Professional services stories
Auctor secures USD $20 million from Sequoia Capital and backers to automate enterprise software rollouts and cut costly project delays.
Dayshape, selected for Microsoft’s Agentic Launchpad, will let professional services firms query staffing, skills and project finances in Teams.
Tax Systems rolls out AI assistant blending company data and IBFD research to speed cross-border tax analysis for multinational in-house teams.
Inde names Chris Beckett as Chief Technology Strategist to steer long-term roadmaps as New Zealand firms seek clearer guidance on investment and architecture.
WatchGuard and HaloPSA deepen ties to let managed service providers handle security alerts, licensing and billing from one workflow.
AI in legal services is unlikely to shrink demand, with clients seeking more senior expertise and using efficiency gains to unlock latent work.
Customer Science appoints James Johnstone to its new Chief Operating Officer role as it accelerates UK and US expansion after rapid Australian growth.
Ascendion wins HFS market leader nod as agentic AI wins gains in legacy modernisation, testing and enterprise delivery.
Sidetrade sets out a four-year push into AI-driven order-to-cash, with three new products due in 2026 and a shift towards usage-linked revenue.
EY embeds agentic AI into Canvas audit workflows worldwide, aiming to cut admin, sharpen risk checks and keep human judgement in the loop.
Isle of Man law gives data legal asset status in bid to attract finance, healthcare and telecoms firms with clearer commercial rules.
Videosign deepens Brightsolid partnership as it adds AI note-taking and form-filling tools for regulated users, with cloud costs and governance in focus.
Businesses that integrate systems, act on data and move quickly are pulling ahead, while those relying on manual processes risk falling further behind.
Canopius deepens Manchester bet with 10-year lease for centre bringing together technology, data and project management roles.
KPMG has opened applications for its 2026 Global Tech Innovator contest in Ireland, with founders set to pitch for a place in Lisbon.
CloudKeeper secures AWS AI Services Competency as it expands agentic AI and FinOps tools to help enterprises deploy models securely and control costs.
Nmbr and Paiday join forces to embed payroll into Canadian accounting software, targeting compliance headaches and multi-client workflows for firms.
TeamSystem accelerates European push with acquisitions in France and Türkiye as it targets SMEs amid digital tax and invoicing shifts.
Access Group survey finds most Australian accountants are unprepared for looming anti-money laundering rules, with many yet to start compliance work.
Seekr and Arcas team up to sell explainable AI tools to European mid-sized firms, as the EU AI Act pushes demand for audit-ready systems.