Albert Malikov
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Stacks CEO Albert Malikov: AI Agents for the Financial Close
Stacks founder and CEO Albert Malikov explains how the platform helps enterprises close their books faster and more accurately with AI agents, following a $23M Series A led by Lightspeed ($35M total funding, 30 enterprise customers in 12 months). Drawing on product roles at Uber Money and Plaid, he walks through the AI parallel ledger, deterministic tools on top of the data, and the newly launched AI flux analysis product that explains account variances in about 20 seconds, with over 95% of explanations left unedited by users. He also discusses human-in-the-loop controls, why finance lags other functions in AI adoption, and the differences between building from Amsterdam versus San Francisco, including Europe's fragmented multi-entity accounting complexity.
25 Feb 2026Citrini’s Market, META gets OpenClaw’d, Gokul Joins Us
Albert Malikov (Stacks): Agentic AI for Enterprise Finance
Fresh off a $23M Series A led by Lightspeed ($35M total raised), Stacks founder and CEO Albert Malikov explains how the platform uses AI agents to help enterprises close their books faster and more accurately, drawing on his product work automating finance workflows at Uber and his time at Plaid. He describes the 'AI parallel ledger,' deterministic tools for matching and categorization, human-in-the-loop controls, and the newly launched AI flux analysis, which produces variance explanations in about 20 seconds with over 95% never edited by users. He also compares building in Amsterdam versus San Francisco, arguing Europe's fragmented, multi-entity accounting landscape forces useful complexity into the product from day one.