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The Death of the Financial Close: Aaron Harris on AI's Accounting Revolution
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Episode: The Death of the Financial Close: Aaron Harris on AI's Accounting Revolution
Pub date: 2025-06-14
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Live from the Sage Future conference in Atlanta, Aaron Harris, CTO of Sage, joins Blake and David to explain why he wants to completely eliminate the financial close rather than just make it faster. Harris breaks down the three waves of AI transformation in accounting—from task-based automation to generative AI to fully autonomous agents—and reveals how Sage is building custom language models trained specifically on accounting principles with the AICPA. He also discusses the psychology of trust between CFOs and AI systems, introduces Sage's new AI transparency labels, and explains why his company is taking a more cautious approach than competitors like Intuit when deploying autonomous agents.
Meet Our Guest, Aaron Harris, CTO, Sage
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-harris-7407b2/
Website: https://www.sageintacct.com/leadership/aaron-harris
X: https://x.com/AaronRHarris
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