AI Principle Three

The AI Companion is
the front door.

Available on every screen. Action-capable across every module. Context-aware. Proactive. For 80% of users, conversation is how they interact with Anchor. Screens are the secondary interface.

Ask anything. Execute anything.

The AI Companion doesn't just answer questions. It executes operations, spans multiple modules in a single query, and proactively surfaces insights.

Approve all pending leave requests for my team
Companion reviews 12 pending requests, checks leave balances, flags 2 conflicts with project deadlines, and approves the remaining 10. All in one sentence.
Genra
What's our total procurement spend this quarter vs budget?
Companion pulls committed spend from Pario, actual payments from Fiscus, and budget allocations — presenting a real-time variance analysis with drill-down by category.
Pario Fiscus
Create a purchase order for 50 laptops, route it for approval
Companion creates the PO with the preferred vendor, applies the negotiated pricing, attaches to the approved business case, and routes through the approval hierarchy. Done.
Pario
Show me which invoices are overdue and what the cash impact is
Companion pulls AP aging from Fiscus, calculates the cash flow impact, identifies the top 5 vendors by overdue amount, and suggests a prioritised payment schedule.
Fiscus
Who on my team hasn't completed their compliance training?
Companion checks the learning module, identifies 3 incomplete enrollments, shows their deadlines, and offers to send reminder notifications with one click.
Genra
Run month-end close for the Kenya entity
Companion initiates the AI-powered close sequence: validates open items, computes accruals, runs intercompany eliminations, flags anomalies, and presents the close dashboard for certification.
Fiscus

Not a chatbot. An operator.

The AI Companion is fundamentally different from enterprise chatbots that just search documentation. It understands context, executes actions, and works across every module simultaneously.

Action-Capable

Doesn't just answer questions — executes operations. Create POs, approve leave, post journals, run reports. Real actions, not just answers.

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Cross-Platform

A single query can span Fiscus, Pario, and Genra simultaneously. Budget vs spend? Leave impact on project timelines? One question, complete answer.

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Context-Aware

Knows who you are, your role, your team, your entity, and what screen you're on. Responses are personalised and permission-aware. Always.

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Proactive

Doesn't wait to be asked. Surfaces anomalies, approaching deadlines, budget overruns, and compliance gaps before they become problems.

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Natural Language

Speak to it like a colleague. No query syntax, no menu navigation, no form filling. Just describe what you need in plain language.

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Permission-Enforced

The Companion respects every permission boundary. It can only see what you can see and do what you're authorised to do. Role-based access, always enforced.

Conversation first. Screens second.

80% Conversation
20% Screens

For most users, most of the time, the AI Companion is how they interact with Anchor. Screens remain for detailed data entry, complex dashboards, and visual workflows. But the Companion is always the fastest path to any action or answer.

Every screen. Every module. Every moment.

The Companion widget lives on every screen across the entire platform. It knows where you are and what you're looking at.

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Screen-Aware

On the Chart of Accounts screen? The Companion knows. Ask "add a new expense account" and it pre-fills the context. No re-explaining.

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Role-Aware

A CFO sees executive summaries. An AP clerk sees invoice details. The Companion adapts its responses to your role and responsibility level.

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Entity-Aware

Working on the Uganda entity? The Companion scopes queries to that entity by default. Ask for "all entities" when you need the group view.

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Time-Aware

Approaching period close? The Companion proactively surfaces outstanding items, incomplete reconciliations, and approaching deadlines without being asked.

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Conversation Memory

Follow-up questions work naturally. "Show me overdue invoices" then "just the ones over $10,000" — context carries forward within the conversation.

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Learning from You

The more you interact, the more personalised the experience becomes. Your query patterns, preferred formats, and common tasks shape a Companion that knows you.

The front door to your entire enterprise.

Anchor AI Companion — ask anything, do anything, across every module.

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