Xero CEO Rod Drury says machine learning and AI at heart of its new products

Xero CEO Rod Drury says machine learning and AI at heart of its new products

By Fiona Rotherham Sept. 9 (BusinessDesk) - Rod Drury, founder and chief executive of accounting software company Xero, says it’s poised to introduce a number of smart services through machine learning and artificial intelligence. Xero has now completed the two-year migrati...

Fiona Rotherham 09 Sep 2016
Wellington start-up Fuelled offering cash-flow product to SMES via Xero

Wellington start-up Fuelled offering cash-flow product to SMES via Xero

By Fiona Rotherham Sept. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Wellington-based Fuelled is offering small businesses a quick way out of their cash flow difficulties in a partnership with accounting software firm Xero. The partnership was announced today at Xerecon, Xero’s annual rock-n-roll s...

Fiona Rotherham 08 Sep 2016
RESEND: Software start-up 9 Spokes to launch online dashboard in October

RESEND: Software start-up 9 Spokes to launch online dashboard in October

(In 9th paragraph, 9 Spokes clarified the Propel by Deloitte is a pilot) By Fiona Rotherham Sept. 5 (BusinessDesk) - ASX-listed software startup 9 Spokes says its online dashboard for small businesses will launch in October. The New Zealand company co-founded four years...

Fiona Rotherham 06 Sep 2016
The Coffee Club NZ franchisors plan to add two new brands to their mix

The Coffee Club NZ franchisors plan to add two new brands to their mix

By Fiona Rotherham Sept. 6 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand franchisors of café chain The Coffee Club plan to become a “mini-Restaurant Brands” by bringing in two new Australian franchises early next year. Brad Jacobs and Andy Lucas, then aged 25 and 24 years respectively,...

Fiona Rotherham 05 Sep 2016