AI Assistant Puts Human Approval on Finance Workflows
Finance teams can run invoice, payment and reconciliation tasks through AskDost, with every action requiring sign-off before it executes.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Corporate Finance
Dost has launched AskDost, an AI assistant for finance teams that can run workflows across invoices, approvals, payments and reconciliation, and it is available as a standalone product that does not require a Dost account. Every action it takes is executed only after a person approves it, which matters for finance departments in regulated or audit-heavy operations.
Why it matters
Finance teams are under pressure to adopt AI, but adoption remains uneven: a 2026 Europe-wide CFO Connect survey found two-thirds of finance teams use at least one AI tool, yet no specialist finance AI tool in that survey reached more than 1% usage. The launch targets that gap by offering a tool that works directly on live company data and connects to a company's ERP.
Deloitte's latest UK CFO survey found 67% of CFOs judge their organisations about a quarter of the way toward AI-delivered transformation, while CFO Connect's 2026 Europe-wide survey found two-thirds of finance teams use at least one AI tool. The Dost platform reports more than 5 million accounting transactions processed at 95% data extraction accuracy, though these are company-reported figures.
The players
Dost
Dost is a finance technology company whose platform processes accounting transactions for businesses, and it now offers AskDost, an AI assistant aimed at finance teams.
Deloitte
Deloitte is a global professional services firm whose UK CFO survey tracks how finance leaders are approaching AI-driven transformation.
CFO Connect
CFO Connect is a finance-leadership network that publishes Europe-wide surveys on how finance teams adopt AI tools.
The details
AskDost works directly on live company data and connects to a company's ERP, letting finance teams save and share queries that refresh on a schedule. It can execute workflows across invoices, approvals, payments and reconciliation, and it provides a full audit trail showing what changed and who approved each action. Through Dost Studio, each finance team can build and deploy its own apps and agents inside the portal.
Timeline
AskDost launched on November 2, 2026.
Market Landscape
Deloitte's UK CFO survey found 67% of CFOs judge their organisations about a quarter of the way toward AI-delivered transformation, indicating early-stage adoption. Against that backdrop, AskDost enters a market where CFO Connect's survey found no specialist finance AI tool above 1% usage.
Finance leaders evaluating AI tools should weigh whether a standalone assistant can connect to their existing ERP and enforce human approval before any payment or reconciliation step executes. Teams that already run invoice, approval and payment workflows should audit how AI-driven actions would be logged and attributed before piloting any such tool.
The takeaway
The operating question for finance leaders is less whether to try AI and more whether an assistant can act on live data while keeping a person in the approval loop with a clear audit trail. Before adopting, request a demonstration of the approval and audit-log workflow and confirm how the tool integrates with your current ERP.
Further reading
For broader context on how businesses manage capital, debt and reporting, see Corporate Finance.
