# Luca IQ

> From client intake and tax preparation through e-filing, review, and delivery, Luca IQ helps CPA firms complete accurate returns without disconnected tools or manual busywork. A human reviews every line before filing. Luca IQ does not replace CPAs.

Built by Angelo Policicchio (CPA, co-founder & CEO) and Akash Sadashivapeth (engineer, co-founder & CTO). Founded 2025; backed by Y Combinator and the HBS Rock Accelerator. It serves tax CPA firms (1 to 5,000+ returns/year), private equity firms standardizing tax across portfolio companies, and developers integrating programmatic 1040 computation via REST API. Reported results: ~1,100 hours saved per busy season and a 57% reduction in administrative prep time. Accounting firms can join the waitlist.

## Pages

- [Home](https://lucaiq.com/): Product overview — how it works, the claim, the platform, and waitlist sign-up.
- [About](https://lucaiq.com/about/): Founders, credentials, and the company mission.
- [Developers](https://lucaiq.com/developers/): Tax infrastructure via a single API — deterministic calculation, validation before filing, IRS modern e-filing.
- [Careers](https://lucaiq.com/careers/): Open roles at Luca IQ.
- [Blog](https://lucaiq.com/blog/): Notes on the accounting profession by Angelo Policicchio, CPA — where it came from, what is changing, and what the work looks like from the inside.
- [Newsroom](https://lucaiq.com/newsroom/): Press releases and company announcements. Media enquiries: founders@lucaiq.com.
- [Interactive demo](https://lucaiq.com/demo/): Click-through walkthrough of the full workflow, no sign-up required.
- [Contact](https://lucaiq.com/contact/): Apply to the pilot program.

## Legal

- [Privacy Policy](https://lucaiq.com/privacy-policy/): What personal information Luca IQ processes, why, how long it is kept, and the rights you have over it.
- [Cookie Policy](https://lucaiq.com/cookie-policy/): The cookies and similar technologies used on the site, listed by name, provider, purpose, and expiry.
- [Terms of Use](https://lucaiq.com/terms/): The terms governing use of the lucaiq.com website and its interactive demo. The Luca IQ platform is governed by a separate signed customer agreement.

## Blog

- [What Is Happening to the Number of Accountants?](https://lucaiq.com/blog/what-is-happening-to-the-number-of-accountants/): More than 300,000 accountants left the US profession between 2019 and 2022 — roughly 17% of the workforce. Why the pipeline cracked at both ends (the 150-hour rule, entry-level pay, a stale pitch), how it showed up in public companies' internal controls, and the three consecutive years of enrollment growth since.
- [What Does an Accountant Actually Do All Day?](https://lucaiq.com/blog/what-does-an-accountant-actually-do-all-day/): A field guide to the real workday — one February Tuesday at a local tax firm, one at a Big Four audit, plus corporate, government and specialty roles. The job is throughput without errors and judgment under deadline, not arithmetic.
- [Debits on the Left Since 1494](https://lucaiq.com/blog/debits-on-the-left-since-1494/): A history of the accounting industry in four information technologies — Luca Pacioli and the printing press, the 1913 income tax and CCH's loose-leaf binder, the microcomputer (Drake, Lacerte, TurboTax), and the internet. Leadership changes hands only when the medium does.

## Newsroom

- [Luca IQ Passes IRS Assurance Testing for Form 1040](https://lucaiq.com/newsroom/luca-iq-passes-irs-assurance-testing-for-form-1040/) (July 31, 2026): Luca IQ is now an authorized IRS e-file provider, approved as a Software Developer, Transmitter, and Intermediate Service Provider, and can prepare, calculate and e-file federal individual returns through its own engine. Covers the four mechanics — document intake, deterministic calculation, direct e-filing, API access — and confirms the company sells only through CPA and tax firms, never to taxpayers. Part of Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch.

## Product

- [Client Portal](https://lucaiq.com/#product): Branded, no-login intake links; clients upload W-2s, 1099s, and K-1s and documents are auto-classified.
- [Auto-Draft Intake & Workpapers](https://lucaiq.com/#product): Every document is read, classified, and bookmarked into a clean, paginated workpaper set.
- [Firm Analytics](https://lucaiq.com/#product): Every return's status and the firm's throughput at a glance.
- [E-Signatures](https://lucaiq.com/#product): The 8879 goes out for e-sign and the signed form returns to the workflow automatically.
- [Tax Engine](https://lucaiq.com/#waitlist): Auto-populates a 1040 from uploaded documents with zero manual keying; every field is sourced to its document and human-reviewed before filing.

## Optional

- [Log in](https://app.lucaiq.com): Application login for existing customers.
- [Contact email](mailto:hello@lucaiq.com): Reach the founders directly.