News
Latest AI and industry news, with EDNA's take
Qwen3.8-Max Is Live: What It Means for Enterprise AI
Qwen3.8-Max Is Live: What It Means for Enterprise AI
Alibaba's 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8-Max opened global API access August 3 with $2/$6 per million token pricing and the new QwenWork enterprise platform.
Anthropic's $1.5B Settlement Sets AI Training Data Price
Anthropic's $1.5B Settlement Sets AI Training Data Price
A US judge approved the largest AI copyright settlement in history. Payments of roughly $3,000 per book begin August 10, setting a precedent for the industry.
73% of AI Agent Tools Are Vulnerable: Anaconda Acts
73% of AI Agent Tools Are Vulnerable: Anaconda Acts
Anaconda acquires Enkrypt AI after scanning 25,000 MCP servers and finding 143,000 vulnerabilities. Here's what it means for business AI deployments.
Blog
Insights on data, AI, and building modern businesses
AI Financial Statement Prep That Gives You Your Calendar Back
Month-end close consumes 30-50% of staff time in four weeks. AI agents reconcile, draft entries, and prep statements while your team focuses on advisory.
AI Expense Categorization for Accounting Firms
Stop burning staff hours on manual expense coding. See how AI agents categorize transactions, learn your chart, and free your team for advisory work.
Is Hiring a Project Manager Worth It for Small Agencies?
Compare the cost of a full-time PM against AI automation that handles task assignment, deadline tracking, and resource allocation for agencies under 20 people.
Guides
Step-by-step guides on data, AI, and our platform
How to Automate Compliance Deadline Tracking for Clients
Stop chasing BAS, tax, and super deadlines manually. AI agents monitor every client obligation, alert you early, and prep the work automatically.
How Accounting Firms Recover 10-15 Billable Hours Per Week
Stop losing billable hours to timesheets, email sorting, and file management. AI agents reclaim 10-15 hours per week so you can focus on advisory work.
Cut Agency Overhead 20-30% Without Losing Staff
Automate timesheets, resource allocation, and client updates to reduce operational costs while preserving billable headcount.
Insights
Thought leadership from Sam McKay on the future of business
OpenAI Agent Breach Shows Why Accounting Firms Need Sandboxes
OpenAI's week-long undetected breach of Hugging Face proves AI agents need restricted access. Accounting firms testing AI must sandbox until security matures.
The Real Cost of Manual Data Entry in Accounting Firms
Staff time on invoice processing and transaction coding costs accounting firms $60K-$180K annually. Here's what AI automation changes.
Coding Agents Now Drive 70% of AI Revenue. What That Means
Major AI revenue has shifted to coding workloads. For agencies, that's a signal to evaluate tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor for real production work.