Insights
Field notes from the work.
Short, opinionated perspectives on agentic AI in finance and operations, written by the team doing the building.
AI Agents Are Joining the Payroll. Who's Governing Them?
Why agentic AI is now a CFO issue — not just a security one.
Read article
7 July 2026
Buy vs build: the agentic AI question that's actually three questions
The buy-vs-build debate gets stuck because people are answering different questions. Here's how to separate them before you commit a budget.
Read article
30 May 2026
Revenue recognition is the wrong place to start — and the right place to win
Why ASC 606 / IFRS 15 workflows are the highest-leverage agentic AI use case in the office of the CFO, and how to stage the rollout without spooking your auditor.
Read article
28 May 2026
Lease accounting: the quiet win nobody talks about
IFRS 16 and ASC 842 turned every property and equipment contract into an ongoing accounting workstream. Agents are uniquely good at the part everyone hates.
Read article
25 May 2026
Balance sheet reconciliations: stop hiring for the wrong problem
Most recs teams are scaled to handle exceptions, not reconciliations. Agents flip the ratio — and expose the controls work that was always the actual job.
Read article
22 May 2026
What CFOs actually want from agentic AI
Beyond the demos: the operating-model questions finance leaders need answered before they greenlight production agents.
Read article
20 May 2026
Evals are the new internal control
Why evaluation harnesses belong in your control framework — and how to design them so finance can sign off.
Read article
8 April 2026
Want these in your inbox?
Send us a note — we'll add you to the (very occasional) Altay AI dispatch.