solutions faster and more accurately.
- Sage expands AI agents to automate workflows and help teams act faster with control – A new generation of AI agents embedded across finance, HR and operations helps organisations move from analysis to action with greater speed, clarity and accountability.
- Sage expands developer platform with new AI tools and commercial models – Unified access, AI agent tools and flexible commercial models give partners a clearer path from idea to impact.
- Sage deepens AWS collaboration to accelerate agentic AI and cloud transformation for SMBs – The expanded collaboration makes it easier for businesses to adopt AI-powered financial management, migrate to the cloud and access new solutions through AWS Marketplace.
Sage Future 2027 will take place in Chicago, Illinois from 27 – 29 April 2027. Sage Future 2026 was made possible with the support of our valued sponsors listed below:
Titanium Sponsor:
- CPA.com: CPA.com brings innovative solutions to the accounting profession, either in partnership with leading providers or directly through its own development, and is a thought leader on emerging technologies and a trusted business advisor to practitioners. A subsidiary of the American Institute of CPAs, the company is also part of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants.
Diamond Sponsors:
- AWS: Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 240 fully featured services from data centres globally. Millions of customers —including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs.
- Baker Tilly: Baker Tilly, a top Sage Intacct reseller, integrator, and solutions provider, has been named Sage Intacct Partner of the Year for 11 consecutive years. We help high-growth companies and not-for-profits modernise their finance and accounting technology stack. Our unrivalled customer experience is supported by outstanding implementation, customer support, and product development teams. We create seamless integrations, world-class support, and game-changing analytics on the Sage Intacct platform, maximising your investment and gaining a competitive advantage.
- MineralTree: MineralTree and Sage have teamed up to create Vendor Payments powered by MineralTree, a seamless way to pay vendor bills directly within Sage Intacct. By combining Vendor Payments with Sage AP Automation and Sage AI, partners deliver a fully integrated, end-to-end AP Solution. Customers gain efficiency, security, and control, with fast, hassle-free onboarding.
About Sage
Sage exists to knock down barriers so everyone can thrive, starting with the millions of Small and Mid Sized Businesses served by us, our partners and accountants. Customers trust our finance, HR and payroll software to make work and money flow. By digitalising business processes and relationships with customers, suppliers, employees, banks and governments, our AI-powered platform connects SMBs, removing friction and delivering insights. Knocking down barriers also means we use our time, technology and experience to tackle digital inequality, economic inequality and the climate crisis.
