Oracle launches AI agent tools

Oracle said on April 9 it is rolling out Fusion Agentic Applications, new artificial intelligence software for finance and supply-chain work inside its Fusion Cloud suite. (oracle.com) The software uses groups of specialized agents, which are task-specific programs that split up work like a team, to make decisions and carry out steps inside business processes. Oracle said the tools can use company data, workflows, approval rules, permissions, and transaction history already stored in Fusion Applications. (oracle.com) Oracle said 12 of the new applications are available now across Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning and Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain and Manufacturing. Named examples include Claims Settlement Workspace, Collectors Workspace, and Cost Accounting Close Workspace. (oracle.com) In plain terms, Oracle is selling software that does more than answer questions or draft text. The company said these applications can move routine work forward on their own inside preset guardrails and hand exceptions to people when judgment changes the outcome. (oracle.com) The release follows Oracle’s March 24 update to AI Agent Studio, the company’s tool for building and connecting agents. Oracle said that update added workflow orchestration, contextual memory, content intelligence, return-on-investment measurement, and an “agentic applications builder” that lets customers assemble agent systems with natural-language prompts instead of traditional coding. (oracle.com) Oracle had already been adding narrower agents to supply-chain software before this launch. On February 10, the company announced agents for planning, procurement, manufacturing, maintenance, and logistics, including tools for component replacement, planning calculations, and autonomous sourcing for low-dollar, high-volume purchases. (oracle.com) Oracle’s product pages show the same push in finance, where prebuilt agents are positioned for collections, payables, and ledger work. Oracle said its Payables Agent can ingest invoices from email, portals, electronic data interchange, electronic invoicing, and portable document format files, then match them to purchase orders and route them for approval or payment. (oracle.com) The timing lines up with a broader shift in supply-chain software from single-purpose assistants to coordinated agent systems. Gartner said on April 7 that spending on supply-chain management software with agentic artificial intelligence capabilities could rise from less than $2 billion in 2025 to $53 billion by 2030, and that 60% of enterprises using that software could adopt agentic features by 2030, up from 5% in 2025. (dcvelocity.com) Gartner also said early deployments will still need “human-in-the-loop” controls for supply-chain decisions, especially in the first stages of rollout. Oracle is making the same case from the vendor side: let the software handle routine handoffs, but keep people in charge of exceptions and approvals that carry business risk. (dcvelocity.com)