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New Webinar Goes Beyond the Tech to Discover What It Really Takes to Build an AI-Ready AP Operation

By John Yuva September 10, 2026Events, Process, Research, Solution Providers, Technology

What does it take to build an intelligent AP operation? AI adoption requires more than technology. Join Ardent Partners and Medius on September 24th at 2 PM ET for “From…

NEW WEBINAR: From AP Automation to AP Intelligence: How AI Is Driving Autonomy, Preventing Fraud, and Improving Financial Visibility

By John Yuva September 3, 2026Events, Process, Research, Solution Providers, Technology

Join Ardent Partners and Medius on September 24th (2 PM ET) for a discussion titled "From AP Automation to AP Intelligence: How AI Is Driving Autonomy, Preventing Fraud, and Improving Financial…

The State of AP 2026 Pt. 6: How AP Leaders View AI: Efficiency First, Strategy Next

By Andrew Bartolini September 1, 2026Process, Research, Solution Providers, Technology

Accounts payable is entering a new era. After years of focusing on digitization and process automation, organizations are now applying artificial intelligence to improve decision-making, accelerate workflows, and transform AP…

The State of AP 2026 Pt. 5: The AP AI Maturity Curve

By Andrew Bartolini August 18, 2026Process, Research, Solution Providers, Technology

Why Successful AP Transformation Starts Before the Technology

By John Yuva August 6, 2026Process, Solution Providers, Technology

In Part Two of our Scaling AP Without Scaling Complexity webcast article series, we dive deeper into the AP transformation at FirstCash. Before organizations realize the benefits of automation, artificial…

Building a Modern AP Organization Starts with Eliminating Bottlenecks

By John Yuva July 30, 2026Process, Solution Providers, Technology

For many organizations, accounts payable (AP) has long been viewed as a necessary back office function responsible for processing invoices and paying suppliers on time. While accuracy and efficiency remain…

The State of AP 2026 Pt. 1: Move Toward Intelligent Operations

By Andrew Bartolini July 28, 2026Process, Research, Solution Providers, Technology

For more than two decades, Ardent Partners' annual State of Accounts Payable research has chronicled the evolution of a function that has transformed from a back-office operation into a strategic…

Coupa Inspire 2026: Betting the Future on Data, Agents, and Outcomes

By Andrew Bartolini June 16, 2026Events, Process, Solution Providers, Technology

Ten Inspires in, you develop a feel for the difference between a company “performing” confidence and a company that actually has it. Recently, Inspire felt like a conference in transition.…

Analyst Insight – Generation Next: SAP Ariba’s AI Rebuild (III)

By Andrew Bartolini April 9, 2026Other

The recent announcement of “next-gen SAP Ariba,” a complete architectural rebuild of SAP Ariba’s market-leading Source-to-Pay (“S2P”) suite is a major industry event. With availability set for February 2026, this…

AP Predictions (Part Three): Real-Time Finance, Tariff Visibility, and the Road to the Harvest Year

By Andrew Bartolini March 24, 2026Process, Research, Technology

Ardent Partners has spent two decades tracking how the Accounts Payable function has evolved, and publishing its annual Accounts Payable: Big Trends and Predictions research to help AP and finance…