Closing the Verification Gap White Paper

Four to six billion hours a year go to manual verification. Judgment gets what's left.

Auditors sell one thing: a conclusion they're willing to sign. Yet, most of their hours go to extracting data, tying out documents, and chasing evidence.

This white paper, in collaboration with Microsoft, dives into how agentic AI in audit closes that gap.

What you'll find inside:

• What's widening the gap. First-time CPA candidates dropped 40% between 2016 and 2024, while evidence volume and regulatory scope keep growing.
• What agentic verification does differently. Earlier automation sped up single steps. Agents complete the verification loop and stop where judgment begins.
• How to answer the pushback. "Audits are deterministic, AI isn't." "IT will block it." The paper takes on each objection you'll hear in the room, including PCAOB AS 2301 and ISA 500 responsibility.

Written for audit and finance leaders who have to defend every conclusion in review.