Vena MCP connects external AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot to live, governed Vena financial and operational data. It allows finance teams to use their preferred AI tools to analyze performance, model scenarios and support planning workflows while maintaining control over their data. 

Vena MCP provides a governed connection between supported AI tools and Vena's financial data, models and hierarchies. External AI can retrieve and analyze information, while Vena's permissions, approvals and audit trails control data access and any changes committed to Vena. 

Vena MCP supports a bring-your-own-AI approach, allowing organizations to connect supported tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Snowflake and Microsoft Copilot. Finance teams can use their preferred AI tools alongside live Vena data without relying on static spreadsheet exports.

Finance teams can use Vena MCP to analyze actuals and forecasts, investigate budget variances, compare scenarios and update planning assumptions. It connects external AI to Vena's governed financial data, helping teams move from analysis to action without leaving their preferred AI workflows. 

Vena MCP supports both analysis and governed write-back. From Excel, finance teams can use supported AI tools to update assumptions, adjust planning drivers and write forecast changes back to Vena, subject to established permissions, approvals and audit controls. 

Vena MCP uses Vena's existing permissions, approvals, write-back controls and audit trails to govern access and changes to financial data. Vena remains the governed system of record, while organizations retain responsibility for managing the security of their connected external AI tools. 

Vena AI is Vena's broader AI offering, combining cumulative business context with purpose-built finance agents. Vena MCP extends those capabilities by connecting external AI tools to live Vena data, giving organizations the flexibility to use their preferred AI alongside Vena's native agents.