Sppencer Eppstein

About Sppencer Eppstein

Tax & accounting rules are stunningly complex, and you cant be wrong. The AI tools that tax professionals use should reflect that - which is why we created Accordance.What’s Accordance?Purpose-built for sophisticated tax and accounting work, Accordance is the most accurate Agentic AI assistant for tax experts, wealth advisors, and CPA firms. It reasons across authoritative sources of tax law and accounting standards to help users deliver heavily cited positions across diverse financial scenarios. Professionals start by using Accordance as a tax research tool, but come to rely on it as a critical thinking partner that\'s invaluable in the gray areas.Who uses Accordance?* CPA Firms (Top 30, as well as mid-sized, regional firms)* Corporate in-house tax and accounting teams\"I strongly advise other CPAs and firms to adopt AI tools like Accordance quickly. The reluctance to adopt AI reminds me of the past hesitation of firms to go paperless.” - CPA Firm OwnerWith more than 250 customers, Accordance is rapidly becoming the tax research tool of choice for national firms, regional practices, and in-house teams navigating complex financial scenarios. Curious how best in breed AI can give you and your team a competitive edge? Feel free to get in touch or book a meeting (copy/paste link into your browser): https://calendly.com/sppencer-accordance/30min

Experience

1. Member of Gtm Staff

   Accordance

   Oct 2025 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Founded in 2024 by researchers from the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL) in collaboration with tax and accounting expert practitioners, Accordance represents a groundbreaking advancement of AI\'s ability to reason across authoritative sources of tax law and accounting standards. Accordance\'s AI assistant helps users deliver heavily cited positions across complex financial scenarios faster than ever before.Accordance acts as a critical thought partner. It assists professionals on everything from junior-level questions to gray-area scenarios where even senior partners feel alone in risk. Our most active users (our power users) are senior tax professionals at large firms and in-house teams. They say Accordance\'s platform uniquely navigates multi-jurisdictional risk and feels like a sparring partner in complex judgment calls. We\'re building the smartest tax & accounting AI that can handle the most sophisticated advisory work - the stuff that normally takes decades of experience. It\'s letting junior staff punch way above their weight and giving seasoned experts superpowers they\'ve never had.Accordance launched in Q4 2025, and has raised over $43M in funding from Silicon Valley heavyweights including Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Anthropic and Bain Capital Ventures.“Accordance doesn\'t replace expertise, it multiplies it, enabling teams to reshape the entire landscape of accounting and tax services.” - Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures

Education

• Yeshiva University

  Dual Degrees | Graduated with Honors, Cum Laude

Skills

• Leadership
• Project Management
• Cloud Computing
• Business Development
• IT Management
• Psychology
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• Management
• Computer Security
• Public Speaking
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• Microsoft Office
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• Enterprise Software
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