Industry experts seek the potential causes of the sudden demise of Botkeeper, from accounting firm M&A to changes in AI, and beyond.

The startup has raised $138 million to date and said its platform is used by about 30% of the top 25 accounting firms and 20% of the top 150 firms.

Accounting firms can't simply focus on showing up in online search results; they also need to focus on appearing in AI searches on Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude.

Plus, TaxRock announces 2.0 edition; MyCPE One launches comprehensive learning and development services; and other accounting tech news and updates.

While most taxpayers tend to procrastinate on doing their taxes, they're even more hesitant to trust artificial intelligence to do their taxes for them.

Payroll data from Gusto finds that small businesses that use AI more tend to hire slightly more people, but this does not necessarily favor younger people in their early career, or those in heavily AI-exposed occupations.

AI-enabled fraud has become so sophisticated more than one-third of senior internal audit leaders aren't even sure whether or not their organizations have been the targets of any attempts.

Sage announced the latest version of its Sage Intacct solution, which now features AI agents for finance intelligence and data imports.

The Bonadio Group is making greater use of artificial intelligence as AI makes further inroads in the accounting profession as well as other industries.

The vast majority of professional auditors have expressed concern that AI tools, while helpful, risk undermining professional judgment and eroding the trust people have in the profession entirely.

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Plus, new Emburse tool uses AI to prevent errors before they start; Bill touts new agents, enhancements to existing ones.

The independent nonprofit is devoted to helping professionals move past hype and into concrete practical implementations of artificial intelligence technology.

Grant Thornton has sold its quality management application qm.x to accounting AI software company Tellen, though the firm will keep using it.

Oracle NetSuite introduced a host of new features and capacities built around agentic AI covering both process automation and data-driven insights.

Used correctly, it's a force multiplier, not a job eliminator.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has decided to pursue guidance for applying current standards to uses of emerging technology, like AI.

The tax solutions provider isn't aiming to compete with CPAs.

Bookkeeping automation solutions provider Botkeeper is closing down. The company made the announcement over the weekend.