{"id":110394,"title":"Billow - Killing Deloitte with AI","tagline":"AI-native Accounting Firm for Enterprise","body":"# **_We’re killing Deloitte with AI_**\n\n[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YaUyJE-ZL0poxDAFGv962RniFsue5nyE](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YaUyJE-ZL0poxDAFGv962RniFsue5nyE/view?usp=sharing)\n\n**Accounting is a $700B industry that hasn’t changed in 200 years.** Today, 80% of companies still do their accounting by hand – manually exporting data, building spreadsheets, and chasing approvals.\n\n**Billow is an accounting firm that replaces human accountants with AI agents.**\n\nWe connect to your existing tools (NetSuite, QuickBooks, and 80+ other systems) and use agents to provide faster, cheaper, and better accounting services. \n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=110394\u0026key=user_uploads/983067/43e1b7ba-2178-44e3-a001-690ad7b41766)\n\nThere is zero software for customers to use. Just integrate and we’ll close your books for you.\n\nIn the last three months, we went from an idea to partnering with Series B-D companies representing over $1B in enterprise value.\n\n**Team:**\n\n* [Joanathan McIntosh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanathanlim/) - Repeat VC-backed founder, built and exited an accounting/ERP platform (45k businesses in 4 years). Ex-Merrill Lynch and StreetLight Data (AI/ML for US Government)\n* [Philip Moniaga](https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipmoniaga/) - Repeat YC founder (W22). Built financial infra at Bloomberg and [Booking.com](http://Booking.com). CTO of a trading platform ($1B+ in volume).\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=110394\u0026key=user_uploads/983067/0bf2a219-f426-444c-a7c2-dda2bbd7e6e7)\n\n**Ask - intros to:**\n\n* CFOs, Controllers, and VPs of Finance at companies with $40M+ in revenue or funding.\n* Fractional CFOs, accounting and advisory firms\n* **$5k referral or 1 US Open ticket for every closed customer.**\n\n[joan@thebillow.ai](mailto:joan@thebillow.ai) | [thebillow.ai](http://thebillow.ai)","slug":"SiY-billow-killing-deloitte-with-ai","created_at":"2026-08-13T19:00:00.141Z","updated_at":"2026-09-19T02:49:15.714Z","total_vote_count":70,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/SiY-billow-killing-deloitte-with-ai","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=110394\u0026key=user_uploads/983067/43e1b7ba-2178-44e3-a001-690ad7b41766","company":{"id":33606,"name":"Billow AI Labs","slug":"billow-ai-labs","url":"https://thebillow.ai/","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/2c42b391e7d2cf9beb71d20f5ce1ed2b4e77e77d.png","batch":"Summer 2026","industry":"B2B","tags":["Artificial Intelligence","Finance","B2B","Workflow Automation"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/33606"}}