Rydoo, the Belgian expense management provider used by more than one million people in over 130 countries, has launched a connector that puts its platform directly inside Claude, ChatGPT and other AI tools already in use across businesses.
The Rydoo Model Context Protocol, or Rydoo MCP, was announced on Thursday from the company’s base in Mechelen. It is built on MCP, an open standard for linking AI systems to business applications, which was introduced by Anthropic in November 2024 as a way of connecting AI assistants to the systems where company data lives.
In practice, Rydoo says the connector allows users to check what expenses are outstanding and approve or reject them in plain language from within the AI tool of their choice. Finance teams can also ask for a spend summary by project or trip instead of working through spreadsheets, giving them a faster route to real-time spend data.
The company says the launch reflects a broader shift in how finance departments are adopting AI. Rather than asking employees to adopt yet another piece of software, the Rydoo MCP is designed to meet people where they already work, reducing friction in the approval process.
Governance is a central part of the pitch. Rydoo says IT teams retain full control over access through an approval flow covering authentication, consent and the specific tools each user can reach, which it argues gives finance and IT confidence that AI-powered workflows remain secure and auditable.
The connector is available now to both new and existing customers across mid-market and enterprise organisations globally. It follows Rydoo’s acquisition of Semine in July 2025, which extended the company’s offering into accounts payable automation.
Sebastien Marchon, chief executive of Rydoo, said: “We’re excited to bring Rydoo into Claude and other mainstream AI tools that our customers already rely on every day. Finance teams don’t need another tool to log into; they want their existing workflows to get smarter to drive efficiency across the business.”
He added: “Our core principle is that expense management should be easy and the Rydoo MCP is the next step in building a platform that reduces friction and works the way modern finance teams actually operate.”
Marchon also linked the launch to the way companies are trying to standardise AI use across their workforces. “This type of integration also chimes with corporate AI strategies more broadly,” he said. “As companies seek to standardise AI usage across their teams, the ability to reduce the number of platforms and logins contributes to more cohesive operations that drive productivity and results.”
Rydoo describes itself as an AI-powered expense management solution that gives finance teams control over all employee spending. Employees submit expenses through a mobile app, while automated policy checks, fraud detection and AI-driven insights are intended to support compliance and efficiency. The platform has more than 40 integrations with travel, HR, finance and ERP systems.
In 2024, the European private equity firm Eurazeo, which has more than €35 billion in assets across more than 600 organisations, became Rydoo’s majority shareholder.
Rydoo has not said how many of its customers are in the UK, nor whether the connector will be priced separately from its existing plans.
