KPMG's global head of consulting, Svilena Tzekova, told CNBC that AI now lets clients access advice that once took consultants days or months to produce, making much of the firm's traditional fee-for-advice business obsolete. She said the industry has not yet settled on new pricing models, as clients want to pay for outcomes while procurement teams still judge bids by headcount and hourly rates, even as AI computing and usage costs add new expenses.
cnbc.com
· 2026-11-12
A new KPMG survey of CEOs at major U.S. corporations found that 89% expect to increase overall headcount over the next three years, even as their companies adopt artificial intelligence. The survey suggests executives are treating AI more as a tool to integrate into existing workflows than as a straightforward way to cut staff costs.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-15
KPMG's 2025 American Worker Survey found 87% of U.S. employees use AI at least weekly and 51% daily. A separate KPMG and University of Melbourne study of over 48,000 people across 47 countries found 44% had used AI in ways that violated company policy, and 66% relied on AI output without checking its accuracy.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-13
Ernst & Young's U.S. arm is spending $100 million this fiscal year on bonuses for employees who demonstrate distinctly human traits like adaptability, judgment and innovation. Payouts range from small $500 awards to as much as $25,000 for major contributions, five times the previous cap, and any employee can nominate a colleague with no upper limit on total rewards. The move comes even as EY's AI-related revenue jumped 30% year-over-year in 2025.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-03
Three separate research reports from Deloitte, KPMG/PwC, and Accenture found that while companies are rapidly rolling out AI agents across business functions, few have built the operational structures, workforce readiness, or accountability frameworks needed to scale them safely. Deloitte's survey found only 15% of organizations have reached coordinated multi-agent deployments, and just 16% believe their processes are actually ready for agentic adoption, even though 74% of leaders expect half their business processes to be redesigned around agents by 2030. Separate Salesforce data shows active AI agent deployments tripling year over year, with employee trust and usage also rising sharply.
zdnet.com
· 2026-08-28
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