Intacct has named the artificial intelligence-based assistant Pacioli, Luca Pacioli (1445-1517), the monk who invented double-entry bookkeeping.

"Pacioli is the first digital assistant designed for CFOs," Aaron Harris, Intacct's chief technology officer, said during the opening keynotes. Robert Reid, EVP of the Sage unit, later described the technology's status as being between the estimating and forecasting states of development.

Pacioli will respond to spoken questions and during his presentation Harris provided an example in which a user asked for the amount of sales to a particular customer and Pacioli located that number and posted it to a conversation chain. "As Pacioli learns from usage, it will make it easier to perform common tasks," Harris said.