Xero Announces New AI Innovations for Small Businesses and Accountants at Xerocon US

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JAX, Xero's agentic platform, simplifies end-to-end financial operations and helps improve cash flow management SAN MATEO, Calif., August 19, 2026 --( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Xero (ASX: XRO), the global small business platform, today announced new AI-powered features to simplify end-to-end financial operations for small businesses and accountants. The new capabilities showcased at Xerocon US enhance the powerful automation and insights delivered by Xero's agentic platform, JAX . This includes integrations with Microsoft 365, Claude, and ChatGPT, which bring live Xero data to customers wherever they work. Also announced for US customers were new payments capabilities and Xero Payroll, powered by Gusto . "Every hour a small business owner or accountant spends chasing paperwork or guessing what's next is an hour they're not spending on their customers and growth," said Diya Jolly, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Xero. "JAX changes that, giving customers a trusted system of action with real-time visibility and forward-looking insight, without asking them to give up control or compromise on accuracy. That's Accountable Intelligence and the standard we believe AI should deliver: less time spent on the busywork of running a business, and more time spent building one." End-to-end AI-powered financial operations Showcased at Xerocon US was the next evolution of Xero Partner Hub , which will bring live book health, work status, and month-end readiness in the same view across all of a practice's clients. This new experience will be made possible by several key JAX-powered innovations that streamline the entire end-to-end journey, delivering verifiable automation with customers in control including: Xero Wherever Our Customers Work Xero continues to expand its native agentic capabilities and third-party integrations, serving as the orchestration hub that can help streamline and automate key financial workflows for small businesses and accountants, wherever they work. All of the features announced today are grounded in Accountable Intelligence and sit within the AI-native Xero OS , built on 20 years of proprietary data and an established infrastructure trusted by 5 million customers around the world. About Xero Xero is a global small business platform that helps customers supercharge their business by bringing together the most important small business tools, including accounting, payroll and payments — on one platform. Xero's powerful platform helps customers automate routine tasks, get timely insights, and connects them with their data, their apps, and their accountant or bookkeeper so they can focus on what really matters. Trusted by millions of small businesses and accountants and bookkeepers globally, Xero makes life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. For further information, please visit xero.com View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260819002806/en/ Contacts Frances Cohen [email protected] Xero Communications

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