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Kenji Kuramoto: Basis Moves to Close AI’s Biggest Gap

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When accountants and AI agents work side-by-side

“The future of the profession is accountants and agents working together,” Kuramoto says.


By Seth Fineberg
For CPA Trendlines

“Managing partner-in-residence” is not a standard role in accounting, and that was the first point of friction when Kenji Kuramoto was asked to explain his new job at Basis, the accounting AI agent company. What does that actually mean?

The answer goes beyond one hire. It points to a shift now underway in accounting: artificial intelligence is moving out of experimentation and into operations, and firms are not yet prepared for what that requires.

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Basis, at getbasis.ai, says that Kuramoto, founder of cloud pioneer Acuity, joined full-time to help firms transition to AI-enabled operations, working directly with customers and shaping the product. The company made clear this was not a symbolic role. “Kenji isn’t here to advise from the margins,” CEO Matthew Harpe says. “He’s a full-time member of this team… creating the product with us.” Kuramoto is embedded with the company, not observing from the outside.

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The $125 Billion Challenge: Intuit’s AI Platform Redraws the Accounting Map

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Intuit CEO Goodarzi: Investing $1 billion a year in AI.

By CPA Trendlines

Intuit’s AI revolution is here, and it’s not waiting for accountants to catch up.

At the 2025 Intuit Connect conference, CEO Sasan Goodarzi pulled no punches. The company’s launch of its new Intuit Intelligence platform, he said, was “the largest technology disruption in our history.”

For CPA firms, that disruption is already underway. The platform’s autonomous AI agents are performing the work that accountants have historically billed by the hour, including transaction categorization, reconciliations, invoicing, payroll, and even client communications.

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Routine has become real-time. Compliance is now continuous. And bookkeeping? It’s getting automated.

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