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Is AI making your CPA basics rusty?!

Friday, January 23, 2026

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AI's helping accountants skip the basics. Could this be risky? Half of us trust AI for money tips more than our friends. Is brunch chat over? Ramp's AI tracks budgets live. Is your spreadsheet feeling outdated?

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My boss thinks I'm in every meeting. I'm not.

My boss thinks I'm in every meeting. I'm not.

I used to sit in every meeting "just in case." Three hours a day of nodding, typing, half-listening. Terrified I'd miss the one thing that mattered.


Then I'd scramble to remember what was even said.

That's not work. That's attendance theater.


So I stopped. Now I use Fellow.


The AI joins my calls, records, transcribes, and summarizes everything. If I need to know what happened, I just ask it.

Last week I skipped three meetings. Caught up in 90 seconds. Nobody noticed.


My calendar has gaps. My boss thinks I'm everywhere.


Use Fellow. Take your time back.

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