Sage Future was held June 3-5, 2025 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta Georgia. This brand-new event was designed to help both partners and customers unlock the latest opportunities and paths to growth with Sage. Sage Future had an energetic and positive vibe amongst its attendees.
Day 1 for Partners
Sage Future began with one day packed with learning, insight and motivation for Sage partners. Starting with Sage CEO Steve Hare and followed by executive leaders like Rob Sinfield, Julie Adams, Nancy Sperry, and Aaron Harris, partner day provided a clear vision for Sage products and services.
Steve Hare extoled the virtue and importance of the Sage partner relationship. Steve explained how Sage is building Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its platform and products. More importantly, AI is transforming how Sage products are build and how it will increase the pace with which partners deliver value to customers.
Sage High Performance Academy
Sage has been promoting the concept of continuous closing for years. Sage delivers on its promise with:
- Multi-dimensional general ledgers,
- Strong financial reporting,
- Embedded insight and analytics,
- Bank feeds,
- AI driven anomaly detection,
- Automated transaction capture and categorization and more
Sage is bringing finance to the next level.
Sage research shows that 85% of CFOs acknowledge that they need better tools to meet rising expectations. Accordingly, Sage announced their “High Performance Academy” with CPE accredited training for “high-potential finance leaders.” The Academy will provide Sage powered strategic tools with the required competencies to be catalysts of growth.
Sage Future Focus on Artificial Intelligence
At the heart of Sage Future 2025 were major announcements that outlined the company’s roadmap for the future. Sage unveiled its AI-powered roadmap aimed at transforming financial operations for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). Aaron Harris, CTO and his “AI Factory” team have been working on bringing Artificial Intelligence to Sage for over seven years. Customers are now experiencing tangible results from Sage AI investments.
A key component of the strategy is Sage Copilot, an AI assistant designed to streamline complex financial tasks, enhance data accuracy, and accelerate decision-making. Sage Copilot, originally unveiled at Sage Transform in February 2024. Copilot is now available in Sage Intacct and five other products globally for approximately 40,000 customers. This embedded tool uses contextual search and continuous monitoring has already generated over 26 million insights for users.
Rob Sinfield, SVP Product and Julie Adams, SVP Construction and Real Estate discussed how Sage is building deep and targeted solutions with specialized innovations with industry focus.
- Retail Operations – Automate processes with configurable workflows
- Manufacturing Operations – Simplify complex product design, planning and development.
- Distribution Operations – Automate order management, distribution and supply chain processes
AI and Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct has clearly become the flagship product for Sage dominating Sage Future in sessions, the Expo and AI. Sage announced AI enhancements to Sage Intacct, including:
- Close Workspace: A centralized hub that tracks financial close tasks, identifies bottlenecks, and provides AI-driven suggestions for faster, more accurate reporting.
- Enhanced AP Automation: AI-powered automation across accounts payable workflows, reducing manual effort and improving efficiency.
- Continuous Assurance: Real-time insights and automated data entry to optimize financial reporting cycles.
- Cash Flow Prediction & Optimization: AI-driven forecasting tools to help businesses manage cash flow with confidence.
- Construction – Sage recognizes that construction is not monolithic. Differences between home builders, specialty contractors, civil and other specialties require unique solutions. The same is true with AI for construction. Sage AI models are specialized for pre-construction, operations, financials and payroll.
- Non-Profit – Sage Intacct’s core accounting functionality has always been strong for non-profits. In the expo we met with a variety of third party products which
AI and Sage X3
Sage X3 is the premiere global manufacturing product in the Sage portfolio.. Sage announced the availability of Sage Copilot for X3.
“By putting operational intelligence at businesses' fingertips, Sage Copilot for X3 marks a significant step forward in driving efficiencies and saving time. Whether it’s anticipating a delay in shipping, identifying a drop in order volumes, or spotting a churn-risk customer, Sage Copilot gives users the clarity and confidence to act faster, serve better, and grow stronger – all through a single, 360° view of their operations – helping them drive high performance.”
Sage is actively developing implementation and other tools for Sage X3 to reduce configuration complexity and related time. Sage future plans include the release of developer APIs to its AI Services to enable use within X3. Additionally, Sage is using AI to develop data migration tools to lower the cost to move to this flagship product.
AI and Other Sage Products
Sage has aggressive plans to introduce Sage Copilot to its portfolio of products, including on premise solutions like Sage 100 and Sage 100 Contractor. As standard connections to all products are developed, customers will be able to tap into Sage AI Services including:
- AI Document Extraction
- Document Split
- eInvoicing
- Fraud and Anomaly Detection
Although no time table announced or promises made, Sage has reiterated its focus on AI and a commitment to no forced migration for its legacy customer base.
A Solid Sage Future
Sage Future left its attendees with confidence in Sage and its products. The leadership team demonstrated an open approach to communication and a sincere desire to listed to its customers and parters. With a competent management team, leaders who have been in their positions for 7 or more years and a clear modern roadmap, Sage shows a solid future for its products and the customers who use them.