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The full-stack AI financial audit firm

Fall 2025Founded 20253 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

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Automate internal auditing (planning, testing, documenting) to comply better with financial regulations. Denki performs audit work with 99% software, 1% services: ✔️ Works on existing systems (e.g. Auditboard, Workiva, ERPs) ✔️ Automates Control processes (e.g. collects evidence, runs walkthrough interviews, tests) ✔️ Records every step for traceability (workpapers w/ full audit trace) Focused on SOX programs and financial regulations (SEC Rules etc.)

Founders · 2

Felipe Jin Li
Felipe Jin LiFounder
McKinsey

Applying Explainable AI to SOX. Prev. McKinsey + studied Explainable AI during PhD @UCL + led design/mobile engineering @GE-backed start-up

David Jin Li
David Jin LiFounder

Building AI for internal auditors at fintechs. Prev. CS @Imperial + financial research engineer @MacroHive (acq. BGC) + top 13 competitive programmer in the UK Informatics Olympiad

Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Oct 2025
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Automate repetitive audit workflows to comply better with financial regulations.

Denki launches the Assurance Platform to strengthen internal audit programs (SOX to BSA/AML) by integrating with existing systems (Auditboard, Workiva, ERPs), automating control processes mapped to COSO, conducting walkthrough interviews and tests, and producing working papers with full audit traces for internal auditors and CFOs.

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