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Dext built a business on the receipts nobody wants to type
Receipt Bank grew by tackling the drudgery before the ledger. Now part of IRIS, Dext is expanding into data checks, AI assistance and payments - with a business case that still comes down to minutes saved.
The Accountant Who Decided Bookkeeping Should Feel Like Software
Matt Gardner shut down a traditional CPA practice to rebuild it as Hiline - one team, one bill, and technology that keeps small-business numbers current instead of three weeks late.
Definite
Definite is a Y Combinator (S26) startup building the data layer for finance agents. It plugs read-only into a company's ERP, ledger, payroll, and payments systems and compiles everything into one clean, always-current model of the books. Finance teams can then build back-office agents in plain English on top of that model - without engineers or data pipelines. The system reads and reconciles, but never writes back and never moves money.
Intuit
Intuit is a global financial technology company that builds software to help consumers and small businesses manage money, taxes and growth. Founded in 1983 around Quicken, it now runs four flagship platforms - TurboTax for tax filing, QuickBooks for small business accounting, Credit Karma for consumer credit and finance, and Mailchimp for marketing - reaching roughly 100 million customers worldwide. In 2026 the company is rebuilding its products around an AI-driven expert platform anchored by Intuit Assist, its generative-AI financial assistant.