AI accounting startup Maxima raises $41 million in Kleiner Perkins-backed round

Artificial intelligence startup Maxima has raised about $41 million from investors including Redpoint Ventures and Kleiner Perkins as it looks to automate accounting for businesses, the company said on Tuesday.

The $143 million valuation after Seed and Series A funding for the one-year-old San Mateo, California-based startup shows strong investor demand for firms building AI-driven enterprise software.