Pilot, a provider of artificial intelligence-powered bookkeeping and advisory solutions for small-to-midsized businesses and startups, unveiled on Wednesday its AI Accountant, a fully autonomous system that runs the entire bookkeeping process, from onboarding to monthly close, with zero human intervention.
“Legacy accounting firms rely on laborious manual processes to onboard customers, categorize transactions, reconcile accounts, close the books, and surface key trends and insights. As a result, they struggle to deliver speed, consistency, or scale. Business owners, in turn, suffer from the effects of high costs for poor quality,” the San Francisco-based company said in a media release. “For the first time in history, Pilot’s AI Accountant gives small business owners access to high-quality financials and advisory support at a price they can afford.”
Pilot’s AI Accountant autonomously performs the full scope of bookkeeping and financial reporting end to end. It onboards businesses, configures accounting systems, closes historical books, handles edge cases, and produces a complete set of financial statements—including profit and loss, cash flow, and balance sheet—all without human involvement. Beyond standard bookkeeping, Pilot continuously analyzes financial activity to identify discrepancies, highlight meaningful changes, and surface issues for business owners to monitor, so nothing important is buried in the numbers.
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“The Pilot AI Accountant doesn’t just support accounting work; it does the work,” the company said. “It manages the entire bookkeeping lifecycle by applying Pilot’s operational knowledge and experience, gained from performing high-quality bookkeeping at scale for over 7,000 startups and small businesses over the past decade. By unifying industry-leading data, process, and execution in a single system, the AI Accountant applies expert-level rigor and delivers complete, audit-ready financials with the reliability of a seasoned professional and the efficiency of software.”
With Pilot’s AI Accountant, small businesses can be fully onboarded and have their books closed in hours, not weeks, said Jessica McKellar, founder and CEO of Pilot.
“Customers get accurate financials and insights much faster, without compromising on quality or cost,” she said in a statement. “And by automating the repetitive work, we give accountants more time to focus on higher-value advisory work.”
Key features and innovations include:
- Advanced automation: Fully automates onboarding, transaction processing, and real-time financial reporting.
- Human-level reasoning: Applies contextual decision-making to handle complex or unusual cases just like a senior accountant would.
- Seamless integration: Connects with banks, payroll, billing, and other financial platforms.
- In-market today: Fully deployed and operational with real customers—no waitlists or beta programs.
- Financial insights on demand: Provides a 24/7 Pilot AI chat-based advisor for real-time, actionable guidance and insights into key business drivers and trends, such as month-over-month spend changes.
- Auditable and transparent: Every transaction and decision is logged, providing transaction-level visibility and a full audit history for businesses to review or adjust as needed, going far beyond traditional monthly reports.
For local bookkeepers and accountants looking to support small businesses in their communities, Pilot’s AI Accountant handles everything from categorizing hundreds of transactions to ticking and tying payroll liabilities, the company says. Work that spans data entry through complex reconciliations is now done in minutes instead of hours—freeing accountants to focus on growing their practice and helping clients achieve their goals.
More information about Pilot can be found here.
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