Tech News: April launches flagship filing product

April Tax Solutions announced the launch of april, an AI-embedded tax program. The program does things like estimate taxes, file when the time is right, and optimize tax strategies year-round. It is integrated with financial institutions, payroll providers and fintechs, including Acorns, Mercury Financial, B9 and Moves. Backed by Treasury, QED, Nyca Partners, Team8, Euclidean Capital and Atento Capital. The program's infrastructure is built within its partners' platforms, allowing tax considerations to be taken into account for activities within them, which is how april intends to make filing season easier by having already kept track of all the necessary information. 

Big Four firm KPMG said that its incubator, KPMG Studios, has successfully spun off its very first startup: an AI security firm called Cranium, which was developed in collaboration with AI security experts in the firm's advisory practice (see full story). While many have been using AI in security, Cranium's focus is on the security of the AI itself. To keep data and systems secure, the company provides an end-to-end AI security and trust platform that operates by mapping the AI pipelines, validating security, and monitoring for adversarial threats.

Accounting Today is extending the deadline for its Best Firms for Technology survey to Friday, April 14 (see full story) due to the great amount of interest from out readers. To participate, firms must complete the Best Firms for Tech submission form, located here. Submissions are due on Friday, April 7, 2023.