American Bazaar · May 2025
A secondary launch write-up summarizing Minerva's AI-based accounting pitch, founders, product scope, and emphasis on automating manual accounting work.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Minerva Intelligence Inc. (Minerva, YC X25) is a San Francisco-based, 2025-founded AI accounting company building automation infrastructure for accounting firms and SMBs, with a strong focus on bookkeeping, reconciliation, tax preparation, and CFO-style financial workflows.
Primary product
AI-powered accounting automation platform for accounting firms and SMBs
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AI accounting automation / accounting software
Offices
0 jobs at Minerva
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Business model
Stage
Pre-Seed
Total raised
$525K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · May 2025
Latest amount
$525K
May 2025 · Y Combinator
Investors
High-agency, ambitious, automation-first, and forward-deployed; public hiring and launch language emphasizes working hard through ambiguity, building secure industrial-grade AI, and reducing manual accounting work to zero.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
A publicly posted Financial Controller role shows $60K-$150K salary plus 0.10%-1.00% equity; no broader public company compensation band was found.
Pricing
Paid subscription / service-led SaaS; public pricing is not disclosed.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
American Bazaar · May 2025
A secondary launch write-up summarizing Minerva's AI-based accounting pitch, founders, product scope, and emphasis on automating manual accounting work.
Y Combinator · May 2025
YC's launch post for Minerva describes the product as an AI accountant for SMBs that automates bookkeeping, reconciliation, tax-ready reporting, and related financial workflows.
Y Combinator LinkedIn · May 2025
YC's launch post says Minerva will reduce manual work to zero and claims customers are already saving significant accounting labor costs.
Dalton Caldwell LinkedIn · May 2025
YC partner Dalton Caldwell amplified the launch, reiterating Minerva's focus on accounting automation and the public tryminerva.ai launch.