Top 10 accounting firm Baker Tilly on Monday launched Collaborative AI, a set of AI enablement services designed to help its middle-market clients safely and efficiently harness artificial intelligence.

Using a business value approach, Collaborative AI connects clients’ employees to company data and knowledge bases, enhancing performance and enabling organizations to realize meaningful returns on AI investments, the firm said in a media release on Oct. 6.

Mark Steranka

“AI has quickly become a must-have in the business environment,” Mark Steranka, Baker Tilly Consulting managing principal, said in a statement. “But its true value lies in identifying the right use cases and integrating AI thoughtfully into a company’s natural workflows. Collaborative AI was created to cut through the noise, deliver value, and help companies move forward with confidence efficiently and securely.”

Baker Tilly’s professionals guide businesses through every step, from discovery and use case identification to integration and ongoing data management. With specialization across more than 30 industries and experience in executive leadership roles, the firm provides AI solutions tailored to each client’s specific challenges and goals.

“Collaborative AI is more than enablement and services, it’s a partnership. Our professionals are industry leaders, with an understanding of the nuances of each client we serve,” Steranka said. “With Collaborative AI, we help clients augment their workflows using a powerful solution designed to evolve alongside their growing AI expertise.”

Collaborative AI helps employees access and apply company knowledge more effectively. The solution unlocks the value of unstructured data, such as emails, transcripts, and documents, transforming the data into actionable insights. By capturing institutional knowledge that might otherwise be lost, it reduces onboarding and training costs while preserving organizational expertise.

By improving accessibility to data, employees can solve problems independently. Collaborative AI’s ability to integrate with natural workflows and language patterns accelerates processes and reduces time spent searching for reliable information, Baker Tilly said. The result is increased productivity, significant time savings, and greater organizational agility.

“Collaborative AI is designed to deliver measurable value from the start,” the accounting firm said in the media release. “Its simple configuration process allows companies to deploy quickly. Unlike many AI tools, it provides a more secure environment, keeping company data and collaboration behind the company’s firewall to protect sensitive information from public exposure.”

More information about Collaborative AI can be found here.

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