The deal brings Puzzle’s AI-native ledger and close technology, along with founder Sasha Orloff and the team behind its accounting-firm products, into Accrual.

The acquisition is Accrual’s first since its February 2026 launch and accelerates its expansion across accounting firm service lines.

SAN FRANCISCO: Accrual, the intelligence layer for modern accounting firms, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Puzzle’s accounting-firm technology and business, including its AI-native ledger and month-end close products. As part of the deal, Puzzle founder and CEO Sasha Orloff and members of the Puzzle team will join Accrual.

The acquisition expands Accrual beyond tax preparation and into client accounting services (CAS), advancing the company’s ambition to give firms one platform across tax, audit, client accounting, and advisory work.

Accrual launched in February 2026 with $75 million in funding led by General Catalyst. Since then, the platform has been adopted by firms including Armanino, Aprio, H&R Block, Creative Planning, BMSS, Stephano Slack, and several other Top 100 firms.

Founded by Sasha Orloff, Puzzle has built an AI-native accounting workspace centered on its ledger, AI Close, Cowork, and Chat products. Puzzle serves more than 7,000 startups, small businesses, and accounting firms. Accrual has also relied on Puzzle to run its own books since early in the company’s history.

The transaction brings Puzzle’s accounting-firm technology and team into Accrual, accelerating a client accounting services roadmap already underway. Together, the teams can direct more product and engineering investment toward modernizing client accounting and advisory work, giving the profession a faster path from isolated AI tools to production workflows built around firm methodology and review. Puzzle will continue to operate independently for startups and small businesses that use its AI-native general ledger and accounting platform directly. The structure gives each business a clear mandate: Accrual is built for accounting firms and the clients they serve, while Puzzle continues supporting its established base of businesses.

“From the beginning, our ambition has been to give accounting firms one intelligence layer across tax, audit, client accounting, and advisory, rather than another disconnected tool,” said Cosmin Nicolaescu, co-founder and CEO of Accrual. “Puzzle has built exceptional ledger and close technology, and Sasha and his team have a rare understanding of both accounting work and the software required to improve it. Together, we can bring production-ready AI to CAS faster and help firms modernize a critical part of how they operate.”

“Cos and I share the conviction that AI is changing accounting at the engagement level and changing what teams prepare by hand while keeping professionals responsible for judgment and review,” said Sasha Orloff, founder and CEO of Puzzle. “That shift is now happening in production. Combining Puzzle’s ledger and close technology with Accrual’s broader platform gives us a chance to create something much more valuable for accounting firms than either company could build separately.”

The transaction is expected to close in the coming weeks, subject to customary closing conditions. Accrual’s CAS offering is already in early access with accounting firms. Following the close, Accrual expects to begin incorporating Puzzle’s ledger and close capabilities, with broader availability planned by the end of 2026.

About Accrual

Accrual is the intelligence layer for the modern accounting firm. Its AI agents work from the full client record and the firm’s methodology to prepare tax and audit engagements, as well as client accounting and advisory work, keeping source support, calculations, open questions, and reviewer decisions connected throughout. The result is more work ready for review, more capacity for the firm, and more time for what only professionals can do.

Accrual is led by engineers and technology leaders who previously built financial infrastructure at Stripe and Brex. The company is backed by General Catalyst, Pruven Capital, Edward Jones Ventures, and a group of accounting industry executives and technology founders. Accrual partners with accounting firm leaders across the U.S. to modernize how their firms operate, deploying AI into production, redesigning core workflows, and scaling proven ways of working across teams and practices. Learn more at accrual.com.

About Puzzle

Puzzle is an AI-native accounting platform built from the ground up for accounting firms, startups and small businesses. Puzzle serves more than 7,000 companies and accounting firms, including Burkland, Accountalent, Trivium, Debit & Co., Parallel, Supporting Strategies, and Decimal, and is backed by top venture investors. Puzzle - Accurate Books. At AI Speed. Learn more at puzzle.io.

Fonte: Business Wire