# EY Deploys AI Agents to Global Audit Teams, Cutting Process Time in Half

- slug: ey-deploys-ai-agents-to-global-audit-teams-cutting-process-time-in-half
- date: 2026-04-07
- category: Agentics

The Big Four firm says AI solves a talent shortage. PwC just cut graduate hiring by a third partly because of AI. Those two facts do not fit together comfortably, and nobody in the industry has answered the obvious follow-up question.

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