Startupsby GlyphWhy it ranks
How the rank works- team of 250Team size · YC's directory+12.4
- went through YCProgram · this site+4
- hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2
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Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Active | YC +1S20 | |
| Devtools | Active | YCW19 | |
| Other | Active | YCW21 | |
| Other | Active | YCW24 | |
| Other | Active | YC +1S22 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Active | YCS25 | |
| Other | Active | YCS21 | |
| HamsaShared: border payment, cross border, payments500 Global 2020Not statedOther | Other | Not stated | 500 Global2020 |
| Other | Not stated | 500 Global2019 | |
| Other | Active | YCS21 |
Also from W23 in AI
All of W23About Alaan
Alaan is an AI-native finance platform for businesses in the Middle East. One platform for corporate cards, expense management, cross-border payments, accounting automation, treasury, business banking, and more, with AI doing the work finance teams used to do by hand: coding transactions, chasing approvals and receipts, flagging policy breaches, placing treasury deposits and closing the books. Our mission is to simplify finance for businesses so they can save time and money. Over 3,000 businesses use Alaan, from first-time founders to enterprises like Careem, G42, Tabby, Al Barari, and Rivoli. Since 2022, they have saved more than 2.2 million hours of manual finance work. Alaan raised one of the largest Series A rounds in Middle East history, backed by Peak XV (formerly Sequoia India), Y Combinator, 468 Capital, and 885 Capital, among others. Headquartered in Dubai, Alaan has more than 250 employees across its Dubai, Riyadh, and Bangalore offices, with a team that comes from Careem, McKinsey, BCG, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Revolut, Rippling, and the world’s leading firms. Alaan has been named to the UAE Future 100 list, selected as an Endeavor company, and ranked the No. 1 spend management platform in EMEA by G2.
- YC batch
- W23 · Winter 2023
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 250
- Location
- Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Checked
- 6h ago
YC tags: Fintech, Payments, B2B, Enterprise Software
Changes seen
Team went from 160 to 250 people.
Alaan: questions
Which YC batch was Alaan in?
Alaan was in Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch (W23).
Is Alaan still active?
Y Combinator lists Alaan as active.
Where is Alaan based?
Alaan lists Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates as its location on YC's directory.