Synthetic

Founded by Ian Crosby

Automate accrual bookkeeping for startups by reconciling transactions across financial accounts and payroll

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Free Trial

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★ Mixed Reviews

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour)

You can use Synthetic to automate accounting and bookkeeping tasks for your early-stage business. It connects directly to your company bank accounts, payroll systems, and email inbox to extract context and track transactions. The system automatically reconciles your accounts, generates accrual-basis financial records, and asks clarifying questions only when needed. You can review financial statements, inspect transaction insights, and export prepared books directly to your tax preparer without spending hours updating manual spreadsheets or scheduling monthly bookkeeper calls. This gives founders clean, tax-ready numbers to run their startup smoothly.

What Synthetic does

Connect company bank and credit card accountsReconcile incoming and outgoing business transactionsGenerate accrual-basis financial reportsAnswer targeted questions about unclassified transactionsExport prepared financial records for tax filingReview balance sheets and income reportsAutomated bank and payroll transaction reconciliationContext extraction from business tools and email correspondenceGeneration of accrual-basis financial statementsClarifying inquiry workflow to resolve ambiguous expensesExportable tax-ready financial books for external preparersDirect visibility into underlying financial data and insights

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Pricing model: Free trial

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