Brex

🎉 Thrilled to announce the OTTO-MATES partnership with Brex! 🎉 Since 2018, Brex has provided an all-in-one solution for cash management, corporate cards, bill pay, travel, and reimbursements—helping finance teams streamline operations and drive efficiency. We're excited to partner with a company that shares our vision for modernizing accounting through automation! 💳 As someone who has used Brex in the past, I can speak for its ease firsthand! 💡A huge thank you to the Brex team—we’re just getting started! #Automation #SpendManagement #Brex #OttoMates Learn more about Brex here: https://lnkd.in/ecA5QTjC

Many companies are hiring across the board to build and scale AI-powered products. But what is it that sets top candidates apart? Curiosity.💡 In this Inc. Magazine piece by Ben Sherry, tech leaders—including our own CTO James Reggio—share specifics on what they look for when hiring for AI-related roles. From Reggio: "That curiosity is really important because the tooling landscape is changing rapidly—every quarter somebody’s disrupting somebody else or launching a new assistant or agent. If you don’t have this intrinsic, almost joyful curiosity to try new things, you’re not going to keep up." Read more: https://bit.ly/3CEUYp0

Join us Feb 26 in SF for an exclusive GenAI panel & networking event with finance leaders from Brex, Grammarly, Redis, and Respaid (YC S23). Come with questions, leave with answers on how to use AI-powered finance strategies to: ✅ Gain real-time cash flow forecasting ✅ Accelerate collections & reduce DSO ✅ Improve financial visibility for smarter decision-making This is your chance to network with peers, hear from industry experts, and walk away with a GenAI roadmap you can execute immediately! 💡 RSVP here: https://lu.ma/kgbb4c3k

There's just something about bringing the team together IRL! 🤝 We've been so excited to begin hosting our bi-weekly Brex All-Hands meetings live from our beautiful HQ in SF. These gatherings are streamed coast to coast (and globally!), and we love being able to come together as a group to celebrate company growth, share insights, and have direct Q&As with our leadership team. Take a peek behind the scenes at our latest AHM—spot any familiar faces? 🧐

Scentbird completes their expenses and accounting twice as fast since switching to Brex. That smells like success to us!✨ See how this perfume subscription service does it here: https://bit.ly/3EyEkI7

Next week I'll be hosting a Brex Flex Club (Recovery Edition) in partnership with Othership for early-stage and growth founders. The guided session will be focused on 'Hardwiring Happiness', something that founders often struggle with amongst the constant chase for new goal posts. This will be a great opportunity for founders to rest, reflect, and recharge amidst the chaos of building your startup. As Pedro Franceschi once asked Paul Graham from Y Combinator many years ago 'what the job of a founder was once the company hit some scale'. PG's response "the job is to figure out how to be happy".

Real talk—have you ever wondered how crabs should be classified on a balance sheet? Neither did we, until now. 😂 🦀 🎙️We end every episode of our Controllers Classified podcast with a funny accounting story. This one from Karen Wu, CAO at Clari, took the cake. Tune into the full episode now: https://bit.ly/3WCJEk6

25+ startups. $250M+ raised. All from ex-Brex employees. This tech mafia is younger than TikTok—but founders Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi built a company that keeps producing new founders. (Two of which we're proud to call Paraform customers!) Meet the Brex Mafia. Andrew Kenney co-founded Particl, an AI product development platform. Particl automates competitor intelligence across all of e-commerce to identify profitable opportunities in the market. Nivi Jayasekar co-founded Banquet Health, to bring nutrition back into hospital patient care. Their platform makes it easier for staff to deliver to better nutrition and personalized care to patients, at a lower cost. Jim Brusstar founded Treasury Prime, connecting banks and FinTechs. Companies get compliant banking services; banks and credit union get new customers through FinTechs. Yoav Shaked co-founded digital insurance platform Limit. They currently offer two products: an AI Assistant, and platform connecting retail agents with carriers directly or on a wholesale basis. Kushal Byatnal co-founded document processing platform extend (YC23). They use LLMs to help technical teams handle complex documents and do more with their data. Ritik Malhotra and Muller Zhang co-founded Savvy Wealth, a digital-first wealth management platform for registered financial advisors and their clients. Abiel Gutierrez co-founded Comun to help immigrants achieve upward mobility. They’re starting by redesigning banking for the unique needs of Latino families in the US. AJ Asver founded Parcha, helping banks and fintechs approve more customers faster (and with stronger compliance) using AI. After designing Brex, Tim Raiter founded mobile game studio Donut Lab, with a focus on inventive PvP and PvE. They’re known for the Donut Punks media universe. Another ex-Brex founder in gaming is Felipe Rocha of Ultimate Games. Their Chaotic Engine platform helps developers build console-quality games. Akhil N. co-founded AI photography studio Aragon.ai. They want to democratize access to professional photography – they’re currently known for their AI-generated headshots. Gokul Kumarresen co-founded Asha Health (YC F24). They help medical practices spin up their own AI clinics, designed to fill crucial care gaps like supporting patients in between visits. Steve Austin co-founded Benny, to make government benefits easier to access and manage. Their mobile app and card lets people earn cash back on their SNAP spend. Dhruv Patel co-founded Arch, which lets people borrow against their crypto. They provide crypto backed loans to both individuals and businesses. Felix Madutsa co-founded Orb Labs. They provide an integration that enables chain abstraction on any wallet, application, or developer tool in minutes. Yutong Pei co-founded Accend (YC S23) to help risk & compliance teams conduct research and extract data from documents more efficiently. More in comments!

A dependable line of credit is critical for a fast-growing startup. Just ask Hatchproof founder and CEO Imran Syed, who advises other founders to choose a financial partner that can understand and scale with them. “Finding a financial partner who can scale with you is non-negotiable, especially when it comes to credit. The key is to secure credit before you need it, not when you’re scrambling for it. With Brex, I’ve never had to worry — they’ve scaled seamlessly with Hatchproof, giving us all the credit we need and then some.” Want more tips for building and growing your startup? Check out our article featuring top advice from those who’ve been there. https://bit.ly/42uukty

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