Generative AI is changing how consultants work and putting long-standing billing systems under pressure, with clients increasingly demanding lower costs as working hours fall. As a result, outcome-based pricing is drawing attention as an alternative to hourly billing and fixed fees. Under this model, clients pay a base fee and tie the remaining compensation to agreed targets such as cost savings and profit improvements, though the approach carries risks.

AI-based tax automation company SolomonLabs said on Wednesday it has hired Lee Changheon, a former project lead at global payments platform Stripe, to launch an AI agent that builds tax-saving strategies. Lee previously built financial infrastructure for regulated industries at Stripe and later developed a factory yield improvement system at Boston Consulting Group combining machine learning and AI agents. SolomonLabs plans to launch Solomon Tax Planning AI in the fourth quarter.