As AI becomes more powerful, "trust" is fast becoming the deciding factor in adoption.
At Sage Future 2026, Sage, a 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 organizations 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 organizations greater clarity and control.
Major Announcements* at Sage Future 2026:
- 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 realize 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 organizations 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 April 27-29, 2027.
Sage Future 2026 was made possible with the support of their Titanium-sponsor CPA.com along with Diamond-sponsors AWS, Baker Tilly and MineralTree.
Note: * - all links in this section take you to official 'Sage' Press Announcements.