freee K.K. says more than 550 accounting firms had decided to adopt its paid AI agents about two months after launch. The company counts a firm once it has chosen either the preset-agent product, "freee client-management AI agent", or the customisable "freee Agent Hub", or both. Paid service began on 15 September 2026.
The agents are aimed at accounting firms' work for their clients. Preset agents run routine tasks such as collecting documents and checking records, while Agent Hub lets firms build agents for analysis, reporting and management support. The quarterly report calls this a shift from software that is easy for humans to use to software that takes over the work itself.
Invoice financing, too
In September freee also released a same-day payment service for its invoicing product. It lets a business apply for factoring in one click from within the invoice tool, and extends freee's factoring beyond sole proprietors to corporations. The company says it responds to corporate cash-flow needs.
What the numbers do and do not show
First-quarter sales (July to September 2026) rose 23.5% to ¥12.03bn. Adjusted operating profit rose 115.5% to ¥1.49bn, while operating profit was ¥762mn, up 180.6%. Adjusted profit adds back stock-based pay, amortisation of acquired intangibles and other one-off costs. Platform annual recurring revenue (ARR) reached ¥45.27bn, up 21.9%, and paid user companies numbered 694,707, up 11.2%.
The report gives no revenue or ARR contribution from the AI agents or the invoice financing, so the 550 figure measures adoption decisions, not income. Full-year guidance is unchanged at sales of ¥52.21bn and adjusted operating profit of ¥5.75bn.