Our biggest competition is... you? - Capto Weekly #10

For every 100 posts filled with engagement bait about replacing the entire Finance department in a weekend, you might see only 4 or 5 that are cautious about the actual results and risks that come after the demo stage.

Our 2026 prediction is that this ratio of social chatter is going to shift as more “DIY” AI agents go into production.

No apologies for coming off a bit direct, it’s because we care. We’re not anti-DIY, we’re anti-unmanaged risk and pro-responsible production.

Having delivered open source technology solutions for nearly half a decade there’s always been the understanding of “competition” from those who decide to build things themselves. In actuality often we work alongside highly capable teams to harden, accelerate, and maintain what they’ve started.

When we first started out in 2021, drag-and-drop tools for business leaders (aka Citizen Developers) was the beginning of the “anyone can do it” narrative. First versions were impressive, then as complexity grew the results became incomplete and fragile. DIYers came with requests to build it fast and make it actually work...

Now in 2026, anyone can build fast and make it work. DIYers come to us with requests to help ensure accuracy, safety, continuous maintenance and evolution...

Want to talk history... and the future?

Let’s build together.

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Capto

Company updates worth highlighting.

• We’re growing our team! If you’re a well-connect leader who understands the opportunity of automation and AI for Finance, but haven’t been able to connect the dots to a solution - this role is for you.

• A lesson learned the hard way. The biggest use case possible turned into a 1-year frustration.

• Anthropic releases their research on impact to the labor market. It seems there’s an unlikely winner 😅.

• How much time do you spend moving data around? The answer from a CFO in our conversations this week... Too much.

• CFO but the “F” stands for... Future, not Finished like many suggest.

• March goals with no luck needed to win! Our “pot of gold“ lies at the end of this month’s “rainbow”.

• February results were all about FOCUS. It became clear what we needed to do to achieve.

• Celebrating Bulgaria National Day! To all our clients, team members, friends, and followers who celebrated!

Spokes

A section dedicated to highlighting the work of our official allies.

• Have we collaborated before? Would you like to? Looking for a boost in visibility? We are continuing to build out this program and open to discuss adding members to our directory.

You

Doing our part in a community-based approach where our feeds, inboxes, and meetings are the source for learning and happiness.

• When one of our favorite podcasts lands the global payments lead at the biggest company in the world... we listen. Add to your queue The Payments Shed feat. Justin Hanna and Grant Evans with their interview of Georgios Kolovos of NVIDIA.

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Capto helps Finance teams (and adjacent functions) adopt intelligent automation in environments where accuracy, risk management, and accountability are critical. We design and deploy bespoke AI Agents, true “AI employees”, fully owned by our clients. No black boxes. No dependency. Just stronger internal IP and a sustainable competitive edge.

Our approach allows us to tailor each project to our clients’ unique processes, handle end-to-end across multiple systems, and once delivered are paired with dedicated developer resources to ensure stability.

Structured with commercial guarantees, technical transparency, and enterprise-grade compliance. Capto offers clients flexible relationship options for all stages of their AI journey; process discovery & analysis, documentation, development, maintenance, and evolution.

Capto prioritizes sustainable, high-quality, and direct decision making that leads to long-term relationships and to support our network-driven approach.