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May 2025Paul Koullick publicly said he was stepping back as CEO and passing leadership to co-founder David Kang; the company publicly acknowledged the transition.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Keeper is a San Francisco-based tax-filing platform for freelancers, creators, contractors, and small businesses. It combines AI-driven deduction detection and tax-return analysis with human tax professionals to handle complex returns and year-round support.
Primary product
AI-assisted tax filing and deduction-tracking platform for complex individual and small-business returns
Founded
2019
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States (44 Montgomery St, Suite 02-176)
Team size
20-30 employees
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Accounting
Sub-industry
Tax filing software / AI tax prep
Offices
44 Montgomery St, Suite 02-176, San Francisco, CA
333 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA
Business model
subscription SaaS
AI-assisted tax filing
human-in-the-loop tax services
Funding
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$15.9M
Latest round
Series A · Apr 2021
Latest amount
$13M
People & investors
Leadership
David Kang
CEO
Cofounder and CTO
Chief Growth Officer
Director of Operations
Head of Partnerships
Founders
Founder / ex-CEO
Work & culture
Mission-driven, small-team culture centered on transparency, accessibility, hard work, creativity, compassion, and low-ego execution. The company emphasizes AI plus human expertise, year-round support, and a product philosophy of transparent pricing with no hidden upsells.
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public job listings show engineering compensation around $130K-$175K base salary with equity grants (e.g. 0.05%-0.25%), plus standard benefits. Visa support appears limited to US work authorization, green card, or H-1B; F1 OPT is not supported.
Benefits
health insurance
dental insurance
vision insurance
401(k)
unlimited PTO
paid parental leave
company laptop
MacBook and equipment budget
$600 tech stipend
biannual offsites
paid travel, room, and board for off-sites
weekday lunch reimbursement
Product & market
Pricing
Flat-fee subscriptions with tiered annual plans; publicly listed plans include $20/month deductions-only, $199/year Standard, $399/year Premium, and $1,199/year Business.
Differentiators
- —AI + human accountants for final review
- —automatic write-off detection
- —supports complex returns and many income types
- —year-round tax pro support
- —flat pricing with no hidden upsells
- —audit protection and accuracy guarantees
- —tax-return analysis and deduction discovery
- —built for 1099 and other independent-work income
Technology
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Amplitude
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Figma
Zendesk
OpenAI
MySQL
Contentful
Canva
YouTube
Upwork
machine learning
LLMs
human-in-the-loop workflows
Customers
freelancers
1099 contractors
gig workers
creators
self-employed workers
sole proprietors
small businesses
LLC owners
S-corporations
partnerships
W-2 employees with side hustles
Upwork independent professionals
ShiftKey licensed professionals
Competitors
TurboTax
H&R Block
TaxAct
TaxSlayer
FreeTaxUSA
FlyFin
Heru
Finmo
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
228.1K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Signals & risks
Latest news
AICPA / YouTube · May 2025
AICPA’s accelerator interview highlighted Keeper’s AI-driven accounting and bookkeeping workflow, product vision, and reliance on AI plus human review.
LinkedIn (Keeper) · May 2025
Keeper said Paul Koullick was stepping back as CEO and that co-founder David Kang would lead the next chapter.
Keeper · Apr 2025
Keeper explained the rebrand from Keeper Tax to Keeper and said the product had expanded into filing, credits, deductions, and audit protection beyond write-off detection.
Keeper · Apr 2025
Keeper announced a partnership with Upwork to give U.S.-based independent professionals access to its tax product at a discount.
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