Midship — Startup Profile

AI for SOX testing and internal audit automation

HQ: San Francisco, CA | Founded: 2024 | Employees: 8 | Stage: Seed | Website: https://midship.ai

About

Midship automates SOX testing and internal audit with AI agents. Agents follow audit plans, perform control tests, evaluate enterprise evidence, generate documented work papers. Founded by Kieran Taylor (CEO, ex-Instacart finance, Deloitte, Amazon), Aahel Iyer (CPO, ex-Lyft/Faire/Dashworks UX), Max Maio (CTO, ex-PayPal/Dashworks). The team met at Dashworks (acquired by HubSpot). YC S24. Raised $4.7M seed from Costanoa Ventures, Seguin Ventures, YC. HQ in SF.

The Take

Strong founder-market fit: team experienced SOX at Instacart (IPO), Deloitte, Amazon, Lyft. $4.7M from Costanoa is solid. Niche but painful problem — SOX compliance is mandatory for public companies.

Key People

• Kieran Taylor
• Aahel Iyer
• Max Maio

Key Competitors

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Timeline Highlights

• 2026-01: Raised $4.15M seed from Costanoa
• 2025-03: Launched AI for financial auditors
• 2024-06: YC S24 batch
• 2024: Founded

Recent News

• (2026-01-27)
• (2024)

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