# AI is squeezing consulting's billable hours and graduate hiring model

> Original title: AI is coming for consulting’s billable hours — and its graduate pipeline

- Source: CNBC · Technology
- Published: 2026-11-12T08:20:56.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/nf7c57gw7fyufwxfxu81ai0p0
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/12/ai-consulting-billable-hours-graduate-hiring.html

## Summary

KPMG's Svilena Tzekova says AI has made consulting advice widely accessible, so the business of selling advice is shrinking. Firms are still working out outcome-based pricing, and EY's Paul Goodhew says AI can now do the first preparation of junior auditors' manual checking work.