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🔧 FEATURED TOOL: Artifact AI Omni — Automation Between Your Apps
Summary: Omni sits on top of your existing systems and automates the manual work between them using plain‑English instructions.
Why it matters: Most firms run a dozen disconnected tools; Omni links them so cross‑platform workflows like "new client in Karbon → pull QBO data → run reconciliation diagnostic → email manager" run automatically.
Catch: Waitlist‑only, and the 7x ROI claim comes from launch materials, not independent studies. Early traction is real, with coverage across major accounting outlets and backing from Andreessen Horowitz.
My take: This is the first AI launch in weeks that targets the real bottleneck: the glue work between QuickBooks, Karbon, Bill.com, Outlook, and everything else. If your team is still copy‑pasting across systems, get on the waitlist. [Read more →]
📰 QUICK HITS
Stanford study: AI boosts firm output 55% — A Stanford/MIT field study of 79 US firms found AI adopters handled 55% more weekly client work, cut close time by 7.5 days, and shifted 8.5% of hours from data entry to advisory. Why it matters: This is the strongest independent evidence yet that AI materially changes firm capacity. [Read more →]
PwC: 81% of firms a year from AI payoff — Most leaders say meaningful AI returns are still at least a year away, yet nearly all plan to keep spending anyway. Why it matters: Without a clear ROI timeline, firms can't defend budgets, scale what's working, or know when to cut what isn't. [Read more →]
Tax Day debate: Do we still need tax pros? — A widely shared op‑ed argued the IRS already has enough wage data to pre‑file returns for most Americans, reigniting the annual "do we need preparers?" conversation. Why it matters: Post‑season is the moment to stress‑test your firm's value proposition as AI absorbs more compliance work. [Read more →]
Automate compliance, sell judgment — CorpNet highlights how automating entity filings, annual reports, and deadline tracking frees hours for advisory. Why it matters: Post-season is the moment to cut the manual compliance your software could handle. [Read more →]
💡 QUICK TIP
Pull up your tech stack and ask: what are we measuring? Tech‑forward firms track KPIs across utilization, efficiency, and client outcomes - without a framework, you're investing in AI blind. [Read more →]
⚠️ HEADS UP
AI security risk hits financial systems: A major trade group warned that new AI models could help bad actors target the SEC's Consolidated Audit Trail, exposing investor data. Clients will expect CPAs to advise on data governance as AI‑driven threats escalate. [Read more →]
AI fluency now a hiring baseline: A Robert Half survey shows 36% of professionals expect entry‑level hires to know AI tools, and 37% caution against overstating skills. Firms hiring post‑season should treat AI literacy as a minimum requirement. [Read more →]
That's it for Tuesday — extension season starts now, so the tools and workflows that saved you in April matter even more through October. See you Friday.
—Alex
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