"Tech Finance" with Sasha Orloff: B2B Fintech | AI | Finance Tech

E38: AI-Powered Tax Solutions are Really Here, with Fifteenth Founder Ankur Dahiya

Mar 12, 2025

36:07

This week, Sasha Orloff is joined by Ankur Dahiya, CEO and founder of Fifteenth, a B2B fintech startup using AI to modernize the tax industry, as they discuss his journey from navigating complex stock options at Flexport to transforming CPA services, the challenges of scaling a tax-focused business, the role of AI in automating tax processes, and his vision for more efficient, accessible tax advisory following a successful funding round.

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Intro

(01:37) Guest Introduction: Ankur Dahiya

(02:24) Problem with taxes

(03:01) Birth of Fifteenth

(08:33) Combining human expertise with AI