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Sphere

Active · AI-powered sales tax, VAT and GST compliance

WebsiteYC profile

Why it ranks

How the rank works
11signal of 100 · rising 3
  • team of 7Team size · YC's directory+4.7
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2

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Competitors

AINumeralShared: gst compliance, sales tax, financeYC W23San FranciscoStartup →AIAfternoon.coShared: sales tax, compliance, automateYC F24New York CityStartup →AIKintsugiShared: sales tax, compliance, globallyPlug and PlayUnited StatesStartup →AILuca IQShared: tax engine, buildingYC S26San FranciscoStartup →AISignalsHQShared: automate compliance, tax, buildingAntler 2025IndiaStartup →
Companies closest to Sphere
Company
NumeralShared: gst compliance, sales tax, financeYC W23ActiveAI
Afternoon.coShared: sales tax, compliance, automateYC F24ActiveAI
KintsugiShared: sales tax, compliance, globallyPlug and Play Not statedAI
Luca IQShared: tax engine, buildingYC S26ActiveAI, Devtools
SignalsHQShared: automate compliance, tax, buildingAntler 2025Not statedAI

Adjacent

OtherxPayShared: sales tax, compliance, globallyYC W24BengaluruStartup →OtherFlagshipShared: sales taxArc 2022Startup →AIComplifShared: automate compliance, compliance processesYC W22Buenos AiresStartup →AIYouverifyShared: automate compliance, compliance processes, monitorPlug and PlayUnited StatesStartup →OtherAvertroShared: automate complianceAntler 2019AustraliaStartup →
Companies next to Sphere
Company
xPayShared: sales tax, compliance, globallyYC W24ActiveOther
FlagshipShared: sales taxArc Arc 2022Not statedOther
ComplifShared: automate compliance, compliance processesYC W22ActiveAI
YouverifyShared: automate compliance, compliance processes, monitorPlug and Play Not statedAI
AvertroShared: automate complianceAntler 2019Not statedOther

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About Sphere

Sphere is an AI-powered cross-border compliance platform. We help companies like Lovable, Eleven Labs, Replit and Windsurf automate their sales tax, VAT, GST compliance obligations. What makes us different to other vendors on the market is: 1. we have spent the last 1.5 years building local rails into 100+ tax authorities in both the US and internationally to properly automate compliance processes, and 2. we've built the world's first AI-native tax engine which ingests, codifies and monitors tax law globally.

YC batch
W22 · Winter 2022
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI
Team size
7
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Finance, B2B, AI

Sphere in W22: 398 companies, 45% AI

Sphere: questions

Which YC batch was Sphere in?

Sphere was in Y Combinator's Winter 2022 batch (W22).

Is Sphere still active?

Y Combinator lists Sphere as active.

Where is Sphere based?

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