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Denki

Fall 2025 · Active

The full-stack AI financial audit firm

Location: San Francisco, US

Founded: 2025

Team size: 2

About

Automate internal auditing (planning, testing, documenting) to comply better with financial regulations. Denki performs audit work with 99% software, 1% services: ✔️ Works on existing systems (e.g. Auditboard, Workiva, ERPs) ✔️ Automates Control processes (e.g. collects evidence, runs walkthrough interviews, tests) ✔️ Records every step for traceability (workpapers w/ full audit trace) Focused on SOX programs and financial regulations (SEC Rules etc.)

Founders

  • Felipe Jin LiFounder

    Applying Explainable AI to SOX. Prev. McKinsey + studied Explainable AI during PhD @UCL + led design/mobile engineering @GE-backed start-up

  • David Jin LiFounder

    Building AI for internal auditors at fintechs. Prev. CS @Imperial + financial research engineer @MacroHive (acq. BGC) + top 13 competitive programmer in the UK Informatics Olympiad