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Oct 17, 2026

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4 min read

Debit AI — Weekend Briefing

The week an agent got write access to the general ledger, a French accounting firm raised €50 million to be the AI, and someone started offering to buy your firm's client records.

Oct 14, 2026

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3 min read

The hour AI gave back is not a fee cut

Clients expect AI to make you cheaper. A repricing prompt and a margin check for the fee conversation.

Accounting

Oct 10, 2026

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4 min read

Debit AI - Weekend Briefing

The week a top-20 firm bought an AI shop, CFOs reported spending a quarter of their week checking the machine's homework, and an ERP vendor decided agents need an off switch.

Debit AI - The accounting roll-up just bought an AI shop. Again.

Oct 7, 2026

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2 min read

Debit AI - The accounting roll-up just bought an AI shop. Again.

Citrin Cooperman bought Rosetree. The deal is small. The pattern is not.

Oct 4, 2026

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4 min read

Debit AI - Weekend Briefing

The week KPMG decided to become a startup studio, finance AI scored 51% on a deal-diligence exam, and the biggest AI risk at a typical firm turned out to be a usage cap.

Debit AI — Tuesday Issue: what's left to sell when the variance explains itself

Sep 29, 2026

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3 min read

Debit AI — Tuesday Issue: what's left to sell when the variance explains itself

lients will let AI compute. They have not agreed to let it counsel. That gap is the deliverable now.

Accounting

Sep 26, 2026

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5 min read

Debit AI - Weekend Briefing

The week a former PCAOB board member signed her first AI-native audit opinion, and two founders decided the 1040 calculation should be free.

Sep 23, 2026

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5 min read

Your accountant is becoming your lawyer

The wall between accounting and law is coming down — and this time the wrecking ball is private capital.

Accounting

Debit AI — Tuesday Issue: the thirty-second habit that stops the wire

Sep 22, 2026

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5 min read

Debit AI — Tuesday Issue: the thirty-second habit that stops the wire

Three seconds of recorded audio is enough. Which means the question your client is about to ask you is not hypothetical, and "I'd recognise your voice" is not an answer.

Accounting

Sep 20, 2026

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5 min read

Debit AI — Weekend Briefing

The week the compliance framework became a product, and a French property company tried to book its AI savings before it had any.

Accounting

Sep 12, 2026

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5 min read

Debit AI — Saturday Briefing

September 11, 2026 · News, the ATS100, and one thing worth arguing about

Accounting

Debit AI — Wednesday: "I didn't take any money out. Why do I owe tax on it?"

Sep 9, 2026

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1 min read

Debit AI — Wednesday: "I didn't take any money out. Why do I owe tax on it?"

Name the concept, get the calm version — plus the four questions you actually need to ask back.

Accounting

Debit AI — Tuesday Issue: The reviewer you don't have

Sep 8, 2026

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5 min read

Debit AI — Tuesday Issue: The reviewer you don't have

Hallucination isn't a bug awaiting a patch. It's a control-design problem — and a one-person firm is the hardest place to solve it.

Accounting

Sep 5, 2026

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5 min read

Debit AI — Saturday Briefing

News, the ATS100, and one thing worth arguing about

Accounting

Debit AI — Thursday: Never ask AI what the rule says. Paste the rule.

Sep 3, 2026

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1 min read

Debit AI — Thursday: Never ask AI what the rule says. Paste the rule.

Closed-book is where AI fails. Open-book is where it's good.

Accounting

Debit AI — Wednesday: Watch AI find the reconciling item in a payout feed

Sep 2, 2026

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1 min read

Debit AI — Wednesday: Watch AI find the reconciling item in a payout feed

Paste the payout report and the deposits. Get a ranked list of what's actually breaking.

Accounting

Aug 28, 2026

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4 min read

Debit AI — Friday Briefing

News, the ATS100, and one thing worth arguing about

Accounting

Debit AI — Wednesday: The same two P&Ls you already have are a billable conversation

Aug 26, 2026

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1 min read

Debit AI — Wednesday: The same two P&Ls you already have are a billable conversation

Upload this month and last, get the five movers, the margin story, and the questions to ask — written as an email you can send.

Accounting

Debit AI — Monday, August 24, 2026: The mid-market just started writing venture cheques

Aug 24, 2026

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1 min read

Debit AI — Monday, August 24, 2026: The mid-market just started writing venture cheques

Aprio has a venture arm now — and had quietly been making the investments since 2019. Plus the IPA number that explains the whole roll-up.