Mercor

AI Beats Licensed Accountants on Speed and Accuracy, but Still Can't Close the Books Without Supervision

Oct 2, 2026

Lapaas Voice (reporting on a study originally published on Mercor's company blog)

Reporting on a Mercor-run study, this piece covers how Mercor hired 12 licensed CPAs to benchmark against frontier AI models on its public APEX-Accounting benchmark (built with Ramp), finding AI faster, more accurate, and far cheaper on structured tasks, though unable to autonomously complete a full month-end close.

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