Cranston AI
Cranston automates repetitive tax, bookkeeping and client-follow-up work for CPA firms, with reviewer approval before filing or sending.
Company research · 7 profiles
Service firm versus software entries
A curated sample for founders asking whether the public company is selling software, managed work, or both.
Ali Abouelatta
Cofounder of Lazyweb (a16z Speedrun). Previously grew subscriptions and built native ads at Duolingo. Writes First1000 (90,000+ subscribers).
Arden
Arden targets internal-audit and SOX teams with evidence collection, control testing and audit-ready workpapers.
Afternoon.co
Afternoon provides managed bookkeeping, taxes and compliance for AI startups with complex revenue and inference-cost structures.
Automax.ai
AI native real-estate appraisal firm
Ralo
A mortgage comparison and brokerage workflow for borrowers who want to see rate, APR, fee and lender tradeoffs together.
Acolite
AI Native Commercial Insurance Broker
Finto
Finto adds AI agents to high-volume invoice processing and connects exceptions and approvals back to enterprise ERP systems.
How this collection was assembled
Curated researched sample from the 2026-09-19 company inventory; not the full accelerator roster. Membership follows the stated source fields and public descriptions. Where SPC appears, company-directory association is not a Fellowship cohort; where LAUNCH appears, categories are editorial unless the provider exposes them.
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cranston-ai
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/arden
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/afternoon-co
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/automax-ai
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/ralo
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/acolite
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/finto-de