Brex

YC W17 · Acquired · Business accounts, corporate cards, and spend management software.

Competitors

Companies closest to Brex
Company	Category	Status	Program
SpenmoShared: spend management, corporate card, expenseActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS20
Conta SimplesShared: corporate card, expense management, accountActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS20
EmburseShared: expense management, corporate, cardAcquiredOther	Other	Acquired	YC +1W16
GlepShared: bill pay, expense management, spendActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW22
MendelShared: spend, employee, empowerActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW21

Adjacent

Companies next to Brex
Company	Category	Status	Program
KodoShared: corporate card, spend management, startupActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW21
CarddaShared: spend management, corporate card, billActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW22
VolopayShared: corporate card, spend management, brexActiveOther	Other	Active	YC +1S20
BoyaShared: spend management, corporate card, expenseActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW22
FuellShared: corporate card, expense managementAcquiredOther	Other	Acquired	YCW22

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About Brex

Brex is the AI-powered spend platform for modern companies, from startups to enterprises. Combining corporate cards, expense management, travel, business accounts, and bill pay, Brex makes it easy to control spend before it happens with unprecedented efficiency and accuracy. Our mission is to empower employees anywhere to make better financial decisions, so we designed our platform to make expenses almost effortless with unrivaled automation of manual expense work and real-time tracking. Brex supports more countries and currencies than any other spend solution. Brex has tens of thousands of customers, including some of the most successful, high-growth companies, such as DoorDash, SeatGeek, Coinbase, ScaleAI, MasterClass, Indeed, Allbirds, and Superhuman. Brex offers: - Corporate cards with 10-20x higher limits - Business accounts with easy wires, same-day liquidity, fast global payments, and $6M in FDIC insurance - Reward options that include billboards, offsites, and coaching - Founder-friendly financial modeling tools - Special events and masterclasses for founders - Advanced spend management software as startups grow that includes global capabilities, travel, bill pay and more.

YC batch: W17 · Winter 2017
Status, per YC: Acquired
Category: AI
Team size: 1,000
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Checked: 32m ago

YC tags: Fintech

Brex in W17: 116 companies, 24% AI

Brex: questions

Which YC batch was Brex in?

Brex was in Y Combinator's Winter 2017 batch (W17).

Is Brex still active?

Y Combinator lists Brex as acquired.

Where is Brex based?

Brex lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.

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