The Tellen Story:
Revolutionizing Accounting and Auditing with AI
We believe that AI will fundamentally change the audit industry leading to greater efficiency, accuracy, and insights. Firms who adopt AI will improve audit quality, expand margins, and drive growth.
Company Overview
Our Beginning
Tellen was founded in 2023 with a clear mission: to revolutionize audit practices through the power of AI. The idea for Tellen originated from our Co-founder and CEO, Deepak Lalit. With over five years as an auditor and consultant, followed by a decade as a CFO for various fintech companies, Deepak experienced firsthand the everyday hurdles and inefficiencies faced by audit professionals. Inspired by these challenges, he envisioned a company that would empower auditors with innovative, secure, and compliant AI solutions, making their work more efficient and impactful.
Our Mission
Our mission is to empower accountants to harness AI to enhance the quality and impact of their work. We believe that by integrating AI, accountants can elevate their roles to become more strategic leaders, driving value and innovation in their organizations.
Core Values
At Tellen, we value innovation for cutting-edge AI audit solutions, security to uphold the highest data protection standards, and a customer-focused approach to ensure impactful solutions that foster client success and trust.
Our Team
Deepak Lalit - CEO
Finance leader with extensive experience in public company audits at EY and as CFO for PE-backed fintech startups.
Jason Jones - Growth
Serial entrepreneur with multiple successful ventures and exits in fintech, and an early investor in several tech startups.
Girish Gupta - Engineering
Engineering leader with a strong fintech background. Former CTO of an NLP startup, founder of an open data platform, and data science lead, with a foundation in physics.
Our team and advisors have worked for some of the world’s best financial institutions
Explore Our Solutions
Tailored AI tools designed to meet your unique accounting and auditing needs.
FootNoteAI
Generate GAAP and GAAS-compliant financial statement footnotes, including tie-out to underlying data.
QualityScanAl
Upload and scan audit files to identify deficiencies, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and boosting audit quality.
FootNoteDB
Access a vast database of 10-K filings with powerful AI search capabilities.
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The Tellen Difference
Unmatched Accounting and Audit Expertise
Tellen’s AI platform is built specifically for accounting and audit professionals, delivering more specialized solutions than any generic AI model.
Enhanced Audit Quality
Boost audit accuracy by identifying issues that may go unnoticed in manual reviews, improving reliability and compliance.
White Glove Onboarding and Support
Our experts will have your firm up and running in as little as two weeks, customizing our solutions to fit your needs.
Increased Employee Productivity
Empower your team to work smarter by automating repetitive tasks, minimizing errors, and unlocking significant productivity gains.
Uncompromising Data Security
Tellen ensures top-tier data privacy, with zero-trust architecture and least privileged access, so your data stays secure in your cloud, never used for training without permission.
Who We Serve
Tellen was built for audit professionals at accounting firms who want to leverage AI to transform their audit practice.
Whether reviewing financial statements, testing internal controls, or conducting quality checks, Tellen equips your team to consistently deliver high-quality audits while improving productivity and ensuring compliance.
Unlock the Power of Tellen
Experience the future of auditing. Schedule a demo today and see how our AI platform can transform your firm.