Zone & Co acquires Sudozi to expand the System of Agency for finance. Moves finance upstream into procurement, enabling earlier visibility and control over spend NEW YORK and AUSTIN, April 9, 2026 - Zone & Co, the leading ERP-native, AI-powered financial operations platform, today announced the acquisition of Sudozi, an AI-powered procurement and vendor management platform. The acquisition moves Zone upstream into procurement, expanding the traditional finance system of record into a System of Agency that enables finance to shape business outcomes at the point of decision. The combination addresses a longstanding constraint in legacy finance: the lag between decision and transaction. Traditional systems were designed to record what already happened, capturing invoices and reconciling payments after the fact. That worked when finance operated downstream, with visibility only after decisions were already made. But in a strategic enterprise, that reactive model is a liability. It starts to break when finance is expected to guide the business in real time. Zone moves finance upstream, closing the gap between departmental spending decisions and financial oversight, and turning procurement into a real-time signal for investment and risk management. Sudozi was founded by a 3x CFO who experienced AP invoice chaos firsthand, and it was built to move finance upstream into real business spend decisions. By centralizing purchase requests and automating vendor management, Sudozi captures the intent to spend before it becomes a transaction. Its AI identifies duplicate vendors, flags compliance gaps and surfaces spending patterns before invoices ever enter the system, turning procurement into a critical signal for smarter financial operations. "Finance shouldn't start at the invoice; it should start at the decision," said Thomas Kim, CEO at Zone & Co. "Most systems today are still built as systems of record. By integrating Sudozi's intake intelligence with Zone's execution engine and Zoe, our agentic orchestration layer, we're continuing to build something fundamentally different: a system of agency. A platform that doesn't just track what happened, but enables finance to actively shape what comes next." With the addition of Sudozi, Zone now spans the full procure-to-pay lifecycle - from vendor request and onboarding through payment and reporting - within a unified, ERP-native platform. At the core is Zoe, Zone's agentic orchestration layer, which coordinates workflows across systems, and Zone Control Center, the command interface where finance teams can monitor, control, and act in real time. "Finance teams have outgrown the tools they've been given," said Rose Punkunus, founder and CEO of Sudozi. "They're expected to guide the business, but are often brought in too late. Sudozi was built to move finance into the decision-making process. Joining Zone is the ultimate realization of that vision - it allows us to connect procurement intelligence directly into the operational flow of the ERP, giving customers the ability to drive smarter, AI-driven outcomes at every stage of the financial lifecycle." "Sudozi centralized our procurement and expense operations and gave us something we never had before: the ability to approve spending before it happens and track budgets in real time." - Liat Halamish, Information Systems Engineer, ERGO Next. Sudozi will continue to support its existing customers with uninterrupted platform access, now accelerated by Zone's global infrastructure and capabilities. By bridging the gap between purchase intent and payment execution, Zone continues to advance the System of Agency - empowering finance to move beyond recording the past to actively shaping the future. About Sudozi Sudozi is an AI-powered procurement and vendor management platform that helps finance teams engage earlier in spending decisions. By centralizing vendor intake, purchase requests, approvals, onboarding and renewals, Sudozi gives organizations greater visibility and control before invoices reach accounts payable. With embedded AI to guide users, surface insights, reduce duplication and strengthen compliance, Sudozi helps finance teams operate more proactively and confidently. About Zone & Co Zone & Co is the ERP-native financial operations platform trusted by more than 4,000 companies worldwide - including Salesloft, Figma, and Avalara. Built on a unified platform architecture, Zone connects every finance workflow and applies embedded AI intelligence to deliver measurable results like 94% faster bookings and 90% more efficient billing - empowering finance teams to operate seamlessly today and scale confidently into the future.

Zone & Co has launched Zoe by Zone, an agentic orchestration layer designed to provide ERP-native finance intelligence and autonomous execution for finance teams. The platform operates within NetSuite's AI Cloud ERP, coordinating specialised agents to handle complex tasks and shifting teams from manual data gathering to strategic decision-making. The first capability, subscription intelligence for ZoneBilling, helps teams identify unbilled subscriptions, monitor renewals, and validate charges without leaving their ERP workflow. This addresses the persistent challenge of finance teams spending excessive time searching for answers rather than acting on them. Zone & Co plans to expand Zoe with additional subject matter agents covering quote-to-cash, procure-to-pay, treasury, payments, payroll and reporting. The company serves over 4,000 companies worldwide, including Salesloft, Figma and Avalara.

Zoe by Zone introduces the agentic control layer for erp-native finance intelligence and autonomous execution. NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Zone & Co, the leading ERP-native financial operations platform, today unveiled Zoe by Zone, a breakthrough agentic orchestration layer designed to operate as a control and command cockpit for finance teams. Moving beyond passive automation, Zoe serves as the operational core for finance teams, coordinating Subject Matter Agents to execute complex tasks natively within the #1 AI Cloud ERP. By shifting work from manual data gathering to informed review and decision-making, Zoe helps teams move faster and with greater confidence. Zone unveils Zoe by Zone, an agentic orchestration layer for finance teams inside the #1 AI Cloud ERP. Finance teams continue to face a persistent challenge: too much time spent searching for answers instead of acting on them. Today, routine questions about billing and subscriptions - from unbilled amounts and upcoming renewals to configuration issues and revenue risk - often require digging through ERP records, logs, and documentation, building saved searches, and manually interpreting complex setups. This manual effort slows response times and introduces avoidable errors. Zoe serves as the intelligence and execution backbone across the Zone platform, intelligently routing complex objectives to specialized Subject Matter Agents. Rather than forcing teams to navigate fragmented dashboards or disconnected tools, Zoe introduces a unified interface that enables interaction with agents that understand accounting context and business rules, then orchestrates analysis and action directly within the ERP. "The industry has reached an inflection point where 'AI features' are no longer enough," said Billie Miric, Global Head of Product at Zone & Co. "Finance requires an intelligence fabric that doesn't just surface data, but orchestrates execution. Zoe is the foundation of the agentic finance enterprise, removing friction for finance teams by shifting the cognitive tax of data-chasing to an autonomous digital workforce." The first capability delivered through Zoe is subscription intelligence for ZoneBilling, which focuses on one of the most critical and risk-prone areas of financial operations: recurring revenue. With subscription intelligence, teams can identify unbilled subscriptions and value at risk, monitor upcoming renewals in the next 30, 60, or 90 days, and validate whether charges align with expected invoice amounts - all without leaving their ERP workflow. By shortening the time between insight and action, Zoe helps teams invoice faster, follow up on renewals earlier, and resolve discrepancies before they impact cash flow or customer trust. Over time, Zoe will expand with a suite of subject matter agents across quote-to-cash, procure-to-pay, treasury, payments, payroll, and reporting. Centralized under a single orchestration layer, these agents operate on the same high-fidelity data, ensuring financial intelligence is consistent, compliant, auditable, and grounded in relevant business logic. Subscription intelligence will be available first to select customers, with broader availability planned in the coming months. To learn more about Zoe and Zone's approach to ERP-native finance intelligence, visit https://www.zoneandco.com/zoneai. About Zone & Co Zone & Co is the ERP-native financial operations platform trusted by more than 4,000 companies worldwide - including Salesloft, Figma, and Avalara. Built on a unified platform architecture, Zone connects every finance workflow and applies embedded intelligence to deliver measurable results like 94% faster bookings and 90% more efficient billing - empowering finance teams to operate seamlessly today and scale confidently into the future. View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zoe-by-zone-introduces-the-agentic-control-layer-for-erp-native-finance-intelligence-and-autonomous-execution-302667919.html SOURCE Zone & Company Software