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The human layer on your books

Your books' smart assistant.

Happy Controller is the human-ish layer on top of your favorite accounting software — not a replacement for it. Talk about your money like you would with a CFO or controller: it finishes the long tail of unmatched expenses, explains your numbers, and guides you when you're not sure what to do. QuickBooks does the easy matches; we handle the rest.

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HCHappy Controller44 of 47 done
honestly i have no idea what half these charges are
That's my job — I took the pile. Sorted 44; just 3 I need you on. The $74 U-Haul on Mar 11 — equipment for a job, or an office move?
office move
U-Haul
Moving & equipment · filed
−$74.20
Done. That clears your March long tail — your books are current.

How to use it

Finish the long tail of your books in minutes, not hours.

1

Connect QuickBooks

Link your books in a tap and keep working in QuickBooks exactly like you do today. That's all the setup it takes.

2

Let QuickBooks do the easy matches

Matched deposits, payroll, the clean recurring stuff — QuickBooks handles what it's good at. We take care of the rest.

3

Ask what your numbers mean

It explains your finances in plain English, with context — so you don't need an MBA to know the story your numbers tell about the health of your business.

QuickBooks makes its best guess on the obvious ones. The leftover pile is what eats your evening — that's exactly what we take off your plate.

A layer on top — not a replacement

Keep your accounting software. We make it talk back.

The long tail

The 300 leftover charges QuickBooks couldn't match — done.

The coffees, the software trials, the one-off Ubers. We finish the messy pile your accounting software leaves behind — so you never enter line items by hand again.

Not a regular chatbot

It understands you, and talks back like a real assistant.

Not canned replies. Ask “why are margins slipping?” or “what do I do with this charge?” and get a thoughtful, plain-English answer — like consulting a controller who knows your books.

It hunts the mismatch

Find the charge or double payment throwing off your books.

The duplicate invoice, the missing charge, the expense that won't tie out — it finds the needle so reconciliation in your accounting software goes clean.

Plan out loud

Talk through hiring and scaling — watch the plan rebuild.

Hire, raise prices, add a service. Think through the future in plain English and a real proforma rebuilds from your own numbers.

Follow along · never a black hole

You see every move — and steer as it learns.

The long tail, finished

The leftover pile your accounting software couldn't match.

QuickBooks matches the obvious ones and leaves you a pile. We clear it conversationally — tap a charge or just tell the assistant what it was, and it's filed. Not sure? Ask, and it guides you through it like a controller would.

  • Talk to your books. “What was this $74 charge?” — answer in plain English, it files it.
  • Not sure what to do? Ask the controller's assistant — it explains the options and recommends one.
  • Minutes, not hours. The all-day data-entry slog becomes a two-minute conversation.
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For accountants & bookkeepers

All your clients' books, one assistant.

Connect multiple clients across different accounting softwares — QuickBooks, Xero, and more — into one place. You get a built-in assistant that knows every client's books, so you can clear long tails, answer questions, and close months across your whole book of business without living in a dozen logins.

One workspace

Every client, every platform, side by side.

Software-agnostic

It speaks QuickBooks, Xero, and the rest — you don't switch tools.

Close faster

Clear the long tail for all clients conversationally, in a fraction of the time.

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Maple Lane CoQuickBooks
3 to clear
B
Brightside StudioXero
tidy
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Northwind CoQuickBooks
12 to clear
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Globex MediaXero
tidy

The difference

Like having a controller on call — without the hours or the paycheck.

A real controller is expensive and a chatbot is useless. This is the in-between you actually want: consult your books like you would with a CFO — ask what a number means, what to do with a charge, whether you can afford a hire — and get a straight, plain-English answer. The relief of “oh, that's all it was”, because someone capable has it handled.

  • Sits on top of the accounting software you already use
  • Understands you — and talks back like a real assistant
  • Guides you when you're not sure what to do

March, in a sentence

You brought in $28,400, spent $16,900, and netted $11,500 — your best month since spring.

Net this month
$11,500
+38%best since spring
Cash on hand
$36,000
+6.4%climbing
Beta · 25 free spots

We're accepting 25 companies to use it free.

For our beta, the first 25 companies get in completely free. After that, waitlist members get a full year at a special rate — and the first month free. First come, first served.

25free beta spots
$0first month, on the waitlist
a full year at the special waitlist rate

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