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Sphere

AI-native sales tax, VAT and GST compliance: registration, calculation, filing and remittance worldwide

Pace
4:40/kmTempo4.0
Distance
Distance 10K.
Open ops roles
2
Last week
#222
Move
▼ 41
Peak
#222
Weeks in the 100
0
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Rank and score over time
Board rank
#212#239#266#222Oct 18#256Oct 25
Pace score
02464Oct 184Oct 25

One point per Sunday re-rank, tracking since Oct 18. The lines fill in week by week.

Sphere runs in the Tempo lane (4:40/km): 63 of 166. Further right = more momentum. No competitors on the board yet, so it runs alone.
Total raised
$25.3M (sum of disclosed rounds)see rounds ↓
HQ
San Francisco, CA

Leadership

The problem

Companies selling globally face tax registrations and filings in every country without an in-house tax team

What they do

AI-native sales tax, VAT and GST compliance: registration, calculation, filing and remittance worldwide

Traction Revenue growing 34%+ month over month; customers include Replit, ElevenLabs, Lovable, Deel

Hiring trend

Open roles
16
Ops roles
2
Headcount
~48-50

Headcount +140% YoY (~48, LinkedIn est.); 16 open roles, mostly on-site SF

Hiring in

  • San Francisco
  • New York
  • London
  • Remote (US)
  • Remote (Europe)

Funding

Last round
$21M
Stage
Series A
Date
Nov 2025

Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Distance

10K · edge: hard to leave

Fast-growing with AI-native customers and direct rails into 100+ tax authorities, but a follower to Avalara and Anrok, with Stripe Tax in the same buyer's stack.

Sources: TechCrunch: a16z leads $21M Series A into Sphere (Nov 2025) ↗ · a16z: Investing in Sphere ↗

Last checked Oct 25, 2026

Funding historyTotal raised $25.3M (sum of disclosed rounds)

  1. Nov 2025Series A$21MLed by Andreessen Horowitz getsphere.com ↗
  2. Aug 2022Seed$4.3MLed by Felicis svpost.com ↗

Profile facts checked Oct 19, 2026. Every fact links to its public source.

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