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A company transformed an accounting firm to be AI native, increasing operating profit margins from 5% to 70% and is scaling this model to provide faster, cheaper accounting services to small businesses.

We bought an accounting firm and took its operating profit margin from 5% to 70%. We rebuilt the entire firm to be AI native. Now we're partnering with firms across the country to do this at scale. With AI, we can deliver accounting services faster, cheaper, and more accurately to millions of small businesses that have traditionally seen clean books as a luxury. Humans are not going anywhere. Accountability, empathy, and human context are still critical in this business, and staff will simply shift to higher value services like advisory work while an army of agents handles routine tasks. We're currently both acquiring accounting firms and working with firm owners to make their operations AI native. If you're a firm owner, please reach out.
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We bought an accounting firm and took its operating profit margin from 5% to 70%.

We rebuilt the entire firm to be AI native. Now we’re partnering with firms across the country to do this at scale. With AI, we can deliver accounting services faster, cheaper, and more accurately to millions of small businesses that have traditionally seen clean books as a luxury.

Humans are not going anywhere. Accountability, empathy, and human context are still critical in this business, and staff will simply shift to higher value services like advisory work while an army of agents handles routine tasks.

We’re currently both acquiring accounting firms and working with firm owners to make their operations AI native. If you’re a firm owner, please reach out.

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