{"id":86964,"title":"LedgerUp: Handle all Billing from Slack","tagline":"Meet Ari, your AI teammate that handles all billing and revenue from Slack","body":"### **TLDR;**\n\nLedgerUp built an AI revenue teammate—[Ari](https://ledgerup.ai/)—to eliminate the multiple tools to juggle to get from “contract signed” to “cash in the bank.” [Ari](https://ledgerup.ai/) integrates with your CRM, automates invoicing, chases payments, and lives in Slack with real-time revenue data. The result? No more manual data entry, overdue payments, scattered data, and hiring FTEs to spend countless hours wasted in back-and-forth amongst different departments.\n\n_Below is an example of CRM → invoice process:_\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=86964\u0026key=user_uploads/671520/29023983-80d3-4031-9e09-86f2d56ff162)\n\n### **Why does this matter?**\n\n3 out of 4 businesses face payment delays, with the root cause beginning at the invoice creation stage.\n\n**The Pain**: Most companies juggle contract softwares (ex: DocuSign/PDFs), spreadsheets, and a manual billing process riddled with errors, overdue payments, and hours spent data-entering.\n\n**Why It Matters**: These inefficiencies lead to missed revenue, cash flow constraints, and wasted staff time. Founders often feel they need extra full-time staff just to manage invoicing.\n\n### **How does Ari solve this?**\n\nSignature to Revenue, _Automatically_\n\nAri takes over the moment a contract is signed:\n\n1. Zero-Touch Contract Import: Signature lands → Contract processes → Revenue flows. All automatic, all instant. \n2. Intelligent Revenue Automation: Every signed agreement is automatically billed to its unique billing requirements\n3. Real-Time Slack Updates: Approve the final output in Slack and ask questions as needed\n\nWhile others offer yet another tool to learn, **your AI teammate takes over the moment a contract is signed.**\n\n### **Our ask**\n\nFrom startups to enterprises, every business faces contract-to-cash challenges. If you know revenue leaders who'd benefit from an AI billing teammate, we'd be grateful for an introduction!\n\nWho we serve well:\n\n* **Finance \u0026 Ops Teams:** automating billing operations while maintaining GAAP compliance\n* **Founders \u0026 Revenue Leaders:** who need clear revenue visibility without the operational overhead\n* **CFOs \u0026 Controllers:** seeking accurate, real-time revenue data and forecasting 💰\n* **Sales \u0026 Customer Success:** teams who want to focus on relationships, not invoice follow-ups\n* Email us at [founders@ledgerup.ai](mailto:founders@ledgerup.ai)\n\nBetter yet if you have a business that has contracts, **try Ari**: [Sign Up Here](https://www.ledgerup.ai/demo) or **Schedule a Call** with us: [Book a Short Call](https://cal.com/joe-ledgerup/15min).\n\n### **Team/Origin Story**\n\nDuring his years as a finance director for startups, [Joseph](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-johnson-/) lived the revenue operations nightmare firsthand. His days were consumed with juggling dozens of different apps – one for contracts, another for invoicing, yet another for payment tracking, and endless spreadsheets to tie it all together. \n\nThe \"_solution_\" was always to hire more FTEs to manage the chaos, but that just shifted the burden of wrestling with broken processes to someone else.\n\nTeaming up with his childhood friend [Bailey](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bailey-spell-b487ab149/), who had been building AI Agents for the past 2 years, they recognized this wasn't just their problem – it's a universal pain for any company with contracts that need to get paid. \n\nThey're on a mission to liberate founders and finance teams from revenue operations chaos, giving them back the time and clarity needed to focus on what matters most: growing their business.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=86964\u0026key=user_uploads/671520/fb4f1b72-713e-444d-a5b5-eb170a3a18db)\n\n","slug":"Mce-ledgerup-handle-all-billing-from-slack","created_at":"2025-01-20T06:36:33.585Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T01:43:08.856Z","total_vote_count":11,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Mce-ledgerup-handle-all-billing-from-slack","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=86964\u0026key=user_uploads/671520/fb4f1b72-713e-444d-a5b5-eb170a3a18db","company":{"id":29702,"name":"LedgerUp","slug":"ledgerup","url":"https://ledgerup.ai/","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/7300af84eef84e88a5fc2a972bbf576cb517a4cb.png","batch":"Summer 2024","industry":"B2B","tags":["Finance","Billing","AI"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/29702"}}