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Thursday, 16 July 2026

Sakana AI

Sakana AI released Sakana Marlin, its first commercial product, an autonomous research assistant that conducts business research independently for up to eight hours and generates structured summary slides and detailed reports. The system underwent a closed beta test from April 2026 with approximately 300 professionals from financial institutions, consulting firms, and think tanks who used it for strategy formulation, market research, and competitive analysis. The release enables research teams to shift focus from information gathering to higher-value decision-making by automating comprehensive research and analysis tasks.

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‘We want to make bookkeeping less painful’: How Visma and its AI portfolio are reshaping accounting

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Visma, a European accounting software company, operates over 600 AI initiatives across its portfolio of accounting businesses to automate accounting tasks like invoice processing and bank reconciliation. The company's AI applications focus on four value categories: automation saving time, anomaly detection, advisory insights, and agentic workflow automation, with portfolio companies like Chaintrust and Dinero implementing these technologies in production systems. This shift moves accountants from manual data entry work to higher-value advisory roles such as client consultation and financial analysis.

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