Sage adds chat bot and AI to cloud accounting software

Sage has integrated its Pegg chat bot with Sage One, adding artificial intelligence technology to the company's cloud-based accounting software. The U.K.-based company is launching the capability in the U.S. first before marketing it in other countries. Sage showed off the technology last year during its Sage Summit conference in Chicago (see Accounting bot launched at Sage Summit). The bot, developed in collaboration with Gupshup, a San Francisco-based developer, uses AI technology to provide a "virtual accounting assistant." Pegg allows users to submit expenses and track receipts, and see who is late on paying an invoice, via mobile messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger and Slack. According to Sage, 20,000 customers in 110 countries have already begun using Pegg as early adopters since it launched six months ago.