In this episode of Digi Tools in Accrual World we discuss the evolving skills required in today's AI-driven environment, focusing on the importance of retaining human advisory roles amidst technological disruption.

We hear from more of the though leaders at the Finance Takes the Piste event - including though from Alastair Barlow, Krissy Chapleo, Gavin Spencer, Sam Jennings and Antoaneta Pop.

We also have key updates and leadership changes in App News from leading accounting tech firms like Ignition, WorkflowMax, and Dext, and take a deeper look into the innovations in ESG reporting by Xledger.

00:00 Coming Up...

01:09 Welcome!

App News

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05:02 Ignition appoint new CEO & CFO

08:15 Workflow Max Releases

11:03 Aslan gets $5m seed investment

14:31 Companies House agent filing system launches

18:34 Intuit launches QBO & Mailchimp interface

21:32 Dext integrates with Zoho

22:29 Brieff launches AI notetaker

26:39 ESG Reporting - Xledger

34:16 John's Hazy Ski Trip Memories

35:13 Finance Takes the Piste - Pt 2 - The skills the profession needs next

43:26 Rate and subscribe!

Welcome back, digital disruptors! In this explosive episode of the Digi-Tools in Accrual World podcast, we take AI models head-to-head to see which one might best for accountants in practice

• ChatGPT
• Deepseek
• Claude
• Perplexity

We’ve also got the latest App News and exclusive inside gossip and insights from the recent Finance Takes the Piste ski trip!

00:00 Coming Up

02:27 Hello!

05:18 Finance Takes The Piste Recap

06:47 Agent AI

App News

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08:35 AI Models for Accounting Firms

12:44 Sage CoPilot Misfire

14:21 Vertice Raise $50m

17:24 AI Line Item Extraction From Briefcase

19:00 iplicit secure £25m

21:05 Xero App Store Updates

23:44 Hedgeflows secures expanded FCA approval

25:42 Accurise on Delivering Outsourced Finance for Mid-Tier Businesses

Piste Artists

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33:36 Paul Barnes - The right EBIDTA… for your practice

34:43 Fraser Campbell - The right EBIDTA… for PE

36:24 Paul Barnes - Timesheets, yes or no?

37:28 Pete Everett - Skills of the 'firm of tomorrow'

41:57 Graeme Tennick - Finding the skills we already have

44:40 Jonathan Gaunt - Rockstars vs Superstars

47:24 Like and Subscribe!

In this episode of the Digi-Tools in Accrual World podcast we cover the recent shocking acquisition of Bench and what it means for AI in bookkeeping, Ryan Pearcy's gets his Jackanory on with the rest of App News

Plus, hear about Capitalise's game-changing collaboration with Plaid, the new automation marvel 'With Otto,' and Pete Hucker from Xledger gives us insights into the difference between accounting in Norway and the UK.

And Indi’s health tips are back - but is it enough to save Ryan’s fragile frame?

00:00 Coming Up

01:49 Intro

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App News

03:36 Bench Pressed Out of Business

10:14 FYI Launch  new integration with companies house

10:57 Thomoson Reuters Acquire SafeSend

13:51  Number Ninja Launches 'With Otto'

16:01 Capitalise integrates with Plaid

19:06 OpenTax Adds Notifications

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19:58 XLedger: UK vs Norway

25:49 Ryan's Aging Vessel

28:39 Like and rate the pod!