# News Fieldguide news: partnerships with Varney & Associates, Crowe BGK, and Grant Thornton Advisors, plus the Field Orchestrator and Field Financials launches. Canonical URL: https://www.fieldguide.com/blog/tag/news --- ## Posts - [Aline Accounting Partners Selects Fieldguide to Power Its Mission to Create The Destination Accounting Firm](/blog/aline-fieldguide-partnership) — October 20, 2026 - [Varney & Associates Selects Fieldguide as Strategic AI Partner Across Its Entire Audit and Advisory Practice](/blog/varney-fieldguide-partnership) — October 8, 2026 Varney & Associates is moving audit, tax, and CAS to Fieldguide, replacing desktop software used for 20 years but keeping its own methodology. - [Crowe BGK Selects Fieldguide as Transformation Partner, Modernizing the Firm through Agentic AI ](/blog/crowe-bgk-fieldguide-partnership) — September 29, 2026 Crowe BGK becomes the first Canadian firm to adopt Fieldguide for assurance, as CPA Canada’s Professional Engagement Guide joins the platform. - [Fieldguide Reaches Agreement with CPA Canada to Embed Trusted Canadian Engagement Forms within Industry-Leading Agentic AI](/blog/cpa-canada-fieldguide-partnership) — September 29, 2026 CPA Canada's PEG/GMP engagement forms are embedded in Fieldguide, giving Canadian firms one agentic AI workflow, updated as the forms change. - [Aprio and Fieldguide Co-Build the Future of Audit with Agentic AI](/blog/aprio-fieldguide-agentic-cobuild) — August 14, 2026 Aprio is co-developing role-specific AI agents with Fieldguide across the full audit lifecycle, built to AICPA, PCAOB, and GAAS standards. - [Fieldguide Research Finds AI-Native Audit and Advisory Firms Significantly Outperform Casual AI Adopters on Profitability, Capacity, and Retention](/blog/ai-native-firm-research) — August 13, 2026 In a survey of 400 audit and advisory leaders, 74.5% of firms running AI at depth saw profitability rise 10%+, vs. 52% of casual users. - [Fieldguide Launches Field Financials and Fieldguide MCP, Along With a Refreshed Brand ](/blog/fieldguide-launch-and-brand-refresh) — August 12, 2026 Fieldguide Launches Field Financials and Fieldguide MCP, Along With a Refreshed Brand - [Grant Thornton Advisors Partners with Fieldguide to Power Next-Generation Risk and Controls Services with Agentic AI](/blog/grant-thornton-partnership-compliai) — July 14, 2026 Fieldguide's agentic platform powers CompliAI, Grant Thornton Advisors' AI controls and risk assessment tool, supporting SOX compliance and risk advisory. - [Maloney + Novotny Modernizes Assurance Practice with Fieldguide’s AI-Native Platform](/blog/maloney-novotny-modernizes-assurance-practice-with-fieldguides-ai-native-platform) — June 22, 2026 Maloney + Novotny deploys Fieldguide's AI-native platform across financial audit, IT attest, and advisory in a firm-wide Assurance Modernization plan. - [Introducing Field Orchestrator: The Intelligence Layer for Financial Audit](/blog/field-orchestrator) — June 8, 2026 Field Orchestrator is the conversational layer that directs Fieldguide's testing agents through substantive audit tests, from sampling to exception review. - [Fieldguide Launches Field Orchestrator, Marking the Next Phase of Agentic AI in Audit](/blog/fieldguide-launches-field-orchestrator-marking-the-next-phase-of-agentic-ai-in-audit) — June 8, 2026 Field Orchestrator plans and runs end-to-end substantive testing, with Field Board Kanban views and an Agent Review Experience for practitioner oversight. - [Fieldguide and Mercia Partner to Bring Trusted UK Audit Methodology to Industry-Leading Agentic AI](/blog/fieldguide-mercia-uk-partnership) — June 4, 2026 Mercia's audit methodology now runs inside Fieldguide's agentic AI platform, keeping UK engagements aligned with ISA standards and updated automatically. - [Cherry Bekaert Selects Fieldguide as Strategic AI Partner to Modernize Audit and Advisory Delivery](/blog/cherry-bekaert-fieldguide-financial-audit) — June 3, 2026 Top-20 firm Cherry Bekaert consolidates Financial Audit, Internal Audit, and SOC delivery on Fieldguide — one of the largest agentic AI deployments in audit. - [Baker Tilly advances AI-enabled assurance and advisory delivery with Fieldguide](/blog/baker-tilly-advances-ai-enabled-assurance-and-advisory-delivery-with-fieldguide) — May 27, 2026 Baker Tilly expanded its use of Fieldguide's agentic AI platform across SOC, PCI, HITRUST, ISO, FedRAMP, SOX, and internal audit engagements. - [Fieldguide Becomes First AI Platform for Audit and Advisory to Achieve AIUC-1 Certification](/blog/fieldguide-first-aiuc-1-certification) — May 6, 2026 Fieldguide's Field Agents are the first in audit and advisory to earn AIUC-1 certification, validated by Schellman for AI agent security and reliability. - [LSL CPAs Selects Fieldguide to Transform Financial Audit Delivery with AI-Powered Platform](/blog/lsl-cpas-financial-audit) — April 28, 2026 LSL CPAs adopts Fieldguide's agentic AI platform to modernize financial audit delivery—unifying planning, testing, client collaboration, and reporting. - [BDO Partners with Fieldguide to Advance AI-enabled Risk Advisory Delivery](/blog/bdo-partners-with-fieldguide-to-advance-ai-enabled-risk-advisory-delivery) — March 24, 2026 BDO's global risk advisory practice is deploying Fieldguide's agentic AI across member firms, starting with internal audit and third-party assurance. - [Fieldguide Raises $75M Series C from Goldman Sachs to Help Audit and Advisory Firms Grow with Agentic AI](/blog/series-c-announcement) — February 2, 2026 Fieldguide's $75M Series C led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives values the company at $700M and scales agentic AI for audit and advisory firms. - [Press Release: AI’s Promise Meets a Reality Check: 83% of Audit Leaders Struggle to Bridge AI Vision and Execution Despite Proven Gains](/blog/press-release-ai-adoption-paradox) — November 18, 2025 Fieldguide's survey of 350 audit and advisory professionals finds 94% see faster engagements with AI, yet 83% say firm AI vision doesn't translate to practice. - [Fieldguide and Thomson Reuters Partner to Combine Trusted Methodology with Industry-Leading Agentic AI](/blog/fieldguide-and-thomson-reuters-partnership) — November 6, 2025 Thomson Reuters' Guided Assurance methodology is now embedded in Fieldguide, letting firms run PPC-based audits inside agentic AI workflows. - [KPMG and Fieldguide Reimagine AI-enabled Assurance to Empower Clients with Precision, Speed, and Insights](/blog/kpmg-and-fieldguide-reimagine-ai-enabled-assurance-to-empower-clients-with-precision-speed-and-insights) — October 23, 2025 KPMG LLP announces a minority investment in Fieldguide to build proprietary agentic AI that supports assurance services with precision, speed, and insights. - [Fieldguide’s Field Agents Wins 2025 CPA Practice Advisor Technology Innovation Award, Marking Fifth Consecutive Win for the Company](/blog/fieldguides-field-agents-wins-2025-cpa-innovation-award) — October 20, 2025 Field Agents won the 2025 CPA Practice Advisor Technology Innovation Award, Fieldguide's fifth consecutive win for agentic AI in audit and advisory. - [Announcing Tax Export: A Seamless Bridge Between Audit and Tax](/blog/announcing-tax-export-a-seamless-bridge-between-audit-and-tax) — September 30, 2025 Fieldguide's Tax Export hands off audit trial balances in a structured format ready for UltraTax, GoSystem Tax, CCH Axcess Tax, ProSystem fx, and more. - [Fieldguide Among World’s First with ISO 42001 Certification, Setting the Bar for Responsible AI in Audit & Advisory](/blog/fieldguide-iso42001) — September 24, 2025 Fieldguide is among the first audit and advisory platforms certified to ISO 42001, the global standard for AI management systems, adding to SOC 2 compliance. - [AI Maturity Framework Redefines the Future of Work in Audit and Advisory](/blog/ai-maturity-framework-redefines-the-future-of-work-in-audit-and-advisory) — September 9, 2025 Fieldguide's AI Maturity Framework maps six levels, from no automation to strategic automation, so audit firms can scale AI adoption responsibly. - [Fieldguide and BDO Belgium Announce Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate Global AI-Powered Audit & Advisory Services](/blog/fieldguide-and-bdo-belgium) — July 15, 2025 BDO Belgium selected Fieldguide's engagement platform and Field Agents to automate audit tasks, marking Fieldguide's expansion into global markets. - [Fieldguide Introduces Industry-Leading Agentic AI for Financial Audit to Improve Quality and Efficiency](/blog/fieldguide-introduces-industry-leading-agentic-ai-for-financial-audit-to-improve-quality-and-efficiency) — June 27, 2025 Field Agents for Financial Audit launched with an Audit Testing Agent automating up to 70% of testing, from revenue cut-off to fixed assets. - [Enhancements to Financial Audit with AI Automation](/blog/new-enhancements-to-financial-audit-more-ai-automation-and-insights) — April 16, 2025 New Fieldguide releases add one-click financial statement production and Fieldguide Connect, an Excel add-in that links workpapers to live trial balance data. - [Why This 20 Under 40 Honor Matters](/blog/why-this-20-under-40-honor-matters) — April 15, 2025 Fieldguide CEO Jin Chang on his 2025 CPA Practice Advisor 20 Under 40 honor and why AI should be a trusted partner, not a threat, to audit professionals. - [Introducing Field Agents: Powering The Future of Audit and Advisory with AI](/blog/introducing-field-agents-powering-the-future-of-audit-and-advisory-with-ai) — March 25, 2025 Field Agents link automated tasks into complete engagement workflows—designing test plans, selecting samples, testing, and documenting results in seconds. - [Fieldguide Launches Field Agents – Agentic AI to Supercharge Audit & Advisory Teams](/blog/fieldguide-launches-field-agents-agentic-ai-to-supercharge-audit-advisory-teams) — March 5, 2025 Field Agents autonomously run entire engagement workflows, requesting documents, running tests, and documenting evidence, so practitioners focus on judgment. - [Unlocking the Power of AI: Highlights from the Accounting Today AI Summit Panel](/blog/unlocking-the-power-of-ai-highlights-from-the-accounting-today-ai-summit-panel) — December 19, 2024 Four takeaways from the Accounting Today AI Summit panel: practical AI use cases, safe adoption policies, 'phantom AI' risks, and agent-orchestrated workflows. - [Reflections on Being Named to Accounting Today's Top 100](/blog/reflections-on-being-named-to-accounting-todays-top-100) — December 11, 2024 Fieldguide CEO Jin Chang joins Accounting Today's Top 100 Most Influential People for 2024 as nearly half the top 100 CPA firms adopt the platform's AI. - [Fieldguide Wins 2024 CPA Advisor Tax and Technology Innovation Awards](/blog/fieldguide-wins-two-2024-cpa-technology-innovation-awards) — September 12, 2024 Fieldguide Insights took top honors at the 2024 CPA Advisor Technology Innovation Awards, with Fieldguide for Financial Audit named a finalist. - [AccountingToday: AI in Accounting - Who Are the Humans in the Loop?](/blog/accountingtoday-ai-in-accounting-who-are-the-humans-in-the-loop) — July 16, 2024 AccountingToday asks what 'human in the loop' means; Fieldguide leaders explain how practitioners review AI output like any staff member's work. - [AccountingToday: Fieldguide Expands into Financial Audit](/blog/accountingtoday-announcing-fieldguide-for-financial-audit) — June 4, 2024 AccountingToday on Fieldguide for Financial Audit: automated trial balance mapping, AI-designed test procedures, sample selection—human-reviewed. - [Fieldguide Extends Its Revolutionary AI Platform to Financial Audits](/blog/fieldguide-extends-its-revolutionary-ai-platform-to-financial-audits) — June 3, 2024 Fieldguide for Financial Audit applies AI to the full audit lifecycle, from trial balance mapping to one-click financial statements, easing the talent crisis. - [Fieldguide Launches End-to-End Analytics Solution ‘Fieldguide Insights’ To Accelerate CPA Firm Decision-Making](/blog/fieldguide-insights-gives-firms-end-to-end-analytics) — April 30, 2024 Fieldguide Insights gives firm leaders dashboards for time savings, practice trends, and time tracking, with recommendations that save hours per engagement. - [Sikich Selects Fieldguide as their AI Platform for PCI Compliance Services](/blog/sikich-selects-fieldguide-as-their-ai-platform-for-advisory-and-audit-services) — April 15, 2024 Sikich picks Fieldguide to run its PCI compliance engagement lifecycle, joining firms that managed 60% more engagements on the platform in 2023. - [Bloomberg: Three-Year-Old Startup Bets AI Can Help Fix Accountant Shortage](/blog/bloomberg-three-year-old-startup-bets-ai-can-help-fix-accountant-shortage) — March 26, 2024 Bloomberg covers Fieldguide's $30M Series B led by Bessemer: AI tools for auditing, compliance, and fraud detection aimed at the global accountant shortage. - [CEO Perspective: Fieldguide Secures $30M Series B to Transform Advisory and Audit Firms with Industry-First AI](/blog/fieldguide-raises-30m-series-b-launches-ai-platform-to-solve-cpa-talent-shortage) — March 26, 2024 Fieldguide closed a $30M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners to expand its AI platform and help firms bridge the CPA talent shortage. - [Fieldguide Raises $30M Series B, Launches AI Platform to Solve CPA Talent Shortage](/blog/press-release-fieldguide-raises-30m-series-b-launches-ai-platform-to-solve-cpa-talent-shortage) — March 26, 2024 Fieldguide's $30M Series B, led by Bessemer Venture Partners, funds AI solutions that help CPA firms cut engagement hours up to 50% amid the talent shortage. - [Fieldguide Raises $30 Million to Combat CPA Shortage With AI](/blog/pymnts-fieldguide-raises-30-million-to-combat-cpa-shortage-with-ai) — March 26, 2024 PYMNTS covers Fieldguide's $30 million Series B and its AI platform built to ease the CPA talent shortage by automating audit and advisory workflows. - [Fieldguide’s AI Platform for Advisory and Audit Firms Named “2024 Best New Product” by AccountingToday](/blog/fieldguide-ai-platform-for-advisory-and-audit-firms-named-accountingtoday-2024-best-new-product) — February 14, 2024 AccountingToday names Fieldguide's AI platform a 2024 Best New Product for Custom AI Actions, Personalized Test Plans, and AI Document Copilot. - [Fieldguide Wins CPA Practice Advisor Technology Innovation Award for the Third Year in a Row](/blog/fieldguide-wins-cpa-practice-advisor-technology-innovation-award-for-the-third-year-in-a-row) — September 6, 2023 Fieldguide AI's drafting, document analysis, and coaching capabilities earned the 2023 CPA Practice Advisor Innovation Award, the firm's third in a row. - [Accounting Today: Fieldguide Releases Advisory Services AI](/blog/accounting-today-fieldguide-releases-advisory-services-ai) — June 8, 2023 Accounting Today covers Fieldguide AI's launch: drafting control tests and requests, assessing document adequacy—no customer data trains models. - [CPA Practice Advisor: Fieldguide Launches Practitioner-Centric AI](/blog/cpa-practice-advisor-fieldguide-launches-practitioner-centric-ai) — June 8, 2023 CPA Practice Advisor covers Fieldguide AI: drafting control tests and client requests, and assessing document adequacy — without training on client data. - [Fieldguide Launches Practitioner-Centric AI to Help Build the Firm of the Future](/blog/fieldguide-launches-new-ai-capabilities) — June 7, 2023 Fieldguide AI drafts control tests and client requests and reviews documents against controls, without using firm data to train AI models. - [Fieldguide Announces Advanced Capabilities for All Risk & Compliance Frameworks](/blog/advanced-capabilities-for-pci-hipaa-iso27001-hitrust-risk-compliance-frameworks) — March 23, 2023 Fieldguide adds PCI DSS v4.0, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and HITRUST templates so audit firms can run any compliance engagement alongside SOC 1 and 2. - [Fieldguide to Sponsor and Speak at Digital CPA Conference 2022](/blog/fieldguide-to-sponsor-and-speak-at-digital-cpa-conference-2022) — December 4, 2022 Fieldguide sponsored Digital CPA 2022, where CEO Jin Chang presented on risk advisory services and joined a panel on building cyber advisory practices. - [Allinial Global Partners With Fieldguide to Provide Category-Defining, Risk Advisory Services Technology](/blog/allinial-global-partners-with-fieldguide-for-risk-advisory-services-technology) — November 10, 2022 Allinial Global, the world's second-largest accounting association, partners with Fieldguide to bring its member firms risk advisory engagement technology. - [Fieldguide Named Winner of 2022 CPA Practice Advisor’s Technology Innovation Award for Second Consecutive Year](/blog/fieldguide-named-winner-of-2022-cpa-practice-advisors-technology-innovation-award-for-second-consecutive-year) — October 1, 2022 Fieldguide won the CPA Practice Advisor Technology Innovation Award for a second straight year for modernizing assurance and advisory engagements. - [Why Risk Advisory Services Represent the New Frontier of Assurance and Advisory](/blog/why-risk-advisory-services-represent-the-new-frontier-of-assurance-and-advisory) — July 20, 2022 Risk advisory services are a new growth engine for CPA firms — billions in annual SOC opportunity alone — and tech-enabled firms are capturing the growth. - [Announcing Fieldguide’s Series A Led By 8VC](/blog/announcing-fieldguides-series-a-led-by-8vc) — March 3, 2022 Fieldguide raised a $17M Series A led by 8VC with Floodgate to scale its engagement platform for assurance firms, saving 35-50% of hours per engagement. - [Fieldguide Recognized Again in Accounting Today's 2022 Top New Products](/blog/fieldguide-recognized-again-in-accounting-todays-2022-top-new-products) — February 25, 2022 Accounting Today included Fieldguide in its 2022 Top New Products list for the second year running. Fieldguide automates work across the engagement lifecycle. - [Fieldguide Recognized in 2021 Technology Innovation Awards](/blog/fieldguide-recognized-in-2021-technology-innovation-award) — August 4, 2021 CPA Practice Advisor named Fieldguide a 2021 Technology Innovation Awards finalist for modernizing collaboration on risk assurance engagements. - [Fieldguide named 2021 Top New Product for Audit Tools](/blog/fieldguide-named-2021-top-new-product-for-audit-tools) — February 12, 2021 Accounting Today named Fieldguide its 2021 Top New Product for Audit Tools for streamlining risk engagements with automated, cloud-native workflows. - [Introducing Fieldguide: Modern software for assurance and advisory firms](/blog/announcing-fieldguide) — February 8, 2021 Fieldguide's launch post: a cloud-native automation and collaboration platform that digitizes end-to-end engagement workflows for assurance and advisory firms. --- [View all content](https://www.fieldguide.com/sitemap.md)