In 2026, AI is no longer a novelty for small businesses—it’s table stakes. QuickBooks’ latest dataset indicates that roughly seven in ten businesses across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia now use AI regularly, based on one of the largest SMB studies to date built from 34,000+ survey responses and anonymized administrative data from 5.3 million businesses (Intuit QuickBooks — 2026 AI Impact Report).