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DateTypeNumberPOAmountStatus
1Oct 12, 2026BillINV-2204PO-88361$2,915.00Paid in full
2Sep 14, 2026BillINV-2177PO-88297$3,480.00Paid in full
3Aug 17, 2026BillINV-2150PO-88240$1,764.00Paid in full
4Aug 3, 2026Bill CreditCM-0412PO-88212-$165.00Applied
5Jul 20, 2026BillINV-2122PO-88212$4,060.00Paid in full
6Jun 15, 2026BillINV-2098PO-88160$2,205.00Paid in full
7May 18, 2026BillINV-2071PO-88103$3,675.00Paid in full
8Apr 20, 2026BillINV-2044PO-88059$1,960.00Paid in full
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Your Company, Inc.Period 11 · FY2026User: ap.agentReady
LaunchAI · Review
AP Invoice IntakeRun #1042Paused at 08.2 · Does the total match the PO?Waiting for you
Approval you asked for Medium risk AP Invoice Intake · step 08.2 · Does the total match the PO? Waiting 0:42 1 of 2 in your queue

Invoice, PO and receipt don’t agree on INV-2237

The difference is over the 2% tolerance in Approval_Matrix.xlsx, so a person decides.
Agent suggests: Approve the differenceThe extra $740 is a fuel surcharge allowed by the Hartwell contract.
Invoice
INV-2237
Purchase order
PO-88390
Goods receipt
GR-5507
VendorHartwell LogisticsHartwell LogisticsHartwell Logistics
Quantity40 pallets40 pallets40 pallets
Unit price$305.00$305.00-
Surcharge$740.00none-
Total$12,940.00$12,200.00-
DateNov 6Oct 26Nov 5
Invoice is $740.00 (6.1%) above the PO. Limit is 2%.
Context
Contract allows a fuel surcharge up to 8%
Hartwell added a surcharge 3 times this year, all approved
Talk Space Take control T Approve Hartwell fuel surcharges up to 8% without asking
RejectRAsk vendorVApprove difference↵
9:41
LaunchAInow
Approval needed

Approval needed · $28,260.00

Hartwell Logistics INV-2251 is over the $25,000 limit. Marcus approved at 9:40.

VendorHartwell Logistics
InvoiceINV-2251 · Nov 5
PO matchPO-88401 · exact
ReceivedIn full · GR-5498
Coding6200 · 500 Operations
DueNov 20, 2026
Second approval · Controller
View the invoice and evidence
Confirmed with Face ID

works in your ERP

stops and asks you

Accounts payable today

Ten steps. Ten places to slip.

The work on one invoice takes minutes. It waits for days, and every hand-off is a place to lose money.

  1. Intake Lost in an inbox or a portal
  2. Keying Typos. Wrong vendor.
  3. Duplicates Paid twice
  4. Matching Paid for goods never received
  5. Coding Wrong job. Wrong GL.
  6. Approval Sits for days
  7. Vendor changes Bank fraud by email
  8. Pay run Late fees. Lost discounts.
  9. Month-end Bills nobody booked
  10. Vendor calls “Where is my money?”

The whole process · Brightline Supplies · INV-2231 · PO-88412 · $4,180.00, from the inbox to the pay run

Accounts payable, all 15 steps

Scroll. Each step plays on the real screen the agent works in. You decide at 4 of them. The agent never pays anyone.

Step 01 of 15
Mail A
Delete Archive Move to Reply Forward Flag Mark read
ap@yourcompany.com
Inbox12
Invoices7
Statements3
Vendor questions2
Bank and remittance1
Sent Items
Archive
Junk Email4
New folder
InboxFocusedOther Filter
Today
BS
Brightline Supplies
Invoice INV-2231 for PO-88412
Please find attached our invoice for your recent order. Terms 2/10 net 30.
LF
Lumen Facilities
INV-2252 Annual floor-scrubber service
Attached is the invoice for the annual service at Warehouse B.
NO
Northgate Office
Invoice INV-2240
Thank you for your order. Invoice attached. No PO was referenced.
CP
Castle Print Co
First invoice INV-0415 and W-9
We are a new supplier for your Marketing team. W-9 attached.
HL
Hartwell Logistics
Your October statement is ready
Sign in to the carrier portal to view your statement and open invoices.
KF
Keller Freight
Invoice INV-5518 · BOL 77120
Freight charges for shipment delivered Nov 3. Net 15.
OS
Orbit Software
Receipt and invoice INV-7731
Annual subscription renewal, 60 seats. Invoice attached.
AL
Avery Legal LLP
October services INV-0912
Please see the attached invoice for professional services.
PJ
Pioneer Janitorial
RE: Payment status INV-4410
Could you confirm when this will be paid? It is now 12 days past due.

Invoice INV-2231 for PO-88412

Accounts payable
BS
Brightline Supplies <ar@brightline-supplies.com>
To: ap@yourcompany.com
PDFINV-2231.pdf182 KB

Hello,

Please find attached invoice INV-2231 for $4,180.00 against your purchase order PO-88412.

Terms are 2/10 net 30. Two toner cartridges are on backorder and will follow.

Regards, Dana Whitfield, Accounts Receivable

NextOpens the shared AP inbox

01Intake

Collect every invoice

Invoices arrive in four places. The agent checks each one on a schedule, so nothing waits in a portal or a scan folder.

  • Shared AP inbox: saves the PDF, skips statements and spam
  • Vendor portals: signs in with your login and downloads new invoices
  • Shared drive: picks up scans from the mailroom
  • EDI and statement files: filed for reconciliation
  • One queue, each invoice picked up once

Agent does it

02Read

Read the invoice

The agent reads the invoice the way a clerk does, then checks its own reading before anything is entered.

  • Vendor, invoice number, date, PO, terms and tax
  • Every line: description, quantity, unit price, amount
  • Lines are re-added and must equal the total
  • Handwriting and low-confidence fields are flagged, never guessed

Agent does itYou confirm only the fields the agent was not sure of.

03Vendor checks

Check the vendor

An invoice is only as safe as the vendor record behind it. Known vendors pass straight through. New ones wait for you.

  • Matches the invoice to one vendor record, not a look-alike
  • W-9 and tax ID on file, name agrees with the TIN
  • Payment terms on the invoice agree with the record
  • New vendor: checklist prepared, a person approves the setup
  • The agent never enters or edits bank details

You decideYou approve every new vendor before its first bill is entered.

04Vendor checks

Stop duplicates

The same invoice often arrives twice, by email and by mail, or again on a statement. A duplicate never gets entered.

  • Compares vendor, number, amount, date and PO against every bill
  • Catches number formats: INV-2231, BSL-2231, 2231
  • Checks bills already paid, not only open ones
  • A likely duplicate stops and shows both records side by side

Hard stopYou confirm a likely duplicate when the records are not identical.

05Match

Match to the PO and receipt

When there is a PO, the invoice is matched to it. When goods were received, it is matched three ways: PO, receipt and invoice.

  • Two-way: quantity and price against the PO
  • Three-way: quantity against the item receipt
  • Tolerances come from your approval matrix, per vendor or category
  • Freight and charges not on the PO are checked against your limit
  • A clean match goes straight on. A mismatch goes to a person.

Agent does it

06Match

Resolve the exceptions

Short shipments, price differences and charges that are not on the PO. The agent lays out the evidence and a person decides.

  • Short shipment: short-pay what arrived, or hold for a credit memo
  • Price or total over tolerance: approve the difference or go back to the vendor
  • Freight or surcharge not on the PO: checked against the contract
  • Credit memo pending: bill held until it is applied
  • The vendor is told what was paid and why, the same day

You decideYou decide every mismatch. The agent never pays one and never guesses.

07Code

Code what has no PO

Utilities, services, subscriptions and rent have no PO. The agent codes them from your written rules, line by line.

  • GL account, department or cost center, class and location
  • Tax code, and use tax where the vendor charged none
  • Prepaid or expense: annual contracts are split by your rule
  • Recurring allocations, such as rent split across departments
  • No rule fits: it asks once and offers to save your answer as a rule

Agent does itYou pick the code only when no rule covers the line.

08Approve

Route for approval

Each invoice goes to the right approver, with the evidence in one window. Nothing sits in someone’s inbox unnoticed.

  • Routed by amount, department and PO owner
  • Over a limit: a second approver, such as the Controller
  • Reminder after 24 hours, then escalation
  • Out of office: goes to the named delegate
  • Approve on a desk or a phone. The decision joins the record.

You decideApprovers decide. The agent only prepares, reminds and records.

09Enter

Enter the bill in the ERP

The agent enters the bill in NetSuite the way your clerk does, through the screen, with the PDF and the approval attached.

  • Vendor bill created from the PO, quantities as received
  • Coding, terms, due date and discount date filled in
  • Invoice PDF attached to the bill
  • Approver and time written to the memo
  • Read back after saving to confirm what was entered

Agent does it

10Enter

Hold vendor bank changes

A request to change bank details is the most common way AP is defrauded. The agent never makes the change. It holds it for a person.

  • Any bank change request is held, by email, letter or portal
  • Sender address compared to the vendor record
  • Open bills for that vendor come out of the pay run
  • Call-back to the phone number on file, by a person
  • Only Treasury edits bank details. The agent has no access.

Hard stopA person calls the vendor on the number on file and decides.

11Pay

Line up discounts and due dates

Every open bill has a due date and some have a discount date. The agent keeps both in view so discounts are taken and nothing is late.

  • Discount terms such as 2/10 net 30 read from the bill
  • Bills sorted by discount date first, then due date
  • Flags discounts that an approval delay would lose
  • Cash needed this week, ready for Treasury

Agent does it

12Pay

Prepare the pay run

The agent builds the payment proposal. A person releases it. The agent never moves money.

  • Proposal built by due date and discount date
  • Bills on hold are excluded and listed with the reason
  • Bank details checked against the vendor record before release
  • Controller reviews and releases each payment
  • Payment file approved in the bank portal by a person

You decideThe Controller releases every payment and approves the bank batch.

13Pay

Remit and answer vendors

Vendors get a remittance advice when they are paid and a same-day answer when they ask. The answer comes from your ERP, not from memory.

  • Remittance advice sent with bill numbers and amounts
  • “When will we be paid?” answered from the bill’s status
  • Says what is held and what is needed to release it
  • Disputes and anything unusual go to a person

Agent does it

14Close and record

Reconcile and close the month

At month-end the question is what you owe. The agent ties vendor statements to the ledger and lists what was received but not yet billed.

  • Vendor statements compared to the ledger, line by line
  • Missing invoices requested from the vendor
  • Received-not-invoiced listed for accrual
  • AP aging tied to the GL control account
  • 1099 vendors and payments tracked through the year

Agent does itThe Controller reviews the accrual list and posts the journal.

15Close and record

Keep the record

Every invoice ends with a record: where it came from, what was checked, who approved and a video of the run. Auditors get the whole trail.

  • Source: which inbox, portal or folder, and when
  • Every check and its result
  • Who approved, when, and what they saw
  • Screen recording and screenshots of each step
  • What is still open, and with whom

Agent does itYou sign off the daily run.

You stay in control

It stops. It asks you.

Mismatch, missing document, over the limit, money about to move. One window with the evidence, and the decision is yours.

LaunchAI · Review
AP Invoice IntakeRun #1042Paused at 04.5 · Read the invoice fieldsWaiting for you
Approval you asked for Medium risk AP Invoice Intake · step 04.5 · Read the invoice fields Waiting 1:15 1 of 3 in your queue

Check the fields read from INV-2231

You asked to check any invoice with a handwritten note. Two fields need a look.
Agent suggests: Confirm GL code and cost centerEverything else was read with high confidence.
INVOICEBrightline Supplies Ltd.
14 Mercer St, Unit 4
Columbus, OH 43215
ar@brightline-supplies.com
To Bill to · Your Company, Inc. · Accounts Payable · 2200 Commerce Pkwy
Invoice no.INV-2231
Invoice dateNov 9, 2026
PO no.PO-88412
Terms2/10 net 30
Due dateDec 9, 2026
TaxExempt · certificate on file
DescriptionQtyUnit priceAmount
Copy paper A4, 80 g (box of 5 reams)40$49.00$1,960.00
Toner cartridge, black, high yield12$165.00$1,980.00
Delivery1$240.00$240.00
Subtotal$4,180.00
Tax$0.00
Total due$4,180.00
OK to pay · cc 410
Remit by ACH to the account on file. 2% discount if paid within 10 days.
invoice.pdf · page 1 of 1Click a field to see where it came from
Fields2 need a lookNext flagged F
High
Brightline Supplies Ltd · V-1182
Header · matched to vendor master
High
INV-2231
Page 1, top right
High
PO-88412
Page 1 · checked in NetSuite
High
Nov 9, 2026
Page 1
High
2/10 net 30
Matches the vendor record
High
$4,180.00
Equals the sum of the lines
Check
6100 · Office supplies
From GL_Codes.xlsx · 48 codes
Check
410 · Accounts payable
Handwritten note “cc 410”
Talk Space Take control T Use 6100 · Office supplies for Brightline from now on
Reject documentRSave fields↵

This is the window your approver gets, on a desk or a phone. Approve, reject, edit, ask, or take control.

Built as a flowchart

Your process, drawn and tested

Not a prompt. Every step is a box you can read, change and re-test.

AP Invoice IntakeAgent Builder · process map
ReadyEvery node ran on your live systems16 of 16 nodes verified
Explain by voiceReplay build
Follow live stepWhole flow
ActionDecisionHuman reviewDrafted, not run yet
01StartVerified
Invoice arrives
02ActionVerified
Collect from inbox, portals and drive
03ActionVerified
Read header, lines and terms
04DecisionVerified
Vendor on file?
05Human reviewVerified
Approve new vendor setup
06DecisionVerified
Already entered or paid?
07DecisionVerified
PO on the invoice?
08ActionVerified
Match PO, receipt and invoice
09ActionVerified
Code from your GL rules
10DecisionVerified
Inside tolerance?
11Human reviewVerified
Decide the exception
12Human reviewVerified
Approve by amount and owner
13ActionVerified
Enter the bill, attach the PDF
14DecisionVerified
Bank details unchanged?
15Human reviewVerified
Controller releases the pay run
16EndVerified
Remit, answer vendors, file the record
NoYesNoNoNo

Blue boxes are the agent. Yellow boxes are you. Every box was run on your real systems before the agent went live.

Watch · 7:49 · no sound needed

The whole run, one video

Jump to any step. The side rail in the video shows where you are in the process.

Your controls

Your rules. Exactly.

Written once in plain English. Followed every time.

  • Off by more than 2%? Buyer reviews
  • Bank details changed? Call before paying
  • Over $10,000? Controller approves

Never, on any run

  • Release a payment
  • Change vendor bank details
  • Pay an unmatched invoice
  • Delete a voucher
The difference

Your team, before and after

Your team today and with the agent
TodayWith your agent
Invoice to voucher 9 days Same day
Your AP clerk Keying invoices Working exceptions
Early-pay discounts Often missed Lined up by date
Duplicates Found after paying Stopped at entry
Your numbers

How many hours can you get back?

Your volume, your times, your labor cost. Estimates, not results.

188staff hours per month returned to vendors and the close
$6,750labor capacity per month
$81,000labor capacity per year

Invoices × (minutes today − minutes with the agent) ÷ 60 × hourly cost

These are example assumptions, not results. Example for a mid-size AP team: minutes cover collecting, reading, matching, coding and routing. Use your own numbers.

FAQ

Questions controllers ask us

Do we have to buy new software or connect anything?

No. The agent works in the software you already use, with the same screens, keyboard and mouse your team uses, under logins you give it. Nothing to replace and nothing to integrate.

How is the agent built?

You explain the job the way you'd train a new hire: talk or type, and hand over your SOP and a few real examples. Then it does a real one live while you watch and correct it. Your process is saved as a flowchart and a written procedure, and every run follows the version you approved.

Will it pay vendors on its own?

No. It prepares vouchers and the pay run. A person releases every payment, and bank-detail changes always go through your call-back check.

Our invoices come from everywhere. Can it collect them?

Yes. It watches the shared AP inbox, logs into vendor portals and downloads new invoices, checks the scan folder and shared drives, and reads EDI invoices already in your ERP. Each one is logged with where it came from.

What about invoices with no PO?

It codes them from your rules and the vendor's history, then routes them to the person who owns that spend. Nothing without a PO is entered for payment until that person approves.

Can we change the process later?

Any time. Add a step, change a rule, move an approval or drop one. Tell the agent what changed, review the new flowchart and save it as a new version.

Where does it run, and is it safe?

On your computers, in your signed-in sessions. Logins are kept in a vault and never shown to the AI. Every run is recorded with screenshots, values read and approvals given.

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Which invoices should we match first?

Bring a stack of last month's invoices.

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