From Finance to IT: Why We’re Just Getting Started

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When we first started building, the mission was simple:
Fix what’s broken in business workflows — starting with finance.

We weren’t chasing buzzwords.
We were chasing lost receipts, overdue claims, and the countless hours wasted on manual paperwork.

Today, our platform powers:

  • Document ingestion via email
  • Invoice and claims capture
  • Auto-categorization
  • Export-ready integration with accounting software
  • Audit trails, tags, approvals, and dashboards
  • AI-assisted compliance and reporting

This isn’t theory — it’s running live across solopreneurs, SMEs, and growing teams.

But Finance Was Just the First Use Case

The deeper we built, the more we saw a pattern:

The same workflow pain exists in every department — just wearing different labels.
Finance. HR. Procurement. IT.
So now, we’re expanding — and we’ve started with IT Asset Management (ITAM).

Why ITAM? Why Now?

Because managing IT assets in large enterprises is still a spreadsheet mess:

  • Purchase orders and warranties live in emails
  • Renewal reminders are in someone’s calendar
  • Asset lifecycles are unclear
  • Service contracts are underutilized — or forgotten

We saw an opportunity to bring the same document-first, agentic automation to IT operations.

And we’re proud to share that we’re currently running a proof of concept (POC) with one of the largest systems integrators in Singapore — tackling ITAM workflows across high-volume environments.

Lim Teong Youw

The Bigger Vision: AI Workflows for Every Back Office

What we’re building isn’t just a product.
It’s a modular automation infrastructure — adaptable across departments:

  • Email-to-record AI agents
  • Document-native context extraction
  • Escalation and approval logic
  • Interfaces built for normal users, not power admins

ITAM is next.
But we’re already scoping use cases in:

  • Procurement & contract monitoring
  • Insurance & warranty claims
  • HR onboarding document flow
  • ESG and sustainability tracking
  • Customer lifecycle & renewal triggers

Built From Pain. Designed With Purpose.

This isn’t whiteboard fantasy.
We started by solving our own workflow chaos — and it turns out, a lot of companies share the same frustration.

That’s our edge.
We don’t guess. We build from lived reality.

So yes — we’ve earned some wins in finance.
And now we’re scaling that capability into IT, procurement, and beyond.

We’re excited.
We’re focused.
And we’re just getting started.

— Lim Teng Yeow
Founder, ASSIST.biz

 

 

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