Accounting Tech Map

People

The investors, writers and builders shaping accounting tech, and worth following.

Investors

• Third Point, Angel investor: Angel investor in Trullion.
• Venus Williams, Angel investor: Angel investor in Zamp.

Writers

• Nikola Lazarov, Co-founder & CEO, Eilla AI (London, United Kingdom): Runs Eilla, an AI-native M&A advisory in London, builds Accounting Tech Map, and writes the Services as Software newsletter on AI in professional services.
• Benjamin Alarie, CEO and Co-founder, Blue J: Tax law professor who turned a prediction engine into an AI tax research platform now used by over 6,000 firms, and has written books on AI and law.
• Daniel Hood, Editor-in-Chief, Accounting Today: Leads the trade title's coverage and moderates its AI and private-equity summits.
• Chris Gaetano, Technology Editor, Accounting Today: Covers accounting technology and AI for Accounting Today and moderates its AI Summit sessions.
• Randy Johnston, Owner, K2 Enterprises: Runs K2 Enterprises, which teaches technology to accountants through a monthly Tech Update newsletter and a 2027 season of online technology conferences.
• Jim Germer, Founder, Independent AI researcher (Bradenton, United States): CPA-background author who argued in Accounting Today that accounting's source-checking discipline is the template for AI verification.

Builders

• Nikola Lazarov, Co-founder & CEO, Eilla AI (London, United Kingdom): Runs Eilla, an AI-native M&A advisory in London, builds Accounting Tech Map, and writes the Services as Software newsletter on AI in professional services.
• Nicolas Kopp, CEO and Founder, Rillet: Left a US banking leadership role to build an AI-native general ledger for startups and mid-market finance teams.
• Stelios Modes, CTO and Co-founder, Rillet: Engineer who previously built payments infrastructure at a neobank and now leads Rillet's product and engineering.
• Parker Gilbert, Co-founder and CEO, Numeric: Runs a close-management and reconciliation platform that now also lists AI, billing and an ERP replacement among its products.
• Anthony Alvernaz, CPO and Co-founder, Numeric: Product head at Numeric, listed on the company's team page as ex-BlackRock.
• Jin Chang, CEO and Co-founder, Fieldguide: Leads Fieldguide, which builds AI agents for audit and advisory work; he spoke on adoption at Accounting Today's December 2026 AI Summit.
• Chris Szymansky, CTO and Co-founder, Fieldguide: Technical co-founder of Fieldguide, a platform that the company says is used by half of the top 100 US accounting firms.
• Maarten Alblas, Co-founder, DataSnipper: One of three friends who built DataSnipper's audit tool from an auditor's complaint in 2017; the company is now valued at about $1bn.
• Jonas Ruyter, Co-founder, DataSnipper: Co-founder of DataSnipper, the bootstrapped-then-venture-backed audit automation company used by all four Big Four firms.
• Kai Bakker, Co-founder, DataSnipper: Co-founder of DataSnipper, which now sells agentic automation to audit and finance teams.
• Benjamin Alarie, CEO and Co-founder, Blue J: Tax law professor who turned a prediction engine into an AI tax research platform now used by over 6,000 firms, and has written books on AI and law.
• Swapnil Shinde, CEO and Co-founder, Zeni: Two-time founder who started Zeni to replace manual bookkeeping with an AI-native finance service for startups.
• Snehal Shinde, CPO and Co-founder, Zeni: Product lead and co-founder of Zeni, an AI accounting and CFO-services company.
• Sasha Orloff, Cofounder and CEO, Puzzle: Leads Puzzle, which rebuilt the general ledger and agent layer to give startups real-time books.
• John Cwikla, Cofounder and CTO, Puzzle: Technical cofounder behind Puzzle's ledger and agent infrastructure.
• Justin Adams, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Aiwyn: CEO of Aiwyn, a platform for accounting firms that covers practice management, tax and payments.
• Tanner Fritz, GM, Payments and Experience, Co-founder, Aiwyn: Co-founder who runs the payments and client-experience side of Aiwyn.
• Isaac Heller, Founder, Trullion (New York, United States): Founded Trullion in 2019 to bring Big Four expertise and AI to repetitive, labour-intensive accounting tasks.
• Benedict Dohmen, Co-founder, DualEntry: Co-founder of DualEntry, an AI-native ERP; he cited the coming wave of CPA retirements when it announced its Series A.
• Sasan Goodarzi, Chairman and CEO, Intuit: Told accountants at Intuit Connect 2026 that they are Intuit's customers, as the company pushes agentic tools into QuickBooks and its accountant suite.
• Alex Balazs, Chief Technology Officer, Intuit: Explained at Intuit Connect 2026 how firm-defined playbooks and audit logs keep the accountant in charge of AI agents.
• Diana Williams, Vice President of Product for Accountants, Intuit: Demonstrated Intuit's Agentic Books Close pilot and cross-client insights to accountants in October 2026.
• Mark Koziel, President and CEO, AICPA & CIMA: Leads the AICPA, which in October 2026 teamed with an AI insurance startup on a joint SOC 2 and AI-agent assurance offering.
• Jennifer Burns, Chief Auditor, AICPA: Quoted on the AICPA's October 2026 practice aid for auditors, stressing that AI does not change judgment and skepticism requirements.
• Amy Pawlicki, Vice President, Assurance and Advisory Innovation, AICPA: Quoted in the AICPA's release on its AI considerations practice aid for financial statement auditors.
• Rajiv Dattani, Cofounder, Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company: Co-built AIUC-1, the AI agent certification that the AICPA now pairs with SOC 2 reports.
• Ndonga Sagnia, Vice President, AI Product, Aprio: Firm-side AI product leader on the agentic AI panel at Accounting Today's December 2026 AI Summit.
• Lucia Valenzuela, Chief Innovation Officer, James Moore & Co.: Speaks for a mid-size firm on whether accounting firms are ready for agentic AI.
• Prasad Sristi, Chief AI Officer, Ascend: Chief AI officer of an accounting-firm-focused company, on the build-or-buy AI panel in December 2026.
• John McGowan, Founder and CEO, HubSync: Runs HubSync, which sells an AI operating system for CPA firms covering client portals, engagement letters and e-signature.
• Mike DeKock, Founder and CEO, MJD Advisors: Advisor to accounting firms who joined the build-or-buy AI panel at Accounting Today's AI Summit.
• Ellen Choi, CEO, Edgefield Group: Firm leader who shared how accounting firms use AI today at the December 2026 AI Summit.
• Adam Reed, Principal, Archer Lewis: Firm principal on the 'what's actually working' AI panel at Accounting Today's AI Summit.
• Stuart Cobbe, Senior Director, Product Management, Thomson Reuters: Thomson Reuters product leader on agentic AI for tax and accounting firms, speaking at the December 2026 AI Summit.
• Hrishikesh Pippadipally, Chief Technology Officer, Wiss and Co.: Top 100 firm CTO who describes training clients in AI governance and token-cost monitoring.
• Charles Apigan, AI Practice Leader, LBMC: Leads AI work at a Top 50 firm and advises how firms can credibly help clients control AI spend.
• Randy Johnston, Owner, K2 Enterprises: Runs K2 Enterprises, which teaches technology to accountants through a monthly Tech Update newsletter and a 2027 season of online technology conferences.
• Waseem Daher, Co-founder, Pilot: Co-founder of Pilot: Bookkeeping, tax and CFO service for startups and small firms, run on its own AI accountant software.
• Jeff Arnold, Co-founder, Pilot: Co-founder of Pilot: Bookkeeping, tax and CFO service for startups and small firms, run on its own AI accountant software.
• Jessica McKellar, Co-founder, Pilot: Co-founder of Pilot: Bookkeeping, tax and CFO service for startups and small firms, run on its own AI accountant software.
• Mike Whitmire, Founder, FloQast: Founder of FloQast: Close management software that now sells no-code AI agents for matching, reconciliations and journal entries.
• John Glasgow, Founder, Campfire: Founder of Campfire: AI-native ERP with general ledger, revenue automation and close management for modern finance teams.
• Martin Hegelund, Co-founder, Shine (formerly Ageras): Co-founder of Shine (formerly Ageras): Copenhagen-founded financial copilot for small businesses and accountants, bought by Cegid.
• Rico Andersen, Co-founder, Shine (formerly Ageras): Co-founder of Shine (formerly Ageras): Copenhagen-founded financial copilot for small businesses and accountants, bought by Cegid.
• Guy Leibovitz, Co-founder, Nominal: Co-founder of Nominal: AI agents for the close, reconciliation, consolidation and intercompany work on top of a company's existing ERP.
• Golan Kopichinsky, Co-founder, Nominal: Co-founder of Nominal: AI agents for the close, reconciliation, consolidation and intercompany work on top of a company's existing ERP.
• Ulrich Exleben, Founder, Hypatos: Founder of Hypatos: Berlin-based AI agents that process invoices and other transactional documents for finance and shared-service teams.
• Conrad Wadowski, Founder, Kick: Founder of Kick: AI bookkeeping platform for business owners and their accountants, with expert review of the books.
• David Phillips, Founder, Fondo: Founder of Fondo: CPA-led bookkeeping, corporate tax and R&D credit service for venture-backed startups, built on its own software and AI.
• Steve Stagner, Founder, Crete Professionals Alliance: Founder of Crete Professionals Alliance: Accounting roll-up that buys CPA firms' advisory and tax arms and equips them with in-house AI built with OpenAI.
• Kim Beom-seop, Founder, Jobis & Villains (Jobis AI bookkeeping, Samjeomsam): Founder of Jobis & Villains (Jobis AI bookkeeping, Samjeomsam): Korean AI bookkeeping service (Jobis) and tax-filing app (Samjeomsam) from Jobis & Villains.
• Xu Shaochun, Founder, Kingdee: Founder of Kingdee: Chinese ERP and finance cloud vendor that rebuilt its Cosmic platform around AI agents.
• Yoshinori Fukushima, Co-founder, LayerX (Bakuraku): Co-founder of LayerX (Bakuraku): Japanese maker of Bakuraku, AI-agent back-office software for invoices, expenses and payables.
• Yuki Matsumoto, Co-founder, LayerX (Bakuraku): Co-founder of LayerX (Bakuraku): Japanese maker of Bakuraku, AI-agent back-office software for invoices, expenses and payables.
• Jonathan Sanders, Founder, Light: Founder of Light: Copenhagen-based agentic ERP that replaces the ledger and finance tools of multi-entity companies.
• Shigefumi Wada, Founder, OBC (Bugyo): Founder of OBC (Bugyo): Tokyo-listed publisher of the Bugyo accounting and ERP series, now shipping named Bugyo AI Agent products.
• Enoch Ko, Founder, Soraban: Founder of Soraban: AI workflow platform for tax firms that connects document intake, preparation and delivery.

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