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Concourse

YC W23

New York City, US · Founded 2023 · 7 employees · Hiring · 14 known investors

Concourse provides AI-driven financial analysis and reporting software for finance and FP&A teams, automating forecasting, variance analysis, and board reporting by connecting to enterprise data sources.

Also known as Factr · Concourse AI · concourse.ai

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSArtificial IntelligenceB2BAIUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W23)

Concourse was founded in 2023 by Matthieu Hafemeister and Ted Michaels.

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Matthieu Hafemeisterin𝕏FounderMatthieu Hafemeister previously served as Head of Growth at Jeeves, a Y Combinator-backed fintech company, and worked as an investor in fintech at Andreessen Horowitz.

Investors · 14

Also in the syndicate · 6

CFO angels from CartaCFO angels from CursorCFO angels from Verceloperators from 1Passwordoperators from Brexoperators from OpenAI

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$12M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2026

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Concourse develops AI agents purpose-built for corporate finance functions. The agents connect directly to a company's existing financial stack — ERPs such as NetSuite and QuickBooks, billing systems such as Stripe, expense tools such as Ramp, CRMs, data warehouses such as Snowflake, SAP, and CSV uploads — and are operated through natural language rather than requiring data migration. Typical outputs include recurring and ad-hoc analysis, cross-system data retrieval, and presentation-ready deliverables in PPT, PDF, Word, Excel and Sheets formats.

The company positions itself as an "AI execution layer" for enterprise finance, spanning strategic finance/FP&A (budget-versus-actuals, forecasting, board materials, scenario modeling), accounting and close, treasury (cash monitoring, yield, exposure, liquidity forecasting), and internal audit (continuous controls testing, transaction anomaly scanning, evidence gathering). Named agent types marketed on the company site include a Flux & Variance Agent, Close Agent, Forecast Agent, AR & Collections Agent and Weekly Business Review Agent. Outputs are delivered inside tools finance teams already use, including email, Slack, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, ChatGPT and Claude.

A central design theme is verifiability: a built-in transparency panel surfaces each agent's reasoning, including the underlying SQL and Python used to produce a result, so numbers can be traced back to source systems. The platform carries SOC 2 Type II certification, encryption, SAML/SSO support and stated data-handling controls, and agents are described as benchmarked against evaluations for financial accuracy and compliance.

Founding story

Co-founders Matthieu Hafemeister (CEO) and Ted Michaels previously scaled finance operations at Jeeves, which grew into a $2.1B global unicorn. Managing dozens of bank accounts and data scattered across geographies, they concluded that additional headcount and spreadsheets could not keep pace with the business, and saw large language models as a way to close the gap between the flexibility finance teams need and the automation traditional software provides. [6]

Business model

Hybrid model combining self-serve and enterprise motions. Small and early-stage finance teams can start for free and connect sources such as QuickBooks, Ramp, Stripe or CSVs in minutes; paid Starter and Professional plans use transparent usage-based pricing and include a 7-day free trial. Larger organizations running NetSuite, Snowflake or SAP receive custom, high-touch engagements with deeper integrations, custom-built agents, team training, and enterprise security and compliance requirements. [4][6]

Usage-based subscription plans (Starter and Professional tiers) alongside custom enterprise contracts; a free entry tier is offered for smaller teams. [4][6]

Traction

Public claims include work with 100+ finance departments, 1,000+ AI agents built and deployed, $260M+ in measurable revenue and savings generated, and reported reductions in manual finance work of 75-86%. Named customers include Palo Alto Networks, Front, Tecovas, Lightmatter, Carrot, CurbWaste, Persona, Coalesce, Maximus, Descript and Unify. Prior to general availability the product had a multi-thousand-company waitlist. One source lists roughly 30 employees. [0][4][5][6][7]

Latest developments

January 2026: general availability of the AI agent platform with free onboarding and usage-based pricing, announced alongside a $12M Series A. February 2026 coverage reported the acquisition of Cambrean and total funding of $27M. Proceeds are earmarked for agent capabilities, enterprise security and compliance, engineering and go-to-market hiring, and infrastructure scaling. [4][5][6][7]

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies

Market position

Positioned as an agentic AI layer for enterprise finance that sits on top of existing financial systems rather than replacing them, competing against rigid deterministic finance software on one side and manual spreadsheet work on the other. The company claims work with 100+ finance departments and deployments at Fortune 500, unicorn and high-growth customers. [0][2][4][6]

Stated differentiators are cross-system reasoning across multiple source systems simultaneously (for example combining Stripe and Snowflake to explain revenue changes), no required data migration, and a transparency panel exposing the raw SQL and Python behind each calculation to create an audit trail. Agents are described as benchmarked for financial accuracy and compliance rather than relying on base LLM behavior. [6]

Technology

AI agents orchestrated over a combination of models selected per task for speed, accuracy and cost, with native connectors into ERPs, accounting, billing, expense, CRM and data warehouse systems. Agents run autonomously or on triggers and generate SQL and Python, which is exposed through a transparency panel for auditability. Enterprise controls include SOC 2 Type II, encryption and SAML/SSO. [0][4][6]

Go-to-market

Concourse previously operated with limited access and a multi-thousand-company waitlist before opening general availability in January 2026 with a free, self-serve onboarding flow. Enterprise sales are supported by a forward-deployed model with ex-CFOs and forward deployed AI engineers embedded alongside customer finance organizations, plus ecosystem distribution such as a 'Built for NetSuite' SuiteApp. Named customer references and CFO/operator angel investors are used as proof points. [0][4][6]

The office of the CFO across company sizes — finance, FP&A, accounting, treasury, internal audit and data teams — ranging from two-person startups and high-growth companies to unicorns and Fortune 500 enterprises. [2][4][6]

Geography

Headquartered in New York; customers include global enterprises, and the treasury offering is described as supporting single-entity through global multi-entity portfolios. [0][4][5]

History

Concourse launched its platform initially through limited access supported by a waitlist. In January 2026 it announced general availability with free self-serve onboarding and closed a $12M Series A led by Standard Capital. Reporting in February 2026 noted an acquisition of Cambrean and put total funding raised at $27M. The company has also announced that its Concourse SuiteApp achieved 'Built for NetSuite' status. [4][6]

Risks & controversies

Most performance figures (75-86% manual work reduction, 1,000+ agents deployed, $260M+ in revenue and savings, 6x more analysis) are self-reported by the company and not independently verified. Sources disagree on total funding: one report cites $27M raised in total while other coverage references only the $12M Series A. The company name is shared with unrelated businesses, including a public-sector software vendor at concoursetech.com. [0][6][7]

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
AI agents built and deployedJan 20261,000 agents
EmployeesJan 202630 employees
Finance departments servedJan 2026100 departments
HeadcountAug 202624
Hours saved per team memberJan 202620 hours
Increase in analysis outputJan 20266 x
Measurable revenue and savings generated for customersJan 2026$260M
Reduction in manual finance work (company site)Jan 202686%
Reduction in manual work (customer-reported)Jan 202675%
Total funding raisedFeb 2026$27M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 10

by search overlap
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Ramp16 shared keywordsRamp offers a finance platform that combines corporate cards, expense management, and AI-driven automation for receipt capture, transaction coding, and reimbursements. It serves finance teams and businesses looking to consolidate spending tools and automate accounting workflows.
Trullion15 shared keywordsTrullion provides AI-powered software for internal and external audit teams that automates testing, data extraction, and reconciliation workflows. The platform centralizes audit work, reduces manual errors, and enables real-time collaboration for financial statement validation.
Vena Solutions15 shared keywordsVena is an Excel-native financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform with AI agents that helps enterprises with budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and financial close management. Built to integrate with Microsoft 365 and connect ERP, CRM, and HRIS data, it serves finance teams looking to plan, report, and consolidate on a single platform.
Datasnipper15 shared keywordsDataSnipper offers an Intelligent Automation Platform that works inside Excel to extract, cross-reference, and verify data from documents for audit and finance workflows. It serves auditors and finance teams performing tasks such as document matching, control testing, and financial statement procedures.
Fiscal15 shared keywordsFiscal.ai is a financial data platform and research terminal combining institutional-grade fundamentals with an AI copilot.
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Netezza13 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.

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Timeline · 4

launches, deals, and filings
Feb 2026
Acquisition of Cambrean

AlleyWatch coverage referenced a recent acquisition of Cambrean by Concourse alongside its general availability launch; deal terms were not disclosed.

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Jan 2026
Concourse raises $12M Series A led by Standard Capital

Concourse announced a $12 million Series A led by Standard Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, CRV, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Ritual Capital and CFO/operator angels from Cursor, Vercel, Carta, OpenAI, 1Password and Brex. Funds are directed at agent capabilities, broader market access, security and compliance, and infrastructure.

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Jan 2026
General availability of the Concourse AI agent platform

Concourse opened general access to its AI agent platform with free self-serve onboarding, connections to QuickBooks, Ramp, Stripe and CSVs, and transparent usage-based pricing, replacing a limited-access model backed by a multi-thousand company waitlist.

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Jan 2026
Concourse SuiteApp achieves 'Built for NetSuite' status

Concourse announced that its SuiteApp achieved 'Built for NetSuite' status, per a press release listed from the same source.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Concourse do?
Concourse builds enterprise-grade AI agents for corporate finance teams that connect to ERPs, billing systems, CRMs and warehouses.
Who founded Concourse?
Concourse was founded by Matthieu Hafemeister, Ted Michaels in 2023.
Who are Concourse's investors?
Concourse's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Clocktower Ventures, CRV (Charles River Ventures), South Quad, Standard Capital, Y Combinator, Ritual Capital, SV Angel.
How much funding has Concourse raised?
Concourse has disclosed $12M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
Where is Concourse headquartered?
Concourse is headquartered in New York City, US.