Hire Finance & Accounting Talent for AI & Tech Companies

AI and tech startups burn capital fast and spend it in ways ordinary accounting wasn't built for. MAVI places finance professionals who understand R&D capitalization, cloud infrastructure costs, and the runway math that decides how long you have.
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AI & Tech Finance Expertise That Matters

The cost structure of an AI or tech company doesn't look like anyone else's. Engineering payroll, cloud compute, and heavy research spend dominate the P&L, and how you account for them shapes both the runway and the story investors see. A generalist can keep clean books and still get the parts that matter most to a technical startup wrong.
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R&D Capitalization and Expensing

Deciding what development cost gets capitalized and what gets expensed changes your reported profitability and your tax position, and the rules aren't obvious. A specialist knows how to treat software development and research spend correctly and defensibly. A generalist picks one approach and applies it flatly, which either overstates earnings or leaves tax benefits on the table, and either way needs unwinding later.

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Cloud and Infrastructure Cost Accounting

For an AI company, compute is often the largest and most volatile line on the P&L, and it doesn't behave like a normal vendor bill. A specialist tracks cloud spend against usage, allocates it where it belongs, and gives the team a real read on unit economics. A generalist books the AWS invoice as one lump and leaves leadership blind to what's actually driving cost as models scale.

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Burn Rate and Runway Management

In a pre-revenue or early-revenue startup, the most important number is how many months of cash remain, and it moves with every hiring and infrastructure decision. A specialist keeps burn and runway current and models the impact of each major spend before it happens. A generalist reports last month's actuals accurately and still leaves the founders guessing at how long they have.

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Equity and Stock Compensation Accounting

Tech startups pay people in options, and stock compensation carries accounting and reporting weight that grows with every grant and every round. A specialist handles the expense, the cap-table implications, and the disclosures that come with it. A generalist can process payroll flawlessly and still be unprepared for the equity accounting a funded startup accumulates.

Hiring AI & Tech Finance & Accounting Talent with MAVI

MAVI matches you with finance professionals who have worked inside capital-intensive, research-heavy startups, so they arrive fluent in the costs that define a tech company's books.

R&D and Capitalization Depth

Our accountants know how to treat software development and research spend correctly, protecting both reported earnings and available tax benefits instead of applying one flat rule.

Cloud Cost Command

MAVI talent track and allocate cloud and infrastructure spend against usage, giving leadership a real read on unit economics as compute scales.

Runway Visibility

MAVI places professionals who keep burn and runway current and model the cash impact of major spend before it happens, so founders always know how long they have.

Equity Accounting Experience

From stock compensation expense to cap-table implications, our network handles the equity accounting that funded startups accumulate round after round.

Scales With Your Stage

Fractional support pre-revenue, a full-time accountant as spend grows, an embedded team as you raise and scale – MAVI meets your finance function where it is.

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Meet AI & Tech Finance & Accounting Talent in Our Network

Sneha
US Exp: 5 years | Location: India
Accountant at an AI startup who owned cloud cost tracking and burn reporting, allocating compute spend against usage so leadership could see unit economics as models scaled. Comfortable partnering with founders on runway math.
Lucas
US Exp: 11 years | Location: Brazil
US Exp: 11 years  |  Location: Brazil
Senior accountant across venture-backed tech companies, handling R&D capitalization, stock compensation accounting, and multi-round equity complexity. Knows how to keep a research-heavy P&L defensible for investors and auditors.
Fatima
US Exp: 8 years | Location: Pakistan
Accounting manager focused on early-stage tech, running close with tight infrastructure cost allocation and current runway modeling for a fast-burning startup. Strong on translating spend decisions into cash impact before they happen.
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Do MAVI's accountants understand R&D capitalization for software and AI?

    Yes. The professionals we place know how to decide what development and research spend to capitalize versus expense, correctly and defensibly, protecting both reported earnings and tax benefits.

  • Can they make sense of our cloud and compute costs?

    They can. MAVI talent track cloud spend against usage and allocate it where it belongs, so leadership sees what's actually driving cost as compute scales instead of one lump AWS invoice.

  • We need to know our runway at all times. Can MAVI help?

    Yes. We place accountants who keep burn and runway current and model the cash impact of major hiring and infrastructure decisions before they happen, so founders aren't guessing.

  • We pay in equity. Do they handle stock compensation accounting?

    They do. MAVI talent handle stock compensation expense, cap-table implications, and the disclosures that accumulate with every grant and funding round.

  • How fast can MAVI place someone as we ramp spend or close a round?

    MAVI usually shares profiles within a day or two and can embed the right person in as fast as five days, which helps when a raise or a spend ramp outpaces your finance capacity.

  • Can we start with fractional support at our stage?

    Yes. Many AI and tech startups begin with fractional close or runway support and scale the engagement as spend and headcount grow.