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Karl Paadam

Karl Paadam

Co-Founder & CEO of United Accountants; former PwC Partner who made partner at 26, spent a decade in tech, and is rebuilding the CPA model for the AI era.

Jun 11, 2026

6:51
Can you paint a picture for me of that? Like how much faster are your accountants able to work versus the traditional methods? Like what does it actually look like?
7:03
Yeah, so I'll give you an example of a bookkeeping firm whose owner joined us as a partner.
7:12
And the AI engine does literally almost everything that a bookkeeper would normally do.
7:19
So everything from getting context and information from a client to documents processing, categorization, bank reconciliation, and everything.
7:30
and ultimately preparing for closing the books.
7:33
So the way to think about this is if an accountant starts doing the books, then he sees kind of AI doing much of the same things that he would do, you know, switching between various point solutions and ultimately doing the actual work.
7:49
Obviously, there are things which the AI engine would flag, where you need kind of judgment, and I think this is where where the world is going.

11 MINS LATER

18:57
Why? Why are you doing that? Why do you see the opportunity there? And what does that mean, really?

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