With Tabby, a Former Accountant Is Using AI to Make Accountants Obsolete
TechCrunch profiled Tabby on 21 September 2026 as the AI bookkeeping startup built by a New York CPA to automate his own profession away. The company reports 5,500 businesses, roughly $100,000 in annual recurring revenue and a team of seven. Its own website advertises a separate product for accounting firms at $15 per client per month, a free firm licence, a referral commission and 100+ firms already signed up. This article divides the reported numbers, reads the vendor pages against the headline, and sets out what bookkeeping automation genuinely replaces.
