AI accounting startup Maxima raises $41 million in Kleiner Perkins-backed round

Co-founders of AI startup Maxima, Akshaya Srivatsa, Chief Product Officer, Yogi Goel, Chief Executive, and Jack Liao, Chief Technology Officer, stand in this handout photo taken in California, U.S. in November 2025. /Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

(Reuters) -Artificial intelligence startup Maxima has raised about $41 million from investors including Redpoint Ventures and Kleiner Perkins as it looks to automate accounting for businesses, the company said on Tuesday.

The $143 million valuation after Seed and Series A funding for the one-year-old San Mateo, California-based startup shows strong investor demand for firms building AI-driven enterprise software.