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Business

Keep QuickBooks. We make it talk back.

Happy Controller sits on top of QuickBooks and finishes the long tail it leaves behind — categorizing the messy pile conversationally, catching duplicates and mismatches, explaining your numbers in plain English, and helping you plan the year out loud.

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Revenue
$42,800
Net
$9,500
Margin
22%
Cash
$36,000

What it does

The features that make the difference.

The long tail, cleared

The leftover charges QuickBooks couldn't match — sorted with you.

QuickBooks matches the obvious deposits and payroll and leaves you the coffees, software trials, and one-off Ubers. Tap a charge or just tell the assistant what it was, and it's filed. The more you sort together, the more it recognizes on its own — so it handles more and asks you less, but you're always steering.

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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

Ask your numbers

A plain-English read on how you're really doing.

Not canned replies. Ask “why are margins slipping?” or “can I afford another hire?” and get a thoughtful answer grounded in your actual books — like a quick sit-down with a controller.

Profit & Loss · This yearup 18%
Revenue$42,800
Cost of goods−$14,100
Gross profit$28,700
Payroll−$11,200
Software−$1,940
Meals & travel−$2,060
Other operating−$4,000
Net profit$9,500

Isolate any category

See every transaction behind a number.

Drill into any category in the general ledger to see exactly what's inside it — across your full history, as far back as your books go. The duplicate invoice, the miscoded charge, the thing throwing off your total: find it, then ask the assistant about it.

General ledger · Softwarefull history
SoftwareAdobe CC
−$59.99
SoftwareFigma
−$45.00
SoftwareVercel
−$20.00
MealsBlue Bottle
−$18.40
MealsSweetgreen
−$21.75
Software total−$124.99

Plan out loud

Model a hire — watch the proforma rebuild.

Hire, raise prices, add a service. Think through the future in plain English and a real proforma rebuilds from your own numbers, so you can see the cash impact before you commit.

Projected net · next 6 months
$112,400
Add a hire — watch cash flow rebuild.

Never a black hole

Every move logged — and undoable.

See exactly what the assistant did: what it categorized, where it went, and whether it auto-filed. Undo any one and it drops right back to uncategorized in QuickBooks. You're always the final say.

Categorized 12 transactionsauto-filed
Flagged a possible duplicatereview
Undid: Sweetgreen → Mealsundone
Learned a new rulesaved

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How it works

Up and running in three steps.

1

Connect QuickBooks

Link it in a tap through Intuit's official connection and keep working exactly as you do today.

2

Clear the leftover pile, together

QuickBooks does the easy matches; you and the assistant sort the messy rest conversationally — it learns your calls and asks less over time. Edit or undo anything.

3

Ask what it all means

Your numbers in plain English — margins, cash, whether you can afford that hire.

Your data, your rules

What we never touch — so you can breathe easy.

We never

  • Touch your bank or move money.We never see a bank login and can't move a cent. You upload statements, or connect QuickBooks through Intuit's official handshake — your accounts stay untouched.
  • Keep your raw files.Statements and screenshots are read in memory to pull out the numbers, then discarded. We don't store the document you uploaded.
  • Sell or share your data.No ad networks, no data brokers, no “partners.” Your books are yours — full stop.
  • Act behind your back.Every categorization the assistant makes is logged — what it was, where it went, and whether it auto-filed. Undo any one and it drops right back to uncategorized.

We always

  • Leave you in control.It works under your direction — sorting what it's confident about, asking when it's not. Review, edit, undo, or flag anything, anytime. You're always the final say.
  • Encrypt your data.Everything is encrypted in transit and at rest, and your QuickBooks connection is token-based — revoke it in one click, no password stored.
  • Start from you.Every number is seeded by you — your uploads, your books. Nothing is pulled without your say-so.
  • Let you leave clean.Export your data or close your account whenever you want. No lock-in, no hostage-taking.

We're a layer that helps you read and tidy your own books — not a place that takes them over. Read the full privacy policy.

FAQ

Business — the questions people ask.

No — it's a layer on top. QuickBooks does the easy matches; we finish the messy long tail it leaves behind, explain your numbers, and help you plan.

Only within your direction — it handles what it's confident about and asks when it's unsure, and the more you correct it, the less it asks. Every move is logged and undoable; you're always the final say.

No. We connect to QuickBooks through Intuit's official, revocable connection — never your bank. There's no bank login and we can't move money.

We get your books ready so reconciliation goes in one pass — finding uncategorized charges, duplicates, and mismatches. But we never mark anything reconciled; that final certification stays yours, in QuickBooks.

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