Alder

AI employees for finance, starting with accounts receivable.

2.5Score#501 of 999 agents#16 of 27 in Billing and collections agent

Why it ranks #501

Alder, an AI billing and collections agent from YC F25, ranks #501 of 999 AI agents and #16 of 27 in Billing and collections agent, with a score of 2.5 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
Scale 1 × 30% 0.3
Momentum 5 × 25% 1.3
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 2.5

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
0
No public claims of customers or revenue yet.
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
1
2 people.
- +1
  2 people on its YC page2 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
5
Shows a recent launch and hiring.
- +3
  Launched in the last 6 monthsAlder: the AI employee that gets you paidLaunch YC post · 28 Sep 2026
- +2
  Hiring: 1 open roleTechnical GTM / Founders Office InternYC page
Not found: new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2), a batch in the last year (it is YC Fall 2025) (+1)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 90% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 19% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 97% likely
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Alder

We’re building AI employees for finance teams. They handle repetitive work across email and accounting systems - processing documents, following up on open items, reconciling records, and resolving exceptions while people retain approval and oversight.