Who we are

Generative AI for Accounting Firms

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Founded by

Kevin Merlini, Lucas Adams

Headquarters

Williamsburg

Founded in 2022

Our mission is to improve the lives of public accounting professionals by augmenting & automating time consuming work.

Empower Accountants

We imagine a world where accountants no longer waste time on tedious manual tasks, enabling professionals to focus instead on the most strategic and value adding work.

Shift Workflows

Shift from being a preparer to a reviewer - we leverage the latest advances in agent driven task automation to pick up the heavy lifting across workflows.

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Trust

Our customers are in the trust business, and so are we. We obsess over quality & accuracy.

Invent

We define the future while staying rooted in a deep understanding of our users & their needs.

Values

Impact

We optimize for impact through a relentless focus on solving our user's most important problems.

Our story

Innovation Rooted in Expertise

Materia emerged from the collaborative vision of Kevin Merlini (CEO) and Lucas Adams (CTO), whose paths first crossed at Facebook. Fostered within the innovative ecosystem of the Allen Institute for AI in the fall of 2022, Materia was born.

We are pioneering a new class of software designed to enhance productivity and augment a broad spectrum of tasks for professionals in large accounting firms.

We are committed to transforming the work experience for public accounting professionals by delivering innovative tools that streamline daily workflows and alleviate the burden of repetitive tasks.

What we’re building

Materia is the operating system for accounting professionals. Our platform integrates authoritative accounting guidance with your firm's knowledge & software to unlock information and power dynamic workflow automation.

Our vision is for Materia to serve as the default AI agent workflow orchestration layer for the accounting profession. We are building a broadly capable AI system by integrating firm knowledge & context with robust domain specific reasoning & capabilities.

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We offer a dynamic ChatGPT-style application enriched with authoritative accounting insights. It responds to complex queries precisely, cites relevant sources, and integrates this knowledge into accounting practices.

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Looking ahead, our vision extends to establishing Materia as the essential AI-driven knowledge and orchestration layer throughout the accounting sector. We aim to integrate with existing accounting systems and workflows and eventually interface with other AI technologies, setting a new standard in accounting software.

Investors

Haystack
Spark Capital
Thomson Reuters
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Shaping the future of accounting with cutting-edge AI solutions

We’re seeking talented individuals who want to build a category-defining company. If that’s you, join us