Let’s face it — nobody likes doing taxes. And staying on top of changing codes, rates, and regulations can be a time-consuming endeavor for companies. Avalara is a tax compliance automation platform that’s making tax solutions easier for businesses all around the world. Avalara’s EVP of Engineering and CTO Danny Fields joins us to discuss the wide scale of i ... Show More
Jul 16
Your AI Agent Shouldn’t Be Able to Delete the Database
If you tell your AI NOT to delete your database you’re good right? In this episode of IT Visionaries, Chris Brandt sits down with Daniel Meyer, CTO of Camunda, to explore why prompts alone are not enough to govern AI. They discuss the difference between governance by instruction ... Show More
56m 41s
May 2025
Field raises $17M to automate the drudgery of tax prep
There is a new accounting software in town, coming in with a fresh $17.2 million raise and a desire to shake things up. The company, Field, hopes to automate the grunt work. “The tax industry is facing a genuine crisis,” Leroy Kerry, Field’s co-founder CEO, told TechCrunch. Learn ... Show More
3m 51s
Apr 2023
Filing taxes online shouldn’t be this hard
Ah, Tax Day — a time when our relationship with the United States government can get a little strained, in part because the U.S. system for filing taxes can feel pretty antiquated. But now the Internal Revenue Service has a plan to improve that, thanks to an additional $80 billio ... Show More
6m 50s
Jul 2022
What you don’t know about this year’s tax filing season
It is tax filing season and while people look forward to tax season because they can get a rebate, for many of us it can feel a bit overwhelming. In this podcast Maya speaks to tax expert Reinert van Rensburg, Tax Legal Specialist at Leap Group, about everything you need to know ... Show More
24m 34s