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In this episode, I explore why Anthropic embedding Claude directly into Slack may be one of the biggest AI shifts we’ve seen yet—and why it makes me both excited and uncomfortable. I explain how goals, MCP connections, and Slack integration could eventually make AI the operating layer of an entire company. I also share three creative AI workflows accounting firms are already using, discuss whether QuickBooks and Xero are losing their grip on the market, answer questions about Claude, onboarding bookkeeping clients, hiring with AI, and explain why firms should rethink their workflow statuses for the AI era.

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// Chapters:
00:00 - Claude’s Trojan Horse?
01:32 - Goals Change Everything
05:29 - Claude Inside Slack
10:34 - Is AI Running the Firm?
15:31 - Why Software Developers Matter
17:35 - Why MCP Wins
19:48 - 3 Wild AI Use Cases
20:23 - AI Proposal Generator
24:55 - AI Client Reporting
28:57 - AI Trial Balance Builder
36:30 - Mailbag Begins
38:13 - Will QuickBooks & Xero Lose?
41:18 - Claude Chat vs Cowork
46:58 - Best Alex Hormozi Book
48:16 - Claude Projects Best Practices
50:05 - Is ChatGPT Dead?
51:48 - Pricing Cleanup Work
56:27 - AI Resume Screening
59:38 - Rebuilding Workflow Statuses for AI

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