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Accounting firm AI adoption jumped from 9% to 41% in one year. Where do you stand on the curve — and what should a 10-person CPA firm do in the next 30 days?
May 23, 2026
10 min readRead →OpenAI filed a confidential S-1 and Anthropic posted its first profitable quarter in the same week. What it means for professional services firms.
May 23, 2026
8 min readRead →84% of accounting firms use AI. Only 22% have a strategy. Progress Software's 2026 report reveals the tool fragmentation costing CPA firms efficiency.
May 22, 2026
8 min readRead →IMA and AICPA both launched AI credentials for accountants in spring 2026. Here's how to choose the right one for your CPA firm's staff training.
May 22, 2026
8 min readRead →Accrual and Basis just raised $175M to automate accounting. Here's what enterprise AI platforms signal for small CPA firms — and what to use today.
May 21, 2026
9 min readRead →Professional services firms buying AI tools often hit a wall: the tools don't talk to each other. Here's what that fragmentation costs and how to fix it.
May 21, 2026
8 min readRead →98% of accounting firms use AI daily; only 21% have a policy. Karbon's 2026 report shows firms with a plan save 60 minutes per employee per day.
May 20, 2026
11 min readRead →Microsoft raising M365 prices July 2026. Google bundling Gemini AI free. The real cost breakdown for a 10-person professional services firm.
May 19, 2026
10 min readRead →A decision framework for law, accounting, and consulting firm owners. Start with the right workflows, avoid the wrong tools, and measure what works.
May 19, 2026
14 min readRead →Microsoft surveyed 20,000 AI users and found four maturity levels. Here's which stage your professional services firm is in — and what moving up requires.
May 19, 2026
10 min readRead →95% of professional services AI pilots fail. The reason isn't the tool — it's using one AI approach for two fundamentally different types of work.
May 19, 2026
11 min readRead →CCH Axcess Advisor launches commercially May 2026. 40+ early adopters already onboarded. What accounting firm owners need to know before requesting a demo.
May 14, 2026
9 min readRead →Intuit launched QuickBooks Workforce May 6 — a full HCM platform with 6 AI agents. Here's what it means for accounting firms and their clients.
May 13, 2026
7 min readRead →71% of small law firms use AI. Fewer than 33% grow revenue from it. Clio's 2026 report reveals the gap — and the three moves that close it.
May 12, 2026
10 min readRead →KPMG cut 400 advisory jobs in May 2026 and exited federal audit. Here's what the Big Four restructuring signals for accounting and consulting firm owners.
May 12, 2026
8 min readRead →82% of small businesses now use AI, with a median of 5 tools. What the SBE Council's 2026 survey means for accounting, law, and consulting firms.
May 10, 2026
11 min readRead →Firms that delay AI adoption past 2026 face a compounding disadvantage that may be structural by 2028. The timeline and minimum viable commitment explained.
May 9, 2026
10 min readRead →TaxWorld's Ezylia AI assistant handles 2,000 tax queries/day at 98% accuracy — built with no engineers. What it means for a 10-person CPA firm.
May 9, 2026
10 min readRead →AICPA's 42-CPE AI Accelerator Skills Program: which tier fits your team, what the $699 bundle buys, and whether it's worth it for a 5–15 person accounting firm.
May 7, 2026
8 min readRead →OpenAI and PwC are co-building AI agents for CFO work. PwC's own study says 74% of AI gains go to 20% of firms. Here's what accounting firms must do now.
May 7, 2026
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