
Rima AI (formerly Garage)
Document and spreadsheet automation for accountants
Why it ranks #497
Rima AI (formerly Garage), an AI tax preparer from YC S22, ranks #497 of 999 AI agents and #6 of 7 in Tax preparer, with a score of 2.6 of 10. Data as of .
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 3 × 30% 0.9
- Momentum 3 × 25% 0.8
- Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
- = 2.6
- 0
Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
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)
- 3
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
5 people.
- +35 people on its YC page5 to 9 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
- +3
- 3
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
Shows a recent launch.
- +3Launched in the last 6 monthsRima: AI agents for document work accountants hateLaunch YC post · 20 May 2026
Not found: open roles on YC (+2), 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 Summer 2022) (+1)
- +3
- 6
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 70% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 40% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 95% likely
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
About Rima AI (formerly Garage)
Rima helps accountants automate document and spreadsheet work with accuracy and cell-level audit tracking.
For accountants that deal with messy docs and spend their time in Excel, Rima enables them to build workflows in natural language to extract and process financial data from PDFs or ERPs into their Excel templates and reconcile their spreadsheets in minutes. Accountants build these workflows once and our agents do the work for them going forward, preserving their institutional memory and know-how.
Founders
- Gwanygha’a GanaFounder
- Cedric FoudjetFounder
Launches and news
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