The Relay blog

Notes on audit, AI, and where the work is heading.

From the team building Relay — including two ex-auditors. We write about the profession from the inside: what's failing, what's changing, and what AI actually does for the work.

03 Sept 2026 / Shailen Desai | CA(SA)What Will Auditors Do?When the workbook builds itself, the grind disappears and the judgement is what's left. What that changes about the bottleneck, the trainee, the billable hour — and the one thing that cannot move.

06 Aug 2026 / Shailen Desai | CA(SA)Closer to the EvidenceAn auditor's real work is the ten seconds it takes to sign. AI can build the workbook — but only if every figure stays traceable, so scepticism has evidence to land on, not just a conclusion to trust.30 Jun 2026 / Neil de Kock | CA(SA)The Manager Who Already KnowsMost AI tools make you re-brief them every session. Relay works like the manager who already knows the client — carrying the whole engagement, your firm's methodology, and every decision so far in one connected knowledge graph.15 Jun 2026 / Shailen Desai | CA(SA)How a harness puts AI inside the engagementAn LLM impresses when it answers questions. It changes audit work when a harness lets it act inside the engagement.05 Jun 2026 / Neil de Kock | CA(SA)The audit industry is at a tipping pointOnly 28% of inspected audits met the relevant audit standards in 2025.