Audit and advisory firms are facing a structural capacity problem. Regulatory complexity and client expectations continue to increase, while the supply of qualified professionals declines. CPA exam candidates are at a 17-year low and as many as 75% of today's CPAs are expected to retire over the next decade. Experts estimate an existing ~125 million hour capacity shortfall, equivalent to over $25 billion in unmet demand, with the gap projected to reach ~600 million hours and more than $230 billion annually by 2030. Closing this gap requires a new execution model, one where human professionals collaborate with agentic AI to modernize workflows and increase practitioner capacity without compromising on quality or compliance.
Fieldguide represents the next evolution of how audit and advisory work is performed, with an end-to-end, AI-native platform that embeds agentic AI directly into engagement execution. Fieldguide's AI agents operate as part of the engagement team, executing high-volume, repeatable, and data-intensive work across the full lifecycle of an audit or advisory engagement. This frees capacity and allows practitioners to spend more of their time on judgment, client relationships, and the strategic advisory work that defines their professional expertise.
"The future of audit and advisory depends on how effectively firms combine human judgment with AI-driven execution," said Harris Pollack, Vice President with Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. "Fieldguide embeds AI and agentic ...
