# Vena: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/vena/
Covers: May 16, 2025 to Oct. 6, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Vena: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/vena/, updated 2026-11-11

> Vena is on the AI workforce planning software map. We record 6 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 6, 2026.

"The \#1 Microsoft-Native Financial and Operational Planning Platform." Vena sells Workforce Planning: "Model workforce costs, optimize headcount and connect people planning to your bottom line", with employee-level salary, benefit and tax plans and an HRIS feed, all in Excel. Finance and HR teams buy it. Vena AI agents work inside the planning model. Source: [venasolutions.com](https://www.venasolutions.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [venasolutions.com](https://www.venasolutions.com/)
- Category: Business planning platforms
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI workforce planning software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-vena)

"The \#1 Microsoft-Native Financial and Operational Planning Platform." Vena sells Workforce Planning: "Model workforce costs, optimize headcount and connect people planning to your bottom line", with employee-level salary, benefit and tax plans and an HRIS feed, all in Excel. Finance and HR teams buy it. Vena AI agents work inside the planning model. Source: [venasolutions.com](https://www.venasolutions.com/).

- Category: Business planning platforms
- Price: not published; sales-led
- AI capabilities: Named agent, Assistant, Headcount and hiring plans, MCP or agent API, Scenario modeling and Workforce cost
- Scale: Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Press release boilerplate: "Thousands of organizations worldwide rely on Vena".)

Sources: [venasolutions.com](https://www.venasolutions.com/), [venasolutions.com](https://www.venasolutions.com/solutions/workforce-planning), [venasolutions.com](https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom), [venasolutions.com](https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-copilot-for-microsoft-teams-is-here-bringing-fpa-expertise-and-agentic-ai-where-work-happens), [venasolutions.com](https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-launches-award-winning-planning-agent-to-redefine-finance-workflows-as-fpa-market-surges-toward-16.9b-by-2030), [venasolutions.com](https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-completes-acterys-acquisition) and [3 more on the map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-vena).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Vena launches the Analytics Agent in open beta and expands MCP

Launch, Oct. 6, 2026. Vena's new Analytics Agent does multi-step financial analysis on the live Vena model and builds context over time. It is in open beta, with general availability expected later in October 2026. Vena MCP gains scheduled automations and desktop AI workflows.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-advances-finance-ai-with-new-analytics-agent-and-expanded-mcp-capabilities). From [the AI workforce planning software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-vena).

### Vena completes its Morpheo AI acquisition

Acquisition, Aug. 18, 2026. Vena completed its acquisition of Morpheo AI, an enterprise agentic data platform, for its Vena Omega context engine. The definitive agreement was announced in July 2026.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-completes-acquisition-of-morpheo-ai). From [the AI workforce planning software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-vena).

### Vena makes the Planning Agent and MCP Server generally available

Launch, May 13, 2026. At Excelerate 2026 Vena made the Planning Agent (forecasts, plan updates, scenario logic in natural language) and the Vena MCP Server for Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot generally available.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-announces-financial-consolidation-and-ai-innovations-at-excelerate-2026). From [the AI workforce planning software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-vena).

### Vena completes its Acterys acquisition

Acquisition, March 26, 2026. Vena completed its acquisition of Acterys, which "provides enterprise-grade planning, analytics and application development solutions", to extend Orchestrated Planning.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-completes-acterys-acquisition). From [the AI workforce planning software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-vena).

### Vena launches the Planning Agent in open beta

Launch, Sept. 15, 2025. Vena launched the Vena Planning Agent in open beta with select customers. Business users run driver-based planning in natural language across Excel, Power BI, Azure and Teams.

Source: [Vendor release](https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-launches-award-winning-planning-agent-to-redefine-finance-workflows-as-fpa-market-surges-toward-16.9b-by-2030). From [the AI workforce planning software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-vena).

### Vena Copilot for Microsoft Teams becomes generally available

Launch, May 16, 2025. Vena announced general availability of Vena Copilot for Microsoft Teams at its Excelerate Summit, bringing FP&A insights into Teams.

Source: [Vendor blog](https://www.venasolutions.com/newsroom/vena-copilot-for-microsoft-teams-is-here-bringing-fpa-expertise-and-agentic-ai-where-work-happens). From [the AI workforce planning software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/workforce-planning-software/#co-vena).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology