San Francisco, September 30, 2025 (Globe Newswire) – carbonthe global leader in practice management software for accounting, bookkeeping, tax and auditing companies today announced the acquisition of Aiderpioneer in AI-powered advisory and reporting technology. The acquisition accelerates Karbon's vision to transform accounting professionals through AI.
Ader's cutting-edge solutions are already trusted by companies in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It automates time-consuming bookkeeping and advisory workflows, providing real-time client insights and forecast reports, and automates them like settlements and periods. By integrating Aider's capabilities into Karbon, businesses gain powerful tools to eliminate repetitive tasks, expand their advisory services, increase profitability, and automate durations.
“This is a critical moment for the future of accounting practice management,” said Mary Delaney, CEO of Karbon. “With Aider, we are accelerating the transition from management to automation. Companies are gaining the ability to automate the mediocre, scale without adding overhead and provide richer advice to their clients.”
“Aider is extremely proud to be part of Karbon,” said Brendan Roberts, CEO and founder of Aider. “We share a bold vision for the future where accounting is proactive, data-driven, and client-centric. Karbon is the ideal partner to expand that vision and provide even more value to our customers.”
This acquisition deepens what was recently released Integration There is close experience between the two platforms with AI-powered periods, and is built directly into Karbon's Practice Management Platform. This brings businesses closer to intelligent, automated operations, and not only tracks repeatable workflows, but completes them.
When Aider is integrated into Karbon, businesses benefit from:
- The automatic period closes Task coordination, follow-up, and inline editing for uncategorized transactions with the most popular general ledger
- AI-generated management reports Featuring real-time insights, KPIs and executive comments
- AI-driven advisory assistant Data analysis, client meeting preparation, and internal skill
- A solid dashboard Its surface-proactive advisory opportunities across the client base
- AI Agent Run tasks to streamline your workflow (coming soon)
“Our research shows that companies using AI at advanced levels save up to 40 hours per employee each month,” Delaney added. “With Aider, we help businesses recoup more time to reinvest in high-value client work, along with a stronger work-life balance for their team members.”
Aider's acquisition is based on recent innovations from Karbon Automatic Tax Workflow, Karbon for clientsand new partner integration – strengthening Karbon's position as the backbone of an AI-powered accounting firm.
About Karbon
carbona global leader in practice management software for accounting companies, offering an award-winning collaborative cloud platform focused on streamlining work and communication within the enterprise and within its clients. Karbon promotes unprecedented value for customers, proven by its No. 1 ranking in the G2 and 18.5 hours of customer reported savings per employee. Founded in 2014, Karbon has clients in 38 countries with employees in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Karbon is well-funded and supported by Tidemark, Five Elms and Blackbird.
About Aider
Aider is an AI-powered advisory platform designed for modern accounting and bookkeeping companies. Founded in New Zealand in 2018, Aider offers intelligent software solutions that turn raw accounting data into actionable insights. The technology automates key workflows such as period closures and reporting, allowing businesses to move from manual processes to large-scale strategic advisory.
