The accounting profession is buzzing about AI, and for good reason — the technology is real and it's changing how work gets done. But there's a gap between the marketing hype and the reality on the ground. What AI does well today: automated data extraction, transaction categorization, anomaly detection, and report generation. What it doesn't do: exercise professional judgment, understand business context, navigate complex accounting standards, or sit across from your board and explain the numbers. The firms that will win aren't the ones replacing CPAs with AI — they're the ones giving their CPAs better tools. Technology should accelerate professional judgment, not replace it. That's the approach we take at Maverick: every automated workflow has a CPA reviewing the output. Every dashboard is built on books that a licensed professional has signed off on.
Dave Burton, CPA
Founder & Lead Advisor, Maverick Advisors