Luca IQ

YC S26

lucaiq.com · 2 open roles in the last 6 months · hiring in 1 country

Luca IQ builds tax preparation software and an API tax engine for US CPA firms, from client document collection to IRS e-filing.

Startup brief from its YC profile and homepage and 2 roles from the last year · updated 19 Oct 2026. Not a statement by the company.

What they're building

Founded 2025 · 5 people · San Francisco

Luca IQ is rebuilding professional tax software around its own tax engine, which it says is one of eight approved by the IRS for CPA firms. Firms collect client documents through a portal, get organised workpapers, review the prepared return with every number traced to its source, and e-file from the same workflow; developers can use the engine through an API. New firms join through a waitlist.

Who they're hiring

Tax product

A founding tax lead, who must be a CPA or enrolled agent, to shape how the product prepares, reviews and files individual income tax returns.

Founding Tax Lead (CPA or EA Required)Senior

AI engineering

An AI engineer in Chicago for extracting, normalising and classifying client documents so they feed the tax engine.

AI Engineer

Founders

Angelo Policicchio — CEO
Akash Sadashivapeth — CTO

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Questions to ask in a coffee chat

How is tax law turned into engine rules, and how do the tax lead and engineers split that work?
Which client documents are hardest to extract today, and how are errors caught before a return is reviewed?
How much of the work goes into the app for firms and how much into the developer API?
How is the team preparing a new product for its first busy season?

A brief, not a roadmap: Luca IQ posted fewer than 5 roles in the last year, too few to read a direction from. It becomes a roadmap once there are more.