Count
Founded 2024 · 22 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors
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COUNT is building an AI-native accounting operating system that automates bookkeeping tasks such as categorization, reconciliations, and month-end close. It serves founders, finance teams, accounting firms, and SMB operators, offering real-time reporting and insights.
Also known as COUNT · getcount.com
Founders & leadership
Count was founded in 2024 by Chris Smith and Derek Harn.
Investors · 4
Company profile
researched Aug 2026COUNT operates an accounting and bookkeeping platform that uses AI to automate day-to-day finance operations for small and mid-sized businesses and the accountants who serve them. The product spans expense automation, invoicing and estimates, accounts payable and bill processing, time tracking, document storage, receipt capture, check printing, payroll, 1099 tax filing with the IRS, and real-time financial reporting. Core automation features include AI transaction categorization that learns vendor and spending patterns, receipt capture through the COUNT Go mobile app with automatic matching to bank feed transactions, AI-assisted bill processing, and AI outlier detection that flags duplicate charges, unusual amounts and anomalous vendors.
Alongside the core ledger, COUNT provides collaboration features that let users comment on transactions, tag teammates or their accountant and convert questions into tasks, plus a Practice Manager module for accounting firms to manage clients, tasks and team workflows. The platform advertises more than 13,000 native app integrations, bank account connections, Stripe-based invoice payments, and migration paths for businesses moving from Xero or QuickBooks Online. Security claims on the company site include SOC 2 compliance, encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access control and audit logs.
COUNT also exposes a partner API at api.getcount.com with OAuth-based consent, HMAC request signing and bearer access tokens, documented integration paths for accounting apps, billing and invoicing tools and document vaults, webhooks, SDKs, a CLI, and an MCP server that lets AI agents such as Claude and ChatGPT query and act within a COUNT workspace.
Business model
COUNT sells software access to its accounting platform, with published pricing tiers and plans assigned at the workspace level. It additionally operates a partner program and developer API through which third-party applications and AI agents can integrate with customer workspaces.
Traction
The company states on its website that thousands of startups, small businesses and accounting firms use the product, and publishes named customer testimonials from bookkeeping, tax, construction and trades businesses. It also reports AI categorization accuracy of up to 95% out of the box. These figures are company-stated and not independently verified in the material reviewed.
Latest developments
The company's website carries an announcement that it raised capital from Morgan Stanley, Data Tech Fund, First Row Partners and other investors. It has also published a partner API and developer program, including a CLI and an MCP server for connecting AI agents to COUNT workspaces, and offers payroll and IRS 1099 filing within the product.
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Market position
COUNT positions itself as an AI-native alternative to incumbent small-business accounting software; its own site and support materials reference customers migrating from QuickBooks Online and Xero.
Technology
The platform combines a double-entry accounting core with AI models for transaction categorization, receipt data extraction and matching, bill processing and anomaly/outlier detection. Data ingestion comes from direct bank feed connections, imports from Xero and QuickBooks Online, and more than 13,000 native app connectors. A partner API uses OAuth consent flows, HMAC-signed requests and bearer tokens, with webhooks, SDKs, a CLI and an MCP server enabling AI agents such as Claude Code, Cursor and ChatGPT to interact with workspaces in natural language.
Go-to-market
COUNT markets directly through its website with self-serve signup and published pricing, supported by a help center, migration guides for users leaving Xero and QuickBooks Online, and customer testimonials from bookkeeping firms, tax practices, construction and trade businesses. A firm-facing Practice Manager product and a partner/developer program with a public API provide additional distribution channels.
Entrepreneurs and startups, small businesses, commerce and retail operators, construction and trade contractors, and accounting and bookkeeping firms that manage books for multiple clients.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsThe company's website carries an announcement banner stating it raised from Morgan Stanley, Data Tech Fund, First Row Partners and other investors. No amount, round label or date is stated.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
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primary sources listed
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Count do?
- COUNT is an AI-driven accounting platform that automates bookkeeping, invoicing, bill pay and reporting for small businesses and firms.
- Who founded Count?
- Count was founded by Chris Smith, Derek Harn in 2024.
- Who are Count's investors?
- Count's investors include Creative HQ — The Incubator, Data Tech, First Row Partners, LocalGlobe.