Most AI companies make big claims. Sai built a guarantee into the business model.

Sai Dhanak is the founder of Deduction, an AI tax firm that pairs licensed CPAs with AI agents to deliver tax advice, planning, and filing for US consumers — at a fraction of traditional accountant prices. We talked about what happens when accountability is actually on the line, why services that were "unscalable" are suddenly the hottest pitch in VC rooms, and what the SaaSpocalypse gets completely wrong about junior talent.

In this episode:

- Why "own the customer outcome" might be the only real moat right now

- The CPA shortage nobody's building fast enough for

- AI agents with names and phone numbers (meet Taylor at deduction.com)

- Why  ...