Khosla invested $10M in AI accounting — Ian Crosby

Friends, a quick AI update: Khosla Ventures invested $10M in Ian Crosby’s startup Synthetic, aiming to build a fully autonomous AI accounting service.

- What: Synthetic seeks to autonomously generate accrual accounting reports; product is in design.
- Context: Crosby previously led Bench, which failed; investors bet on his comeback.
- Risks: current models still miscalculate — critical for finance.
- Investor stance: Khosla accepts risk for growth and learning.

Why it matters: a case of VCs funding automation of critical finance despite technological risk.

Should you back fully autonomous accounting now?

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