Video · May 19, 2026
Look into the future of Finance
About this video
Forward Finance is a new operating model where AI is natively embedded at the center of financial operations, not bolted on. Generative, quantitative, and agentic AI work together so Finance can reconcile instantly, optimize continuously, and predict what comes next.
SensibleAI Agents, Studio, and Forecast are unified on the OneStream platform using the corporate data and financial context teams already trust. The results are already in market: forecasting time reduced from two days to 10 minutes with dramatically improved accuracy.
Key takeaways
- Forward Finance is a new operating model built for the AI era, not an upgrade to the existing one. AI is natively embedded at the center of financial operations so Finance can reconcile, optimize, and predict in real time.
- Generative, quantitative, and agentic AI work together on one platform to cover the full spectrum of Finance AI needs. SensibleAI Agents act, Studio automates workflows, and Forecast delivers accuracy manual processes cannot match.
- A rationalized financial system strategy is the prerequisite for getting real value from AI. Fragmented systems prevent the context and governance that make AI outputs trustworthy and defensible to leadership.
- Forecasting time reduced from two days to 10 minutes with dramatically improved accuracy. This customer outcome already in market redefines what Finance teams believe is possible in planning cycles.
- The agentic layer ensures Finance teams work in any tool without sacrificing governance or truth. Teams get flexibility. Leadership gets control. Both happen simultaneously on one governed platform.
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Something's changed. Overnight, the world has sped up. Faster decisions, higher stakes, no time to wait, and finance still looking back. That ends now. This is Forward Finance. A new model for finance.
Built for the AI era. Where finance drives business decisions based on data you can trust. Where AI is at the center of financial operation. Not a bolt-on tool. And where agents are part of your finance team.
Working, reasoning, acting. All within the governance, security, and audit rules finance requires. This is not experimental AI. This is finance AI at scale. Generative, quantitative, and agentic AI coming together.
So finance can reconcile instantly. Optimize continuously. Detect risks and opportunities before they happen. And predict what's next. In the age of AI, it's more important than ever to have the financial system strategy and topography that has been rationalized so that you can get the most value out of these new technologies.
And behind it all, OneStream. Your finance AI platform. Where AI isn't added on. It's natively built in. And purpose built for finance. SensibleAI agents. To extend your finance team with AI that acts.
SensibleAI studio. To automate the financial workflows that slow you down. SensibleAI forecast. To plan faster and with greater accuracy than ever before. All unified on the OneStream platform. Using the corporate data and financial context your team trusts.
Surface within the workflows your team uses to run the business. And extend it with an agentic layer so your team can use any agent they choose. Within the trusted financial intelligence and governance only OneStream can deliver.
Faster closes. More accurate forecasts. Real-time insight. Decisions without delay. With SensibleAI forecast. Our forecasting accuracy have improved dramatically. We have shortened our forecasting time frame down from 2 days to 10 minutes.
No more waiting. No more uncertainty. No more looking back. Only forward. Finance has changed. This is forward finance. This is OneStream.
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