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CPA Firm Survival Kit: How to Thrive in the Age of AI

20 February 2026 16:01 Jordan Guess CPA

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Is your CPA firm sleepwalking into irrelevance?

The accounting profession isn't dying… but a lot of firms are going to become casualties of the AI wave if they don't get serious right now.

In this episode, I'm breaking down the survival kit every CPA firm owner needs to not just survive the next 1-2 years, but actually thrive through it. We're talking real AI immersion, secure local LLM setup for sensitive client data, building a team with a vision people actually want to show up for, and the hire most firms won't make… but should.

This isn't optional enrichment. This is survival literacy.

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