Meet the People & Vision Behind Tellen
Driven by experience, united by a mission to revolutionize the accounting industry with AI.
Meet Our Leadership
Deepak Lalit
Co-founder & CEO
Deepak combines deep audit expertise from EY with CFO experience at PE-backed fintechs. He founded Tellen to solve the inefficiencies he witnessed firsthand, empowering auditors with AI.
Jason Jones
Co-founder & Head of Growth
Jason excels at scaling tech solutions for professional services. He's dedicated to helping audit firms leverage Tellen's AI to boost capabilities and client value.
Paul Gerlich
Head of Engineering
Paul has spent his career building audit and AI solutions at Workiva and AuditBoard. With a Master's in CS focused on AI/ML, he now leads Tellen's engineering, turning our ambitious vision into a powerful, secure platform.
Our Collective Experience
Our team and advisors bring a wealth of expertise from world-class financial institutions and tech companies, shaping Tellen's innovative approach.
The Tellen Story
Our Beginning
Tellen was born from direct experience. Co-founder & CEO Deepak Lalit, a veteran of EY and fintech CFO roles, knew the daily grind of audit. Co-founder Jason Jones knew how to scale tech for professionals. They united to build Tellen: a secure, intelligent AI workforce to finally solve audit's core inefficiencies and empower the profession.
Our Mission
To supercharge accounting teams with a network of highly specialized autonomous agents trained in accounting.
Our Vision
A future where every accounting firm leverages knowledge and skills from trained AI Agents that grow with their firm.
Our Journey: Rapid Agent Development
Tellen Founded
Launched with a vision for AI-augmented audit excellence.
Core AI Engine & Repositories Launched
Pioneering secure knowledge bases and foundational AI for document analysis.
First Planning & Research Agents Deployed
Guidance AI and intelligent search capabilities go live.
SOC 2 Type II Compliance Achieved
Validating our unwavering commitment to enterprise-grade security.
Fieldwork Agents (Testing & Controls) Introduced
Automating key aspects of substantive testing and control design evaluation.
Reporting Agents (Statements & Footnotes) Go Live
Streamlining financial statement and footnote generation.
Advanced Review & Quality Agents Released
Enhancing audit quality with AI-driven consistency and completeness checks.
Elastic Scaling & Custom Agent Framework - Alpha
Enabling firms to scale their AI workforce and co-create specialized agents. (WIP)
Cross-Engagement Learning Implemented
AI agents now learn from anonymized insights across engagements for enhanced firm-wide intelligence. (WIP)
Ready to Transform Your Firm?
See how Tellen's AI Agent Workforce can empower your team, boost efficiency, and unlock new growth opportunities.