AskMyUncleSam
AI-powered chatbot for tax and financial inquiries.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
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| - | investor | €0.0 | round |
$20.0k | Early VC | ||
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
AMUS Inc., which operated as AskMyUncleSam, was a financial software company that developed an AI-powered chatbot to answer tax and financial questions. The company was founded in late 2016 by Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Busayo Ogunsanya.
The chatbot was designed to help taxpayers understand available tax benefits, reduce filing mistakes, and save money on professional fees. The service integrated with platforms like Facebook Messenger and Slack, allowing users to interact with it conversationally. Initially, the product focused on personal tax queries, but the company planned to expand its capabilities to serve 1099 workers and small businesses. The intended business model included licensing the platform to accounting firms for white-labeling and integrating the bot with HR software to assist employees with tax forms like the W-4.
The company participated in an accelerator program in September 2018, raising $20,000 in funding. However, according to PitchBook data, AskMyUncleSam went out of business as of August 2020.
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