How An 'ai Sabbatical' Helped Accounting Startup Klarity Turbocharge Its Business

When OpenAI released ChatGPT, Nischal Nadhamuni said he "abdicated all my other responsibilities" for one month to focus on the breakthrough new technology.KlarityKlarity, a startup that makes accounting software, put engineers on a "generative AI sabbatical."For four weeks, employees froze all of their new development work to focus on the breakthrough tech.As a result, Klarity switched off its own bespoke models in favor of using large language models.In the months after ChatGPT exploded into public life, Klarity, an accounting software startup that's backed by super-entrepreneurs Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, faced an ah-ha moment.Klarity's cofounder and chief technology officer, Nischal Nadhamuni, told his team that artificial intelligence was going to disrupt everything right beneath their feet.