AI Is Giving Small Firms Something They Can’t Hire

AI isn't just an enterprise game anymore. Smaller accounting and finance firms are already using it to take on the repetitive work that quietly consumes their best people: tax research, audit procedures, client intake, approvals, and workflow administration. The payoff isn't simply fewer hours. It's capacity. In this episode, DJ and Jeremy look at how smaller firms are putting AI to work without massive technology budgets or specialized teams. More importantly, they explore where AI should stop and professional judgment should begin. Because the goal isn't to replace the people who know the business. It's to give those people more time to do the work that actually requires them