Dublin-based Audrey AI has secured $1.8m in pre-seed funding to accelerate development of its AI platform designed to automate financial audit workflows, a development with direct implications for audit firms and accountancy practices across Ireland.

Tech.eu reported that the round was led by Sure Valley Ventures and Delta Partners, with participation from Enterprise Ireland and several former senior professionals from major audit and fintech organisations.

The funding comes as audit processes remain heavily manual, with firms continuing to rely on spreadsheet-based evidence collection and testing, areas where general-purpose AI tools have historically struggled to deliver consistent efficiency gains.

Founded in 2025 by Ryan Loughran and David Burke, Audrey AI has developed an agentic AI system tailored specifically to auditing, automating tasks such as data requests, evidence gathering, transaction testing and review workflows.

The platform is designed to integrate with firm methodologies and improve performance over time, enabling audit teams to shift focus toward professional judgement and client engagement rather than administrative processes.

Ryan Loughran, co-founder of Audrey AI, said: “We’re building AI that understands auditing deeply enough to raise the bar on quality, not just speed, freeing auditors to focus on the judgment and oversight that matters most.”

The platform has been piloted with top-tier audit firms, reporting efficiency gains of more than 85 per cent in client data collection and testing processes, alongside improvements in audit quality metrics.

The new capital will support expansion of engineering and audit specialist teams, as the company scales deployments across Ireland, the UK and international markets, increasing AI adoption within regulated accountancy environments.

Read the full report for more details on Audrey AI’s funding round, platform capabilities and its expansion plans across audit firms in Ireland and international markets.