The cloud content management platform Box recently announced that it will integrate with Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform to introduce generative AI tools, aimed at helping businesses process and analyze data stored in Box more easily. Box will utilize Vertex AI to extract document metadata, enabling automatic classification, document tagging, and rapid identification of critical information such as contract expiration dates and invoices requiring payment, thereby accelerating business workflows. Additionally, Box allows users to define metadata templates to extract information from custom use cases. Box states that these tools are expected to streamline cumbersome processes surrounding manual data entry and analysis, enabling businesses to leverage data in Box more efficiently.