FinTech startup Finally has raised $10 million in new funding to fuel its growth and expand its suite of solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
The company specializes in automating accounting and finance functions for SMBs, according to a Tuesday (Feb. 6) press release. Its main objective is to automate business processes, including bookkeeping, expense management, bill payment and payroll, within one solution.
“When vendor tools are scattered, business owners are too,” Finally founder and CEO Felix Rodriguez said in the release.
The funding comes after a two-year period in which the company announced it was building an artificial intelligence ledger, business banking services and a new version of its bookkeeping app, according to the release.
Formerly known as Back Office, Finally was founded in January 2018, the release said. In 2022, the company raised $95 million in a Series A funding round. The company serves more than 1,500 businesses throughout the United States.
With the new capital, the company plans to scale its go-to-market strategy and broaden its product offerings, per the release. One of its key initiatives is the release of mobile versions of its bookkeeping, expense management and business banking apps. Additionally, it intends to expand its team in the bookkeeping and expense management sales departments.
The latest funding round was led by PeakSpan Capital, with participation from Active Capital, according to the release.
PYMNTS Intelligence found that SMBs are harnessing technologies like accounts receivable (AR) automation to enhance their efficiency, speed and accuracy and remain competitive.
With AR automation, these businesses can optimize their cash flow management, trim their days sales outstanding, improve their processing speed and reduce errors, according to the PYMNTS Intelligence report “How Automations Reduce Receivables Delays.”
Larger firms, especially those with more than $1.5 billion in revenue, are capitalizing on AR automation for better payments handling and cash flow management. Thirty-seven percent of these firms have adopted specialized AR automation for at least 50% of their AR processes, compared to 17% of firms with revenues between $250 million and $750 million.
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What do the movies “Blade Runner,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Back to the Future Part II” and Spike Jonze’s “Her” all have in common?
These science fiction movies, each depicting various versions of a future full of fantastic technologies, all take place in the year 2025 or earlier.
Though some of the high-tech gadgets and futuristic innovations seen in these films, such as hoverboards and flying cars, haven’t quite materialized in everyday life, they have sparked imagination and set the stage for the very real innovations. As the dozens of groundbreaking products and wacky gadgets that debuted at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week reveal, the future is certainly now.
CES, after all, rarely disappoints when it comes to providing a first-look at some truly strange gadgets that might just represent the ultimate showcase of tomorrow’s technology.
From artificial intelligence (AI) being embedded into everything and smarter than ever home devices, to autonomous robotic companions and wearable tech that both bends and blends reality, many of the inventions that once seemed out of reach in Hollywood films are now being unveiled on the convention floor.
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It’s becoming clear that today’s technological advancements are increasingly bridging the gap between what was once imagined and what’s now becoming real.
For example, smart home robots are no longer a futuristic fantasy — they are being positioned as potentially indispensable components of modern households.
CES 2025 saw the debut of the Roborock Saros Z70, a robot vacuum with a telescopic, five-axis arm. Rosey the Robot from “The Jetsons” has nothing on this little gadget, which its maker describes as “a mechanical arm that sees and thinks,” and is able to pick up and put away items like socks, shoes, tissues and more.
For more serious household tasks, the SwitchBot Multitasking Household Robot K20+ Pro was also unveiled at CES 2025. “Whether it’s delivering objects, vacuuming, monitoring pets, purifying the air, providing home security, or even mobilizing smart tablets, the K20+ Pro juggles household management with ease … from delivering food and drinks to carrying small packages,” said a company release.
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The K20+ Pro’s core is designed for customization and flexibility, serving as a modular foundation that allows users to create, adapt, and personalize the robot for a wide variety of innovative applications, and can connect with third-party smart devices like Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri, ensuring integration into any smart home ecosystem.
Elsewhere, TCL premiered its “AI Me” (Amy) concept companion robot, complete with animated eyes, autonomous movement and an AI-powered camera on its head; while Dreame showcased its X50 Ultra robot vacuum that has legs to avoid obstacles.
As smart home technology continues to evolve, the integration of robots designed to assist in daily activities could significantly alter how we interact with our homes, manage tasks and even shape the future of work.
TomBot, for example, debuted an emotional robotic lap dog, Jennie, an AI robot therapy dog designed to keep seniors company. On the more playful side of things, Tokyo robotics startup Yukai Engineering introduced the Nékojita FuFu, a portable cat-shaped robot that can blow air to cool hot food or drinks.
It wasn’t solely robotics for use at home being showcased at CES. John Deere used the Las Vegas event to reveal its own autonomous agricultural products. The fully autonomous machines were on display from Jan. 7 to 10, and were a bit bigger in size, if equivalently less cute, than the TomBot puppies.
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Behind the strangely futuristic convenience of a robot picking up your laundry and taking out the trash while it vacuums and interfaces with the rest of your household appliances lies a much larger story: the rise of the smart economy.
As CES 2025 showed, augmented reality (AR) glasses are the eye candy of the smart economy. A host of futuristic specs were unveiled, capable of a range of tasks that turn the wearer into a high-tech superhero.
Halliday showcased “the world’s first proactive AI glasses with invisible display,” while freshly debuted Loomos.AI glasses offer a ChatGPT-4o integrated AI assistant.
But other appendages remain up for grabs, and innovative products from smart rings to apps like WowMouse, which allows smartwatch wearers to control devices using just their gestures and fingers, are vying for market share in ways that aim to make daily life more convenient, efficient and secure.