08/28/2026
Choosing an AI implementation partner should be a due diligence exercise, not a demo contest.
Our new article explains how accounting firms can evaluate a partner using evidence that is much harder to fake: a prototype on your own data, written code ownership, a SOC 2 report you actually interrogate, a documented exit plan, a named accountable person, and production references.
A useful read before signing a contract that may still be sitting in your firm’s risk file a year from now.
In this article, you will learn what an accounting firm is required to check before hiring an AI implementation partner and discover six criteria a vendor cannot fake.