--- title: How a tiny SA team is using AI to challenge accounting’s... description: Stub, a seven-person South African startup, is using AI to build simple accounting software for micro and informal businesses — spaza shops, side hustlers, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-a-tiny-sa-team-is-using-ai-to-challenge-accounting-s-big-boys-jvnfivjlw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How a tiny SA team is using AI to challenge accounting’s big boys | daily.dev og:description: Stub, a seven-person South African startup, is using AI to build simple accounting software for micro and informal businesses — spaza shops, side hustlers, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-a-tiny-sa-team-is-using-ai-to-challenge-accounting-s-big-boys-jvnfivjlw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JvnFiVjlW.png og:image:alt: How a tiny SA team is using AI to challenge accounting’s big boys og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How a tiny SA team is using AI to challenge accounting’s big boys **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Stub, a seven-person South African startup, is using AI to build simple accounting software for micro and informal businesses — spaza shops, side hustlers, and traders — that are underserved by incumbents like Xero, Sage, and QuickBooks. The team, which came out of Absa, has onboarded nearly 10,000 entrepreneurs across 14 countries and built integrations with iKhokha, Capitec, and Yoco. AI accelerates their development cycle and powers product automation like reconciliations and payment reminders. The freemium product is priced at R189/month for paid features, with income tax, VAT, and payroll on the roadmap. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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