Avalara Launched Aviator, an Orchestrator Agent Over 'Lead Agents' for Tax Mapping, Exemption Certificates and Tax Matrices, Free to Existing Customers

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Avalara's Aviator puts an orchestrator agent called Avi over lead agents that map products to tax codes, validate exemption certificates and generate tax matrices. Users drive it in plain language, and judgment calls stay with humans. Avalara is giving it to existing customers at no extra charge, with GA after its October CRUSH Europe event. It draws on 22+ years of compliance data and 54B AvaTax API calls a year. Shipping it free is a defensive move: it keeps tax automation inside the incumbent before agent-first bookkeeping startups absorb it.