
Before Pilot could earn a customer’s trust, Waseem Daher spent a third of its early funds on a name. The road to that decision runs through MIT, two acquisitions, and a stubborn belief that someone else should do the bookkeeping.

After KPMG, Dropbox, and nine years inside Pilot, the CPA-turned-operator has a clear thesis for AI accounting: automate the workaround, keep the judgment, and give people back the client conversation.