Plus, Cherry Hill Advisory launches set of free AI tools; Datarails launches finance ticketing system; and other accounting tech news.

Nick Steiner is planning to build on the firm's Bay Area and Silicon Valley roots, while offering AI consulting for clients.

With AI taking on a growing share of routine tasks, accounting firms want more than just productivity from their partners.

Caseware announced upgrades that allow users to bring its AI agents into Microsoft Excel, along with an AI-first evolution of its Client Requests feature.

Paystand announced the general availability of its agentic finance suite, which brings AI agents into accounts receivable, spend management and reporting on its B2B payment network.

In recent years, artificial intelligence has rattled the enterprise software industry, raising doubts about the fundamentals of SAP's business model.

A growing share of prospects now ask AI questions like "who is the best CPA firm for a small business near me" and act on the three or four names the model gives them.

Plus, LogicGate 2026 release include GRC agents, lifecycle management solution; Deel launches retirement solution; and other accounting tech news.

The common assumption is that closing the AI skills gap means teaching accountants new technical skills. But the real gap is structural: whether a firm has redesigned its governance, roles, and workflows around AI.

Accountants tend to view hallucination control as a governance challenge first and a technical challenge second. Essential to this is human review.

AI's infamous tendency to occasionally generate false information, also known as "hallucinations," remains untamed by even the world's largest accounting firms.

Accounting firms are currently adopting multiple tools to automate internal processes, streamline client interactions and identify operational bottlenecks.

Ernst & Young is investing $100 million to provide bonuses and incentives to its U.S. professionals who develop future-focused skills, especially the human kind.

Fragmented data and manual processes are CFO kryptonite. Unfortunately, some corporate headquarters seem to be sitting on kryptonite mines.

Cherry Hill Advisory announced it is now offering external quality assessments performed by a team composed primarily of AI agents.

Top 10 firm RSM, in cooperation with AI-powered audit technology Andera, announced an AI-driven control testing platform for internal audit, RSM Beacon.

Plus, KPMG hails AIUC-1 certification for AI; April announces wealth management capacities using IRS tax data; and other accounting tech news and updates.

"Family-run" businesses are transitioning away from internal leaders into more of a "family-governed" holding company model, according to a new report.

Clients are beginning to assume that if technology can forecast trends, flag anomalies, and surface insights instantly, then their accountant should be doing the same.