Agentic AI in Accounting: Capabilities, Limitations, and the Path to Adoption
Countsy, a California-based firm that provides outsourced accounting and CFO services to hundreds of venture-backed start-ups, processes up to 3,500...
Year: 2026
Collective Acquires Open Ledger to Bolster AI-Driven Bookkeeping
Collective has agreed to acquire Open Ledger, an embedded accounting startup that builds API infrastructure for automated bookkeeping. The deal...
Monk Wins $25 Million Backing to Grow Receivables Platform
Monk has raised $25 million to automate the accounts receivable workflows that leave an estimated $3 trillion in accounts receivable...
Greenhouse Gas Protocol Weighs Major Overhaul of Carbon Accounting Rules
In the space of a fortnight, the greenhouse gas protocol, the framework that 97% of disclosing S&P 500 companies use...
Atlas Raises $6 Million to Grow B2B Accounting Software Platform
Atlas, a Singapore-based technology company that builds artificial intelligence tools for accounting firms, raised $6 million in seed funding in...
Modus Secures $85 Million to Scale AI Audit Infrastructure
Modus has raised $85 million in seed and Series A funding to build what it describes as the first artificial...
New Business Acceptance: The Analyst Role Explained
Accounting firms face an uncomfortable truth: the wrong client can be more expensive than no client at all. A single...
Emburse at a Glance: 12 Million Users and $90 Billion in Annual Spend
Emburse processes roughly $90 billion in expense and invoice transactions annually and serves more than 20,000 organizations in 120 countries....
KPMG AI in Auditing: Pilot of Next-Generation Audit Agents Begins
KPMG launched an AI-enabled audit and advisory offering for private companies last week, the firm's latest move in a multi-billion-dollar...
SmartSearch and Credas Acquisition: What It Means for AML Compliance in Accounting Firms
SmartSearch and Credas completed their £78m merger in January 2026, bringing together two of the UK's largest digital compliance platforms...
