# Bear

[Bear on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/bear-inc)

Startup · 4 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://bear.inc/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bear-inc)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/bearinc)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/last-accounting-company)

## About

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## YC company profile

AI-native accounting firm.

Bear (formerly Last Accounting Company) is a full-stack AI accounting firm. We sell the same service (bookkeeping, tax filings, etc.) as a traditional accounting firm, but underneath agents handle everything and a certified accountant signs off. Our service is faster, cheaper, and fully integrated, allowing our clients to focus on what matters, not accounting admin.

- **YC batch:** Summer 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 3
- **Location:** Helsinki, Finland
- **Country:** FI
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** B2B
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** Fintech, Finance, AI
- **YC partner:** Gustaf Alstromer

## Founders

### Sami Laakkonen — Founder

CEO & Co-Founder at Bear. Built petabyte-scale data infra for clients incl. Google and Bloomberg. 2x Nordplus International Science Olympiad in Physics. Ex-fighter pilot training. CS dropout.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sami-laakkonen/) · [X](https://x.com/samilaa)

### Riki Karjalainen — Founder

CTO & Co-Founder at Bear. Previously built petabyte-scale data infrastructure at Token Terminal. Applied Mathematics at Aalto University.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/riki-karjalainen-22a612189)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bear-inc) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Pietari Virkkunen](https://hacklab.so/pietari-virkkunen) — Founder (Present)
- [Riki Karjalainen](https://hacklab.so/riki-karjalainen) — Founder (Present)
- [Sami Laakkonen](https://hacklab.so/sami-laakkonen) — Founder (Present)
- [Veikko Pere](https://hacklab.so/veikko-pere) — Founder (Present)