Sikich · Jul 2026
Official partner announcement describing a collaboration to roll out Basis across accounting and finance services.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Basis is a dual-structure company name in the evidence: the accounting-focused Basis (getbasis.ai / Essex Labs, Inc.) builds AI agents for accountants to automate end-to-end CAS, tax, audit, and advisory workflows; a separate nonprofit Basis Research Institute (basis.ai) focuses on applied AI research and challenge problems. The user’s query most strongly matches the accounting company.
Primary product
AI agents for accounting firms that automate end-to-end CAS, tax, audit, and advisory workflows
Founded
2023
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Team size
100-150
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AI accounting automation / accounting software
1 job at Basis
Offices
Business model
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder
Product - Atlas Lead
Tech Lead, Atlas
Head of Finance
Investors
High-urgency, first-principles, collaborative culture with whiteboarding, frequent peer feedback, shared meals, and a strong emphasis on shipping production-grade AI agents.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
Public postings emphasize competitive compensation and note salary ranges for some roles; final comp may include bonuses, equity, and benefits. Example disclosed range: $90,020-$134,000 for software engineering and $119,051-$160,000 for senior backend/platform engineering. Public evidence does not show a formal visa policy.
Benefits
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; likely custom enterprise pricing / contract-based pricing for accounting firms.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Under $1M
Sikich · Jul 2026
Official partner announcement describing a collaboration to roll out Basis across accounting and finance services.
Basis · Feb 2026
Official announcement of a $100M Series B at a $1.15B valuation, led by Accel with participation from GV and others. The post says Basis’s agents now complete complex accounting tasks, including partnership tax workbooks end to end.
Bloomberg · Feb 2026
Bloomberg reported the unicorn financing and identified co-founders Mitchell Troyanovsky and Matthew Harpe.
Basis
Engineering blog post describing agent-native codebase design, verifiability, interoperability, and canonical context.
Basis
Engineering blog post describing the internal unified MCP layer used to scale agent workflows across the company.