pilot for AI StARTUPS

Extend runway and impress investors with AI‑focused finances

Get bookkeeping, accounting, and CFO support so you can spend more time developing the product, closing that round faster, and scaling.

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Get financial clarity without hiring an in-house finance team

Pilot’s fractional finance team can track your burn rate (including GPU and cloud costs), manage cash flow, build budgets, and produce reports that your investors trust.

THE OLD WAY

Managing your books yourself

  • Unclear burn rate and runway
  • No real financial modeling
  • Unclear growth and efficiency metrics
  • Missing out on R&D tax credits
  • Manual revenue recognition and potential errors
With Pilot

Expert fractional CFO + COO team

  • Precise cash flow management
  • Hands-on CFO expertise for 
AI startups
  • Board-ready monthly metrics (MRR, CAC, churn, runway)
  • Deep startup accounting and tax expertise
  • GAAP-compliant financials and RevRec automation
FINANCIAL INSIGHT

Your partner in reaching sustainable financial growth

Pilot provides you with finance and accounting experts plus time-saving software, with complete control over your data.

AI-specialized CFO support

Whether you’re building LLM infrastructure, deploying AI in production, or fundraising, we give you clarity into your spend and proven strategies to improve your margins.

Scalable financial frameworks

You’ll get a partner that’s done this hundreds of times before. Our approach consistently helps AI startups extend runway and build financial infrastructure that’ll grow—like we did for OpenAI, Scale, and others.

Automated bookkeeping purpose-built for AI startups

Your dedicated Pilot team will build your financial foundation to manage cash flow, prepare your books for investors, and plan scenarios for every outcome, freeing you to focus on innovating.

Rest easy knowing it’s all simply handled

To give our board and investors quarterly updates, I just forward what Pilot sends me. It saves a lot of time and there’s never any back-and-forth with investors.
Ravi N. Raj
CEO and Co-founder, Passage AI
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SPECIALIST INSIGHTS

Your AI idea deserves enterprise‑grade reporting from day one

We support AI startups tackling complex, world-changing problems. With Pilot, you get the financial clarity and operational support you need to validate product‑market fit, move faster, and stay focused on building what’s next in intelligence and automation.

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Scale your AI startup with Pilot

Save time and get the peace of mind that comes with partnering with our experienced finance team

Alternative Comparison

Don’t Let Financial and Operational Complexities Slow You Down

Choose the package that fits where you are today. Transparent pricing starts at...

Good

Starts at $599/month

For AI startups that want to begin on 
the right foot. Get clean books and reporting that your partners, lenders, and investors trust.

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What's included:

Real-time visibility into your finances

Monthly P&L and balance sheet based onyour bank and credit card activity

Year-end package for your tax preparer

Support from your dedicated US-basedbookkeeping team in-app and over email

Better

Starts at $2,950/month

For AI startups that need business fundamentals built for their next milestone.

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What's included:

Everything in our bookkeeping only package

Monthly meeting with your CFO

Consolidated financials

Financial modeling for budgets and forecasting

Budget vs actuals analysis

Cash flow management, including:

  • Marketing spend analysis
  • Headcount planning
  • Compute costs and data licensing
  • Specialized hardware

Best

Starts at $4,000/month

For AI startups seeking capital and need to speak investors' language. Get the finance team VCs expect without the executive price tag.

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What's included:

Everything in Essentials

Investor & board reporting

GTM strategy & pricing analysis

Sales & marketing optimization

Fundraising or M&A aupport

Weekly recurring call with your CFO

Unit economics analysis

Custom

Not sure what you need yet? Let us help.

Everything you need. Nothing you don't. Work with a startup finance expert to craft a package built for your business.

What else can Pilot do for you:

Income tax filings, tax planning, and sales tax management

Payroll administration

Vendor payments

Stock administration

R&D tax credit

COO advisory

Customized support

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