Atlanta accounting firm Aprio adds two partners focused on AI strategy and complex audit services, signaling investment in technology-driven solutions for middle-market clients.
KPMG unveils Financial Close Companion, a Gemini Enterprise AI tool integrated with Workday to automate month-end accounting tasks, identify discrepancies, and mitigate close-related issues.
CBIZ partners with Microsoft to build an agent-native operating platform using Microsoft Foundry, 365 Copilot, and Copilot Studio for accounting operations.
KPMG debuts Ignite Financial Close Companion, an AI assistant built with Google and Workday to automate month-end accounting close procedures.
KPMG plans to roll out AI agents for routine audit testing this summer, with ambitions to automate all routine testing tasks by 2029, signaling major shifts in auditor roles.
EY launches enterprise-scale agentic AI integrated with Microsoft Azure to augment auditors' work, marking a major Big 4 push to embed AI agents directly into core audit workflows.
Blake Oliver interviews Sikich managing principal on how AI adoption is dismantling the classic accounting pyramid hierarchy and reshaping career paths for CPAs.
CBIZ deepens AI collaboration with Microsoft to enhance productivity and talent retention across accounting and advisory services.
Ernst & Young deploys enterprise-scale agentic AI across its assurance practice worldwide, making AI-powered auditing standard for all engagements.
Oracle expands its NetSuite AI Connector Service while Daylit launches an AI-powered accounts receivable agent, signaling continued momentum in AI-driven accounting automation tools.
EY launches enterprise-scale agentic AI for audit work globally, reinforcing its multibillion-dollar commitment to assurance quality and automation.
PwC's leadership is pushing partners to embrace AI transformation, signaling that tax and consulting services will shift to automated, client-facing AI tools, with no room for resisters at the firm.
Blake Oliver and Inside Public Accounting's Chelsea Summers reveal survey data showing AI adoption barriers: advisory revenue growing slowly, tax/assurance still dominant, and hourly billing preven...
Anthropic's AI Exposure Checklist reveals accounting sits at the frontier of AI automation potential, prompting PwC and EY to take opposing strategic bets on AI adoption.
Blake Oliver and David Leary explore the AI hype vs. reality gap in accounting, citing zero verified job losses despite widespread concerns, while PwC and EY shift strategies around probabilistic a...
PwC's leadership demands partners embrace AI or face consequences, signaling Big 4 pressure to integrate automation across audit, tax, and advisory practices.
PwC announces PwC One, an AI-heavy delivery model reshaping how the Big 4 firm serves clients, as accounting firms race to integrate automation into core services.
PwC's Paul Griggs signals the firm will reshape its billing model around AI deployment—potentially removing human professionals from service delivery—and warns that resistance to automation has no ...
Deloitte and UiPath partner to deploy agentic AI for ERP systems, marking major Big 4 push into autonomous accounting operations; EY and SAP also advance accounting tech capabilities.
EisnerAmper deployed an in-house agentic AI platform for audit design running on Microsoft Foundry, marking a major shift toward automation in assurance work at a tier-1 accounting firm.