Crunched
Excel AI analyst for Power Users
What they do
Excel-heavy finance and consulting teams waste time and risk errors doing complex, multi-sheet workbook checking, modeling, and data extraction/linking manually.
Crunched is an AI analyst embedded in Excel that error-checks workbooks end-to-end, builds models from scratch, and automates extracting and linking data into template models.
Power users in consulting, investment banking, and private equity teams working primarily in Excel.
Founders
Co-founder & CEO at Crunched. Previous McKinsey PE and CEO of Okkult, an AI-powered optician concept. MSc in Finance & Private Equity from the London School of Economics
Co-founder & CTO of Crunched. Senior full-stack and infrastructure engineer with deep experience building production systems - from cloud platforms and distributed backends to real-time control systems. Worked closely with customers to deliver tailor-made, end-to-end applications in forward-deployed engineering teams at Bekk, built cloud infrastructure at Schibsted and Sopra Steria, and developed autonomous maritime systems at Kongsberg Defence. Holds an MSc in Cybernetics & Robotics (NTNU).
Co-founder & COO at Crunched. Previous consultant and jr manager at McKinsey & Company. Core member of our Private Capital practice, focusing on commercial due diligence and PortCo strategy. Earlier also crunched out Excels in both investment banking and private equity. Masters in Banking & Finance from University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Co-founder and Head of AI at Crunched! Background in Robotics and Control Systems from NTNU. Former Data Scientist at Oda, Norway’s first unicorn, and at BearingPoint, where I built and scaled AI solutions for clients in finance and luxury automotive. Recipient of BearingPoint’s Global Innovation Award.
Company timeline
- Founded2025
- YC batchFall 2025
- StatusActive
- Team size5 people
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