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Something has shifted in how people are talking about AI and finance jobs lately. It's easy to look at the headlines and come away thinking that finance roles as we know them are going extinct. But the more interesting question to me is: what comes next?
I spend most of my day pushing tools like Claude Cowork & Claude Code to their limits, trying to understand how the work we do at airCFO will need to change in a world of AI.
These experiments have led me to two conclusions:
- People are underestimating how capable these models are today
- Finance & accounting roles are going to look very different in 2027, but they're not going away. In fact, they'll become much more valuable.
I tackle both of these ideas in my essay this week. On to the content:
đź’ˇ The Next Finance Job
Wouter Born recently published an essay arguing that finance jobs will end as a result of AI. His core point, that a lot of what finance teams do today will get automated, is 100% correct. But I don't think that's the whole picture.
I have a pretty specific vision for what comes next, and I'm calling it the Business Performance Architect. Read the full essay on LinkedIn.
đź«€ The Ecosystem Pulse
(Article) AI Startups Are Eating the Venture Industry — TechCrunch
AI accounted for 41% of all venture dollars raised in 2025. So far in 2026, that number is 90%. Granted, the majority went to OpenAI and Anthropic, who are in a class of their own. But the broader market is K-shaped now: a handful of firms backing a handful of companies are capturing most of it, and everyone else is just kind of… there.
(Article) There Are Only Two Paths Left for Software — a16z
David George at a16z is telling software CEOs they have 12 months to pick a lane. Either grow revenue by 10+ points through genuinely new AI products, or rebuild for 40%+ true operating margins. Companies that choose the comfortable middle are heading for a dead end. The article might be written for software CEOs, but it applies to any business watching AI eat into what they do.
(Article) Finance Is Vibecoding Now — Lumera Insights
Finance teams are starting to vibecode their own tools, which tracks with what I've been doing at airCFO for the past year. The ability to automate the repetitive stuff and free up your team for actual analysis is a huge opportunity. The article does bring up a very real issue though: most of this stuff starts out on someone's laptop with no real controls around it. The jump from prototype to production is something the industry is still working through.
🤝 airCFO Content Connection
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Q1 Claude Cowork Feature Report Card
Anthropic shipped 25+ new features in Q1 and I've been testing them since they dropped. I focused on Claude Cowork since it has the broadest reach for founders and operators. Here's my take on what's actually worth your time.
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All Systems Go Tech Stack Guide
If you haven't checked it out yet, our All Systems Go Tech Stack Guide includes every tool recommendation we'd make if we were building your stack from scratch today, grounded in what we see working across 300+ clients.
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That's all for this edition of The AI CFO - we'll be back in your inbox soon with more musings on the future of AI-powered finance & operations. Please reply to this email directly with any feedback/suggestions/just to say hi!
Cheers,
Alex Wittenberg, CEO @ airCFO
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