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Welcome to a new era in the financial close

Welcome to a new era in the financial close

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Albert

Albert Malikov

Published on

February 19, 2025

Today we’re excited to unveil Stacks, a financial close platform for mid-to-large size enterprises. Over the past year, we’ve been quietly working with leading companies like Volt, Cleo, Juni, and Genesis to make their monthly close faster, easier, and more strategic. Now, we’re ready to share it with the world.

The legacy solution mismatch

Ten years ago, I was a product manager in Uber’s FinTech team. I saw how challenging it was to handle a global financial close across 70+ countries. Given Uber’s deep focus on data and automation, we had to stitch together different legacy systems and build custom tools, because no great solution existed.

Later, while leading Plaid’s European expansion, I saw the same problem: legacy close management solutions were still the norm. Finance teams wanted to become more strategic, but they were still bogged down by repetitive tasks and clunky software.

The mismatch became painfully clear: as CFOs grew into more forward-thinking leaders, the monthly close remained outdated and manual. That’s why we founded Stacks.ai—to solve this problem head-on and empower finance teams to focus on the high-impact work.

Our mission: the continuous, one-click close

We believe the financial close should be continuous and as simple as one click. With the right tools, finance teams can become true partners to the business, spending less time on manual tasks and more time on high-impact work. By leveraging AI, we give finance professionals the power to focus on what matters most.

Building an AI-native workspace

We know the financial close is a core workflow for every finance team, and every step must be logged, tracked, and auditable. That’s why we created a workspace where finance teams can manage all their tasks in one place. Documentation is stored centrally, and duties are separated — so every workflow has clear roles for preparers and reviewers.

Unlike traditional checklist tools, each task in our workspace leads directly to the workflow, so nothing falls through the cracks. And it’s all designed with an AI-first mindset. Stacks blends your team’s finance expertise with AI agents to assist and automate certain tasks. This approach combines automation and oversight in a simple, auditable environment.

But the workspace is only the beginning. We’ve also built specialized tools like AI-powered reconciliations, automated journal entries, and streamlined reporting. Each helps reduce closing time, minimize manual work, and ensure greater accuracy.

Let’s redefine finance, together

At Uber, we changed transportation. At Plaid, we transformed financial services. Now, we’re applying that same energy to CFO tools. In the past, this space didn’t always attract the best talent — because progress seemed incremental. But with AI, there’s a chance for real, lasting change.

We’re honored to work alongside people who have helped redefine major industries before. And we invite you to join us in shaping the future of the financial close. Our goal is to free finance teams from repetitive tasks and let them focus on what truly drives the business forward.

If you share our vision, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s work together to bring a continuous, one-click financial close to the world.

Ready to speed up your accounting?

See how Stacks could shave days off your close.

Ready to speed up your accounting?

See how Stacks could shave days off your close.

Ready to speed up your accounting?

See how Stacks could shave days off your close.