BlackLine Acquires WiseLayer to Enhance its AI Capabilities
Rhea-AI Summary
BlackLine (Nasdaq: BL) announced on December 15, 2025 that it has acquired WiseLayer, a New York company that builds AI-powered agents for judgment-based finance and accounting processes. Terms were not disclosed.
WiseLayer's AI agents will be embedded into BlackLine's Verity suite to automate complex tasks starting with accruals and payroll accounting, aiming to reduce risk, increase accuracy, and accelerate the close. BlackLine also reaffirmed its Q4 and full-year 2025 guidance.
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- Acquired WiseLayer to add AI-powered accounting agents
- Embedding WiseLayer into Verity for accruals and payroll automation
- Aimed to reduce risk, increase accuracy, and accelerate the close
- Reaffirmed fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 guidance
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- Terms of the deal were not disclosed
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, BL gained 0.70%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
Market Reality Check
Peers on Argus
BL was roughly flat (-0.27%) while key software peers showed mixed moves, with ASAN and NCNO down and FRSH slightly higher, suggesting today’s trading was more stock-specific than a broad sector rotation.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10 | Geographic expansion | Positive | +0.0% | New Saudi cloud region to meet local demand and compliance needs. |
| Nov 25 | Governance update | Positive | +2.7% | Statement highlighting ongoing shareholder engagement and governance dialogue. |
| Nov 24 | Activist letter | Negative | +2.5% | Engaged Capital 220 demand letter tied to governance concerns. |
| Nov 06 | Earnings release | Positive | -0.2% | Q3 beat with revenue, cash flow strength, and detailed guidance. |
| Oct 30 | Strategic alternatives | Negative | +0.3% | Activist call for exploring strategic alternatives after TSR underperformance. |
BL’s stock has often diverged from the apparent tone of news, including earnings and activist developments, with price reactions muted or moving opposite to the news sentiment.
Over the last few months, BlackLine has combined operational progress with governance and activist dynamics. A Saudi Arabia cloud expansion on Dec 10 saw no price change, while shareholder-engagement headlines around Nov 24–25 coincided with modest gains. Q3 results on Nov 6, including $178.3M revenue and share repurchases, produced little downside move. Earlier, an Engaged Capital letter urging strategic alternatives on Oct 30 brought only a small uptick. Today’s AI acquisition and guidance reaffirmation fit this pattern of strategic updates against modest stock reactions.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement highlights BlackLine’s push to embed AI-powered agents into its Verity suite by acquiring WiseLayer, targeting complex finance workflows like accruals and payroll accounting. The company also reaffirmed its Q4 and full-year 2025 guidance, following recent Q3 revenue of $178.3M and activist-driven governance discussions. Investors may watch how effectively the WiseLayer technology integrates, adoption trends within the customer base, and any future strategic updates.
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Acquisition Accelerates BlackLine's Vision for an AI-Powered Finance and Accounting Platform
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL), the future-ready platform for the Office of the CFO, today announced it has acquired WiseLayer, a New York-based company that has pioneered a digital workforce of AI-powered agents to automate complex, judgment-based finance and accounting processes. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
This acquisition takes BlackLine’s industry-leading automation to the next level, empowering customers to transform their most complex and time-consuming manual accounting work into intelligent, automated workflows. By embedding WiseLayer's trusted AI agents directly into the BlackLine Verity™ suite, customers can automate challenging, judgment-based tasks, starting with accruals and payroll accounting. This allows finance and accounting teams to reduce risk, increase accuracy, and accelerate the close – freeing them up to focus on reviewing results and providing the strategic guidance that drives the business forward.
“We are committed to building the most intelligent platform for the Office of the CFO,” said Owen Ryan, CEO of BlackLine. “By incorporating WiseLayer's AI agents into our Verity suite, we are adding significant new capabilities and value to our platform, providing customers with embedded, auditable AI. This is a key part of our vision to deliver a single, unified platform that powers the future of financial operations.”
“WiseLayer was founded to give finance and accounting teams their most valuable resource back: time. But it’s about more than just speed; it’s about enabling confidence and trust in the numbers,” said Josh Stein, Co-Founder and CEO of WiseLayer. “By embedding our technology into BlackLine's market-leading platform, we can empower finance and accounting professionals to operate with a new level of assurance and focus on the strategic insights that matter most.”
“Joining BlackLine gives us an incredible opportunity to scale our technology by integrating with a platform already trusted by thousands of the world's leading companies,” said Vikram Bellapravalu, Co-Founder and CTO at WiseLayer. “We share a common vision and could not be more excited to help build the future of accounting and finance together.”
BlackLine also reaffirms its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 guidance.
Media Contact:
Samantha Darilek
VP, Corporate Communications
samantha.darilek@blackline.com
Investor Contact:
Matt Humphries
SVP, Investor Relations
matt.humphries@blackline.com
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