Artificial intelligence (AI) tends to come up in the context of remote monitoring software and tools that upload data to the cloud. It has a place in the back office, too — as Beyer Mechanical, one of the largest commercial air conditioning companies in South Texas, realized this February. After moving to an automated accounts payable system, the company has seen a 60 percent reduction in invoice lifecycle. Now Stampli AI technology does the data entry, freeing up accounting staff to focus their energy on research and analysis.