# Drivetrain

> Drivetrain is an AI-native financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform that helps CFOs and finance teams at mid-market and enterprise companies plan, forecast, and report with a spreadsheet-like interface. Founded in 2021 by former Google and Elevation Capital operators, it connects to 800+ business systems (ERP, CRM, HRIS, billing, data warehouses) and uses its Drive AI suite - model generation, an AI analyst, anomaly detection, and natural-language data transforms - to turn raw data into live financial models. In 2025 it shipped the first Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for finance, letting teams query permission-controlled financial data through assistants like Claude and ChatGPT.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Sunnyvale, California, United States
- **Founders:** Alok Goel (CEO & Co-founder), Tarkeshwar Thakur (CTO & Co-founder), Saurav Bhagat (Head of Product & Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~55-97 employees (reported ranges vary by source and date)
- **Products:** Drivetrain FP&A Platform, Drive AI Suite, Drivetrain MCP Server, Integrations
- **Notable:** Raised $15M Series A in October 2022 led by Elevation Capital and Jungle Ventures with 25+ marquee angels., Launched the industry's first MCP server built for finance in October 2025., Reported 4.8/5 rating on G2 with recognition as easy to use and best support.

## Products & services

- **Drivetrain FP&A Platform** — AI-native business planning platform with a spreadsheet-like interface for budgeting, forecasting, reporting, scenario planning, headcount planning and multi-entity consolidation.
- **Drive AI Suite** — AI features including the AI Model Generator (one-click baseline 3-statement models from ERP/CRM/HRIS data), AI Analyst (natural-language analysis), Anomaly Detection (alerts via Slack/email), and Transforms (plain-English data transformation).
- **Drivetrain MCP Server** — The first Model Context Protocol server built for finance, giving AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT live, permission-controlled access to business metrics.
- **Integrations** — 800+ native connectors and an open REST API spanning ERP (NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero, SAP), CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot), HCM (Workday, ADP, BambooHR, Rippling), BI (Looker, Tableau, Power BI) and data warehouses (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift).

## Achievements

- Raised $15M Series A in October 2022 led by Elevation Capital and Jungle Ventures with 25+ marquee angels.
- Launched the industry's first MCP server built for finance in October 2025.
- Reported 4.8/5 rating on G2 with recognition as easy to use and best support.
- Grew to 10,000+ finance professionals across 17+ countries and 13+ verticals.
- Achieved SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and GDPR compliance.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Launched the first Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for finance, connecting AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT to live, permission-controlled financial data.
- **2025-08** — Reported roughly $7.2M ARR with a lean team, per third-party trackers.
- **2024** — Expanded the Drive AI suite with AI Model Generator, AI Analyst, Anomaly Detection and natural-language Transforms.

## Links

- Website: https://drivetrain.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/drivetrainai
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/drivetrainai
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrivetrainAI

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Last updated: 2026-07-12