Numra, headquartered in Dublin and previously known as Autonifai, was founded in 2023 by David Kearney and Conor Digan to bring autonomous AI agents to the day-to-day grind of finance operations. Kearney previously co-founded Peblo, an invoice-factoring fintech acquired by Wayflyer in 2022, while Digan spent a decade building data and machine learning products at startups in the US and Germany — backgrounds that gave the pair a close-up view of how much manual work still bogs down finance teams.
Numra's flagship is 'Mary,' an AI finance assistant that operates across a company's connected business systems to execute finance operations tasks end to end. Rather than offering a dashboard that humans must drive, Numra is built so its agents handle work directly — processing invoices, routing expenses, and managing accounts payable and receivable workflows — while escalating edge cases to people. The goal is to give finance teams the equivalent of an extra team member that never tires of repetitive tasks.
The platform connects to existing accounting and ERP tools, reading and writing data so it fits into a finance team's current stack rather than requiring a migration. Numra emphasizes accuracy and oversight, recognizing that finance work demands reliability and a clear audit trail.
Numra raised €1.5 million in a round led by Elkstone, a prominent Irish venture firm, with participation from angel investors. The company used the capital to bring Mary to market, accelerate customer acquisition in the United States, and invest further in product development.
As AI agents move from novelty to genuine operational tools, Numra is targeting the finance back office — a domain with high transaction volumes, clear rules, and strong demand for automation — betting that an agent that actually does the work will resonate with lean finance teams under pressure to scale.