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With Tabby, a former accountant is using AI to make accountants obsolete
Publisher description: Tabby is designed to be a real-time bookkeeping interface, handling clients’ paperwork as it gives them up-to-the-minute data on their business’s profit and loss.
TechCrunch | Sep 21, 2026 | Russell Brandom
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In May of 2025, Ahad Ali was a successful accountant, overseeing a team of 20 people and handling more than 2,000 returns a year. “We did bookkeeping, accounting, sales tax, taxes, everything,” Ali says. He became frustrated with specific accounting software like QuickBooks, and soon he became frustrated with the entire idea of SaaS-based accounting. “I realized that small businesses don’t need better accounting software,” Ali told TechCrunch. “They need less accounting software. When I spoke to Ali, his team was just preparing to launch Tabby Talk, a natural language interface for the product.
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