By Will Feuer


American Express Co. said it is expanding its relationship with Microsoft Corp. to develop a suite of business-travel focused solutions that would be built on Microsoft Cloud and artificial intelligence technologies.

The first tool built through the partnership would be focused on improving the expense-management process. The company said business travelers would be prompted to upload a picture of their receipt, then an AI-powered tool would categorize the transaction and give it a risk score that determines whether a human should look more closely at the purchase.

Microsoft will pilot the technology with its own employees later this year, the companies said.

The expanded partnership marks one of the first such deals since Microsoft expanded its investment in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and other breakout successes that feature generative AI technology.


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02-09-23 0948ET