This Week in Accounting AI
This Week in Accounting AI is a weekly download hosted by Paul Peterson and Matt Barbieri of Wiss. Every week, they cut through the noise with real talk on what's actually happening at the intersection of AI and accounting, from the tools early adopters are testing to the workflow realities CFOs are navigating on the ground. No hype. Just what's working, what's not, and what it means for your firm.
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2 days ago
2 days ago
AI tools are advancing fast, but is your accounting team actually ready to use them? In this episode, Paul Peterson and Matt Barbieri dig into one of the most overlooked obstacles to successful AI adoption: tribal knowledge. Those undocumented, person-dependent workflows that live in people's heads (and endless Excel files) can make or break an AI implementation. They discuss why switching to an AI-native accounting stack isn't enough on its own, how to identify and address the real pain points before bringing in new tools, and what the "see it, fix it" approach looks like in practice. They also share an honest take on how they're using Claude and other LLMs day-to-day, = and why every accountant should be experimenting right now.
5 days ago
5 days ago
Everyone's asking how to implement AI. That's the wrong question.
In Episode 1 of This Week in Accounting AI, Paul Peterson and Matt Barbieri get into what's really behind the gap between AI adoption and AI results. Matt shares what he's hearing directly from CFOs, companies that have the tools in place but aren't moving the needle. The culprit? Not the software. It's what the software is sitting on top of. Broken workflows, fragmented data, legacy systems duct-taped together. AI doesn't fix bad architecture. It amplifies it.
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