The Agentic AI Billing Revolution Is Here - But the Hard Question for Mid-Market Law Firms in 2026 Is Not Whether to Adopt It, It Is Where Your AI Lives

Agentic AI billing - AI that plans and executes multi-step billing workflows with minimal manual input - is past the hype curve and into production. But where the AI actually lives architecturally (inside your accounting system, on top of it, or beside it) determines whether the AI compounds your operating leverage or quietly creates a new reconciliation burden.