DataSnipper

DataSnipper is the Dutch startup that transformed Microsoft Excel — the tool most widely used by auditors worldwide — into an artificial intelligence platform for audit automation. Founded in 2017 in Amsterdam, it identified a vast and underserved opportunity: accounting audit processes still require thousands of hours of manual work to validate transactions, reconcile documents, and verify data — all within Excel, but without native AI. DataSnipper builds an AI layer on top of Excel that automatically extracts data from documents (invoices, bank statements, contracts), reconciles it with financial data, and traces every step in an auditable manner. In 2024, it raised €100 million in a Series B led by Index Ventures, reaching a $1 billion valuation — the first vertical unicorn in audit automation. It serves over 400,000 auditors in 125 countries, with clients among the Big Four and leading global audit organisations. In 2025, DataSnipper launched AI Agents for audit and finance — systems capable of executing multi-step workflows autonomously within Excel — and contributed to delivering $1.4 billion in productivity savings for its clients. Its DocuMine product made TIME's Best Inventions 2025 list. In 2026, Forbes included it in the Fintech 50, consolidating DataSnipper's reputation as the reference point for AI applied to professional auditing.