Caribou

YC W19 · Active · The autonomous tax firm

Competitors

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TaxGPTShared: tax firm, finance and accountingActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS24

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Grove TaxShared: tax firm, autonomous, backNot statedAI	AI	Not stated	speedrunSR006
SorabanShared: tax, firm, finance and accountingActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW21
Luca IQShared: tax, firm, finance and accountingActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active	YCS26
LegalistShared: legaltech, firmActiveOther	Other	Active	YCS16
Lexter.aiShared: legaltech, firmActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW22

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About Caribou

Going global is now the norm. But the moment you set up an entity in another country, you inherit a tax and legal mess that compounds with every hire and every invoice. For example, one jurisdiction has to be profitable, cash has to move between entities compliantly, and every cross-border decision has to be audit-ready, which today means a different law firm in each country, a tax advisor on top of that, and you coordinating the chaos. The real expertise is locked up inside the Big Four. The world's largest companies pay millions a year for access. Everyone else gets selective coverage and hefty legal bills to half-solve the problem. Caribou is the first autonomous tax firm. No lengthy workshops, no months of back-and-fort; connect your finance and HR systems and we graph your business — every entity, process, and employee — into a model we call the Atlas. From there we check transfer pricing, surface legal risks you didn't know you had, maximise your R&D credits, and monitor for accidental taxes as your shape changes. And we don't just hand you a report. We speak to your accountants, draft the legal agreements, and implement the fix ourselves. We've turned an eight-week engagement into three hours. Why work with three firms when one does the job? We're already working with fast-growing companies like Butternut Box, OpenFX, Encord, Vertice, Omnea, and Hadrian - we've saved them hundreds of thousands on legal fees and surprise tax bills.

YC batch: W19 · Winter 2019
Status, per YC: Active
Category: Other
Team size: 10
Location: Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Checked: 34m ago

YC tags: Fintech, SaaS, B2B, LegalTech

Caribou in W19: 194 companies, 26% AI

Caribou: questions

Which YC batch was Caribou in?

Caribou was in Y Combinator's Winter 2019 batch (W19).

Is Caribou still active?

Y Combinator lists Caribou as active.

Where is Caribou based?

Caribou lists Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal as its location on YC's directory.

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