Basis, a leading AI agent platform for accountants, has hired accounting industry leader Kenji Kuramoto as Managing Partner-in-Residence. In this newly created role, Kuramoto is working full-time to help accounting firms capitalize on the opportunities of the AI era: shaping the Basis platform, bringing together learnings from across the industry, and sharing a vision for how today's firms can become the firms of the future.
Kuramoto's appointment reflects Basis's commitment to building in partnership with the accounting industry.
“Accounting firms have an extraordinary opportunity ahead and Basis is committed to helping them seize it,” said Matthew Harpe, CEO and Co-Founder of Basis. “We've built the most capable accounting AI platform, and we established a Deployed Intelligence team that works alongside firms to help them put it into practice. Now we've brought on Kenji, one of the most respected leaders in the profession, to help shape what comes next for Basis and the industry.”
Kuramoto brings three decades of experience across nearly every dimension of the profession: Big Six public accounting, in-house corporate finance, firm ownership, industry advising, and technology investing. He founded Acuity, building it into one of the most successful accounting firms of the cloud era, and led it for 20 years before its acquisition by Sorren in 2025. Kuramoto is bringing that experience to Basis to help firms across the profession navigate an even larger transformation.
"I've spent my entire career in accounting, and today our profession is facing the most exciting opportunities it has ever seen,” Kuramoto said. “When I saw how Basis is approaching AI across CAS, tax, and audit, and how committed the team is to building alongside the profession, I knew I had to join.”
As Managing Partner-in-Residence, Kuramoto works directly with Basis customers, helping firm leaders navigate the transition to AI-enabled operations and bring their perspectives back into the product.
“Kenji isn't here to advise from the margins. He's a full-time member of this team, in our office every day, creating the product with us,” Harpe said. “He is one of the industry's most forward-thinking leaders, and he's now spending 100% of his time helping firms meet this moment.”
Kuramoto joins a Basis team that includes accountants, ML experts, and engineers working side-by-side. The company now works with approximately 30% of the Top 25 accounting firms, deploying agents that complete complex accounting workflows end to end.
“The future of the profession is accountants and agents working together,” Kuramoto said. “Basis is building the technology that makes this possible, and the firms that embrace this change will define the next era of accounting. I'm here to help them get there.”
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Basis is an AI agent platform for accountants. Accounting teams integrate Basis agents as part of their workforce, delegating complex workflows across CAS, tax, and audit. Basis recently raised a Series B at a valuation exceeding $1 billion. Basis was founded by Matthew Harpe and Mitchell Troyanovsky and is backed by investors including Khosla Ventures, Accel, Google Ventures, and others.
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