Anrok
Anrok is a San Francisco-based software company that provides an AI-native global sales tax, VAT, and GST compliance platform for more than 3,000 digital businesses across 100+ countries, integrating with billing, accounting, and HRIS systems.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2020
- HeadquartersSan Francisco, United States
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Anrok does
Anrok, Inc. is a Delaware-incorporated, venture-backed software company headquartered in San Francisco that operates a global sales tax and indirect tax compliance platform aimed at modern digital businesses. The platform unifies five core modules — US Sales Tax, Global VAT & GST, Nexus Monitoring, Exemption Certificates, and E-invoicing — on top of a shared real-time calculation, filing, remittance, and reconciliation engine that covers more than 100 countries and 11,000 US jurisdictions. An AI-native layer called Anrok Atlas sits on top of this engine and functions as an agentic tax partner, proactively identifying compliance issues and answering natural-language tax questions with reasoning verified by Big 4 accountants.
The product is delivered as a single AI-native platform exposed via an API and through 30+ native no-code integrations spanning billing (Stripe, Chargebee, Maxio, Recurly, Zuora, Braintree), ecommerce (Shopify, WooCommerce), accounting (NetSuite, QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, BILL, Xero), HRIS (Workday, Rippling, ADP, BambooHR), and CRM (Salesforce). Distribution extends through marketplace listings including Salesforce AppExchange (Anrok for Salesforce Revenue Cloud) and the Stripe App, as well as a co-marketed partnership with Maxio and an Accounting & Consulting partner program. Named customers include Notion, Jasper, Sourcegraph, Vanta, Mercury, Harvey, Clay, Descript, Apartment List, Decagon, and Thinking Machines, with the company claiming a base of more than 3,000 digital businesses worldwide.
Anrok generates revenue through tiered SaaS subscriptions (quote-based enterprise plans plus an "Anrok for Startups" plan), usage-based overages beyond contracted Order Form scope, and transactional remittance fees on ACH tax payments processed through a banking partner, including a foreign-exchange spread on cross-border VAT remittances. Total venture funding exceeds $100M across a $4.3M seed (Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital, June 2021), a $20M Series A (Index and Sequoia, March 2022), a $30M Series B (April 2024, $250M post-money), and a $55M Series C led by Spark Capital with Sapphire Ventures (October 2025, $525M post-money). Leadership includes co-founders Michelle Valentine (CEO) and Kannan Goundan (CTO), Eleanor Henderson as Head of Tax, and Dan Burrill as the company's first Chief Revenue Officer (appointed June 2025).
Anrok firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Anrok
- Legal name
- Anrok, Inc.
- Website
- https://anrok.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2020
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Anrok is a San Francisco-based software company that provides an AI-native global sales tax, VAT, and GST compliance platform for more than 3,000 digital businesses across 100+ countries, integrating with billing, accounting, and HRIS systems.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Anrok industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Tax Compliance Software
- NAICS
- Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (5412)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Tax Advisory & Compliance (BPAHABAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Revenue Systems, E-Filing & Digital Tax Administration (BPAIADAO), Tax Return Filing, Processing & Assessment (BPAIADAC), International Compliance, Duties & Tax (DDP/Customs) Solutions (CRAFAJAG)
Keywords
Where Anrok is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- San Francisco
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Markets served
Anrok business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- SaaS platform subscription: Recurring subscription fees set out in Order Forms with tiered product, pricing, and support tiers; Order Forms auto-renew at the then-current fees after the initial term. Additional usage beyond Order Form scope is calculated monthly and charged via ACH debit.
- Usage-based fees: Variable fees for usage exceeding amounts and scope agreed in the Order Form, calculated and billed monthly; combined with foreign exchange 'Spread' revenue on multi-currency transactions processed through the bank partner.
- Remittance services: Transactional revenue from processing ACH tax remittances on behalf of customers via the bank partner and NACHA system, including foreign exchange spread revenue on cross-border VAT remittances.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | — | Anrok for Startups plan |
| Hybrid | — | Quote-based enterprise subscription with usage-based overages |
Go-to-market motion5 records
Anrok product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Anrok provides a SaaS platform that automates global sales tax, VAT, and GST compliance for digital and physical commerce. It combines real-time tax calculation, automated nexus monitoring across 100+ countries and 11,000+ US jurisdictions, exemption certificate management, and end-to-end filing, remittance, and reconciliation. The platform is delivered via API and no-code integrations with billing, HRIS, ecommerce, and accounting systems, and is wrapped in an AI-native agentic interface (Anrok Atlas) that proactively catches compliance issues and answers tax questions.
Product overview
Anrok offers a single unified AI-native global sales tax and indirect tax compliance platform (with an Anrok Atlas agentic AI layer) rather than a loosely coupled suite. The platform is architected around five core modules — US Sales Tax, Global VAT & GST, Exemption Certificates, Nexus Monitoring, and E-invoicing — that share a common real-time calculation, filing, remittance, and reconciliation engine. Anrok Atlas sits on top as the AI-native, agentic tax partner that proactively catches compliance issues and answers tax questions. Anrok extends the platform through a deep integrations layer (over 30 no-code integrations including Stripe, Braintree, BILL, Chargebee, Recurly, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, Salesforce, and HRIS systems such as Bob, Bamboo HR, Rippling, Workday, and ADP) and through marketplace apps including the Anrok Stripe App and Anrok for Salesforce Revenue Cloud. Anrok for Startups is a dedicated plan for early-stage companies using the same platform.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Anrok Atlas: AI-native tax interface built directly into the Anrok platform, serving as an agentic tax partner that catches problems proactively and answers questions instantly with reasoning backed by in-house expertise and Big 4 accountant verification.
Products and services
- US Sales Tax End-to-end US state and local sales tax compliance covering exposure monitoring, registration, calculation, filing, remittance, and reconciliation across US jurisdictions including home-rule jurisdictions. Designed for SaaS and digital-first businesses selling across US states.
- VAT & GST (Global) Cross-border VAT and GST compliance covering exposure monitoring, registration, calculation, filing, remittance, reconciliation, and audit reporting across 100+ countries. Includes real-time address and VAT ID validation, support for both tax-inclusive and tax-exclusive pricing, and e-invoicing for international requirements.
- Exemption Certificates Manages exempt customers by allowing businesses to upload exemption certificates; Anrok automatically reprocesses past transactions to recover overpaid tax and maintains ongoing exemption compliance.
- Nexus Monitoring Continuously monitors sales-tax thresholds across 100+ countries and 11,000+ US jurisdictions (including home-rule jurisdictions), alerts on new physical and economic nexus exposure, and enables in-product jurisdiction registration.
- E-invoicing Native e-invoicing support as part of the global tax compliance platform, aligned with international invoicing requirements for cross-border transactions.
- Anrok for Salesforce Revenue Cloud Anrok's solution for Salesforce Revenue Cloud available on the Salesforce AppExchange, integrating tax calculation and compliance into Salesforce billing and revenue operations workflows.
- Anrok Stripe App
Companies that use Anrok
Customer profileIdeal customer profiles3 records
Anrok technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration38 records
AI capability7 records
Feature6 records
Anrok partnerships and signals
Strategic signalRecent moves8 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Anrok competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE: Enterprise-grade indirect tax determination and compliance suite from Thomson Reuters. Competes for large-customer tax transformation deals where Anrok is moving upmarket.
- Wolters Kluwer Tealium / CCH SureTax: Wolters Kluwer offers sales-and-use tax determination via CCH SureTax and related products. Comparable as an enterprise indirect-tax incumbent with broader professional-information footprint.
- Avalara: Largest pure-play sales and indirect tax compliance platform, with broad jurisdiction coverage and a large enterprise customer base. Anrok's own customer testimonials position themselves explicitly against Avalara, making it the most direct reference competitor.
- Vertex: Long-standing indirect tax compliance and technology provider serving large multinational enterprises. Competes with Anrok in the upmarket segment for global VAT/GST and enterprise tax determination.
- Sovos: Global tax compliance platform covering VAT, sales tax, excise, and e-invoicing, often used by multinationals. Overlaps with Anrok's VAT/GST and e-invoicing modules, particularly in EMEA and LATAM.
Direct peers
- Stripe Tax: Tax automation offering from Stripe, built on the acquired TaxJar technology, bundled natively into Stripe Billing and Checkout. Competes with Anrok most directly for SaaS and digital-services sellers using Stripe as their billing system.
- TaxJar: Sales tax calculation and filing service originally focused on SMB ecommerce, now part of Stripe. Highly comparable to Anrok's US sales tax wedge, particularly for online sellers and SaaS companies on usage-based billing.
- Quaderno: Tax compliance app focused on digital services, SaaS, and ecommerce sellers, with strong Stripe and billing-platform integrations. Direct mid-market competitor in the SaaS/digital wedge Anrok targets.
- TaxCloud: Sales tax calculation and filing service in the US market, including economic-nexus compliance. Comparable competitor in the US sales-tax core product module.
Emerging players
- Kintsugi: AI-native sales tax platform targeting similar SaaS and digital-services sellers with an automation-led pitch. Closest emerging competitor on the 'AI-native tax' positioning that Anrok uses for Atlas.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Anrok social profiles
Digital presenceAnrok compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance4 records
Anrok financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Anrok leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
Anrok funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds4 records
Investors8 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Anrok M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Anrok
What does Anrok do?
Anrok provides a SaaS platform that automates global sales tax, VAT, and GST compliance for digital and physical commerce. It combines real-time tax calculation, automated nexus monitoring across 100+ countries and 11,000+ US jurisdictions, exemption certificate management, and end-to-end filing, remittance, and reconciliation. The platform is delivered via API and no-code integrations with billing, HRIS, ecommerce, and accounting systems, and is wrapped in an AI-native agentic interface (Anrok Atlas) that proactively catches compliance issues and answers tax questions.
Is Anrok a public or private company?
Anrok is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Anrok founded?
Anrok was founded in 2020. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Anrok based?
Anrok is headquartered in San Francisco, United States, in the North America region.
How does Anrok make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. SaaS platform subscription is the primary driver. The others are usage-based fees and remittance services.
Who are Anrok's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE, Wolters Kluwer Tealium / CCH SureTax, Avalara, Vertex and Sovos. Direct peers are Stripe Tax, TaxJar, Quaderno and TaxCloud. Kintsugi is listed as an emerging player.
Does Anrok have an API?
Yes. Anrok offers an API-based service enabling SaaS firms to programmatically integrate sales tax compliance (calculation, filing, remittance, nexus monitoring) into their products and workflows. Developers can embed Anrok into their existing tech stack via over 30 no-code integrations with popular finance tools. The Stripe App allows automation with one line of code.
What industry is Anrok in?
Anrok's product category is Tax Compliance Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAHABAB, Tax Advisory & Compliance, with a secondary code of BPAIADAO, Revenue Systems, E-Filing & Digital Tax Administration. Its NAICS code is 5412 and its SIC code is 7370.