Can AI make tax prep cheaper without replacing the experts behind it? Hector Garcia joins Blake and David to unpack Intuit’s TurboTax pricing pressure, QuickBooks’ push into the mid-market, and whether AI-powered services are a bridge to automation. They also examine Thomson Reuters’ proprietary tax-and-legal AI model, Relate’s $100 million raise, and a student’s unusual path onto the New Mexico Board of Accountancy.

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Chapters

(00:00) - TAP 503
(02:47) - Intuit earnings overview
(03:52) - Meet Hector Garcia
(04:40) - Intuit stock and AI fears
(07:57) - TurboTax pricing pressure
(11:34) - TurboTax Live strategy shift
(16:12) - TurboTax Live vs firms
(19:47) - AI plus human bridge
(22:13) - QuickBooks Free and Light
(25:54) - Thomson Reuters builds LLM
(30:29) - Trust security and ownership
(34:16) - Vertical models disrupt giants
(35:18) - Copilot partnership pitch
(36:51) - Bulk AI Adoption
(38:59) - Rillet Unicorn News
(39:21) - Workday Buyout Math
(40:50) - Switching Costs Reality
(43:12) - Intuit Versus Rillet
(45:26) - How Rillet Wins
(48:18) - AI Spend Line Item
(51:15) - Stripe Buys OpenRouter
(53:22) - Reframe Conference Pitch
(56:01) - Pablo Pledgebar Cautionary
(57:08) - Britton Joins Board
(01:01:37) - Student View On PE
(01:04:57) - Education And AI Concerns
(01:09:33) - Board Dynamics Explained
(01:12:12) - Regulation Priorities
(01:15:13) - Wrap Up And CPE

Show Notes

Intuit Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2026 Results; Sets Fiscal 2027 Guidance

https://investors.intuit.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1320/intuit-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-fiscal-2026-results-sets-fiscal-2027-guidance

Thomson Reuters Leverages its World-Class Data Assets to Launch Its Own Frontier Model

https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/press-releases/2026/august/thomson-reuters-leverages-its-world-class-data-assets-to-launch-its-own-frontier-model

Rillet Raises $100 Million Series C at $1 Billion Valuation, Becomes Unicorn

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/19/rillet-raises-100m-series-c-at-1b-valuation-2-years-after-emerging-from-stealth/

Silver Lake Eyes $51 Billion Workday Take-Private in Mega Software Deal

https://www.axios.com/2026/08/14/silver-lake-workday-take-private

Stripe Agrees to Acquire OpenRouter to Help Businesses Optimize Token Routing and Usage

https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/stripe-agrees-to-acquire-openrouter

From Accounting Major and Frat Brother to Suspected of Being Penn State's Largest Drug Dealer

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/penn-state-agostino-abbatiello-drug-scheme-rcna593041

Accounting Student Appointed to the New Mexico Public Accountancy Board

https://news.unm.edu/news/accounting-student-appointed-to-the-new-mexico-public-accountancy-board

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