This Is The Next Industry AI Will Disrupt

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

March 7, 2026

Duration

33m

Channel

YC Root Access

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

AI is already transforming entire professions like software engineering and law. And accounting might be next. In this episode of The Breakdown, YC’s Tom Blomfield and David Lieb sat down with Onshore founder Dominic Vitucci to find out just how AI is fundamentally changing one of the world’s oldest professions and what that could mean for the future of white collar work.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Dominic Vitucci

  guest

  CEO and founder of Onshore, working on AI-driven automation for accounting/tax workflows (including R&D tax credits).

• Tom Blomfield

  host

  YC partner and tech entrepreneur (best known as a co-founder/former CEO of Monzo).

• David Lieb

  host

  YC partner and tech entrepreneur (co-founder of Bump), hosting and interviewing the guest.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of YC Root Access, featuring Dominic Vitucci and Tom Blomfield, This Is The Next Industry AI Will Disrupt explores aI threatens accounting firms by automating tax, audit, and compliance Accounting work is largely repetitive data movement and documentation substantiation, making it ripe for AI-driven automation beyond prior-era RPA tools.

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