"Many are asking how generative AI will impact business software," said Owen Ryan, co-CEO and board chair at BlackLine. "Our answer is clear: its power is unlocked only when it's built on an uncompromising foundation of data integrity and trust. What truly separates BlackLine is our unwavering commitment to that principle, which uniquely positions us to lead the AI revolution in finance. With Verity, we are giving finance professionals AI they can trust—powerful, transparent, auditable and purpose-built for the demands of the office of the CFO."
Touted as a supervisor for a digital workforce, Verity lets users deploy an agentic AI workforce that acts as an extension of the finance team to manage complex workflows while still giving human users oversight and control. The solution turns raw financial data into forward-looking guidance, from predictive forecasting to proactive risk detection, adds a new layer of intelligence to tackle high-volume, complex processes like AI-powered matching and intelligent data capture, and drafts narratives and distills large volumes of financial data and documents into actionable outputs.
At the heart of this new digital workforce is Vera, the AI team lead, who directs and coordinates the team of specialized agents. Vera acts as the single point of contact for finance and accounting professionals, facilitating collaboration between humans and AI in a way that BlackLine says is fully auditable.
BlackLine differentiated Verity from siloed point solutions, as BlackLine's Studio360 platform and its unified data layer powered by Snowflake which serves as the single source of AI truth. This gives Verity a view across the entire FP&A landscape. The AI itself has a built-in control layer that provides centralized governance auditability and transparency.
"BlackLine's differentiation lies in providing the essential application and control layer that makes powerful AI auditable, trustworthy, and indispensable for the enterprise," said Jeremy Ung, chief technology officer at BlackLine. "Our vision is to deliver future-ready financial operations through agentic AI that goes beyond automation—empowering customers to anticipate, decide and act faster. With trusted partners like Google Cloud, we are combining Google's leading Gemini models with our unmatched governance and process expertise."
