Debit AIAI FOR ACCOUNTANTS
AI for accountants and firms

Practical AI, built for the profession

Free skills training, industry research, and hands-on tools for a profession being rebuilt by AI — vendor-neutral, and safe with client data.

ATS100 · TEN TO WATCH
01Basis$1.15B
02Fieldguide$700M
03Rillet$1B
04Pennylane$4.2B
AcademyLearning tracks & modules
Roll-Up TrackerWho's buying firms

Tracking the companies reshaping accounting

BasisFieldguideRampPennylaneRilletTipaltiDataSnipper
The platform

Everything an accountant needs to work with AI

Training, research, and tools in one place — learn the skills, track the market, and put AI to work the same day.

01 / Academy

Build real AI skills for your practice

Structured learning tracks and class modules for accountants and firm teams, paired with the prompts and tools to apply them immediately.

FoundationsData safetyWorkflowsAdvisory
Enter the Academy
Learning tracks
FoundationsStart here
Data safetyEssential
WorkflowsReconcile · close
AdvisoryClient comms
02 / ATS100

The definitive map of AI in accounting

A living, curated list of the 100 AI startups reshaping accounting, bookkeeping, tax and audit — 13 categories, funding signals, and a weekly movers radar.

See the full 100
Ten to watch
01
Basis
Autonomous agents for firms
$1.15B
02
Fieldguide
Agentic AI for audit
$700M
03
Rillet
AI-native ERP
$1B
04
Pennylane
Accounting-platform unicorn
$4.2B
03 / Roll-Up Tracker

Follow the money reshaping the profession

Who's buying accounting firms — and what those firms deploy next. Private equity, mergers, multiples, and the AI actually put into production. Updated every Monday.

See the tracker
Recent deals
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TowerBrook × EisnerAmper
PE investment
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KKR × Crowe
Firm roll-up
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Thrive / Current
48 firms acquired · AI thesis
Why accountants read Debit AI

Signal, not hype — and safe with client data

Vendor-neutral

No product to sell. We map the whole field so you judge tools on the merits, not on who paid.

Safe with client data

Every prompt and lesson is built PII-safe, with §7216 and confidentiality baked in — not an afterthought.

Field-tested

Workflows written for the 1040, the 1065, the close, and the client email — not generic AI demos.

Free and ungated

The Academy, tools, and research are open. Subscribe for the weekly briefing — no paywall to learn.

Who it's for

Built for every seat in the practice

Solo preparers

Do more without hiring

Learn the foundations, then use prompt playbooks and tools to speed prep, reconciliations, and client comms.

Start with the basics
Firm owners

Develop an AI-ready team

Structured tracks to upskill staff, plus research on what competitors and acquirers are actually deploying.

See the Roll-Up Tracker
Audit & advisory

Turn data into judgment

Playbooks for variance analysis and client explainers, and the ATS100 map of audit-and-advisory AI tools.

Browse the playbooks

Get ahead of AI before your competitors do

Every Friday: the week in AI + accounting tech, the ATS100 movers, and new Academy modules as they ship. Free.