Deel's Akai AI learned expense review from screen recordings, saving 500 hours a month
LinusEkenstam · x · 2026-09-22
Linus Ekenstam shares Deel's internal AI tool Akai: employee Vanessa cut expense review from 500 hours a month to just a few, with $140M in ARR added in 90 days per Deel. The build method is the interesting part — she recorded her screen narrating the review workflow (open receipt, check country, pull local rules), and Akai turned it into an automated workflow, even picking up undocumented details like checking jurisdiction first and splitting multi-receipt submissions. Teammates can inject local context directly, and edge cases still route to humans. Deel now offers Akai to other teams, guaranteeing 1,000 hours saved in 30 days for 100+ employee companies or a full refund.
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