08/31/2026
Is your AI investment actually paying off, or just adding complexity?
Our CTO Jeremy Ung joined Tech Talks Daily to unpack why finance AI adoption has plateaued and how CFOs can move from experimentation to measurable ROI.
His take: stop inventing artificial AI metrics.
Just ask the questions that already matter: is the close faster?
Is transaction matching more accurate?
Are collections improving?
He also digs into auditability: as AI agents take on more finance work, teams need visibility into the prompts, models, data, and permissions behind every action.
Jeremy's comparison: just like food labels list ingredients and calories, AI agents should come with their own operating record.
The bigger shift?
Finance professionals spending less time on individual tasks and more time setting goals, reviewing agent output, and steering a team of AI agents.
Full episode: https://techtalksnetwork.com/podcast/tech-talks-daily/episode/blackline-ai-roi-finance-operations