Sikich · Jul 2026
Official partner announcement describing a collaboration to roll out Basis across accounting and finance services.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
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
Offices
New York City
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Toronto, Ontario
Vancouver, British Columbia
Business model
B2B SaaS
enterprise software
services/implementation support
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder
Product - Atlas Lead
Tech Lead, Atlas
Head of Finance
Work & culture
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
Premium medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life insurance
6 coaching sessions and 6 therapy sessions via Spring Health
Unlimited PTO
12 paid company holidays
Daily meal stipends
Fully stocked kitchen
$300 custom desk setup allowance
Pre-tax commuter benefits
401(k) retirement plan
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; likely custom enterprise pricing / contract-based pricing for accounting firms.
Differentiators
- —Agents built specifically for accountants and accounting workflows
- —End-to-end workflow completion with review-ready output
- —Adapts to firm standards and existing accounting systems without replacing them
- —Traceable, auditable agent actions
- —Focus on long-horizon, production-grade agents
- —Used by 30% of the Top 25 accounting firms per company claims
Technology
AI agents
LLMs
internal MCP
cloud coding agents
accounting software integrations
file system integrations
security controls
audit logging
Customers
Wiss
BPB
UHY
Clark Nuber
Boulay
Top 25 accounting firms
Top 150 accounting firms
Competitors
Numeric
Docyt
StackAdapt
Supervizor
Pilot
Paylocity
Osome
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Under $1M
Latest news
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.
Jobs and careers at Basis
1 job at Basis
Search Media Buyer
Remote
Media Consulting & Activation
United States
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time