Do you replace my existing stack?

It absorbs the FP&A and planning layer - that stack goes away - and connects to the systems of record you keep: general ledger, payroll, banking, CRM. It runs on your own AI subscription and your own keys - I never sit between you and the model, and I never mark up your compute.

Is my data used to train anything?

No. Your books live on your own keys and your own accounts - your billing console shows exactly where every call goes. Every number is computed in code against your general ledger and reviewed by a human - nothing about your business trains a shared model.

For founder-led, traction-stage startups

The finance function your traction actually needs.

Q: What do I actually own?

Your data, your context, your outputs, and the system that produces them - portable and yours to keep from day one. The methodology is licensed to you, perpetual and free. If I ever step away, you keep everything and there is no bill.

Q: When is the right time - shouldn't I just hire a senior CFO?

Right after a raise is when founders over-hire a senior finance seat, and six months in that person is still cleaning up books the role was never priced for. The round funds the deterministic backbone: books tight, close on a cadence, board numbers you can defend. I deploy and operate that as a system you own, so revenue per employee climbs instead of headcount. Add the senior strategic hire when the company is ready, not to fix the basics.

An AI-native strategic finance function, deployed and run inside your company. After a raise - or when revenue outruns the spreadsheet - finance becomes the signal you steer on.

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The problem

Finance should be the signal you steer on.

Your product and your pipeline run on live signal. Finance still reports after the fact - and after a raise the lag compounds: the business moves daily, but the number you steer on is last month's - and where the books have gaps, the signal never arrives at all.

Product and GTM stream a live signal (LIVE); finance on the default path is delayed and partial between closes (DELAYED)

The solution

Cai, the company AI, orchestrates and runs the system under one named operator accountable for your numbers - no tool to buy, no extra hire to manage.

Foundation first, then signal. Clean books and closed gaps come first - the signal builds on a sound foundation. One operator and one system carry you the whole way, so you are not hiring for the cleanup now and the strategy later.

1 System stitchingOptimizing the existing stack

2 Signal expansionUnlocking new data

3 AutomationAutomating the prep busywork

4 Intelligence layerEnabling strategic intelligence

Same budget line. A different function.

You were already budgeting a senior finance hire. The question is what that budget buys.

Finance - DELAYED

The default path: hire a senior finance lead, then hand them an FP&A stack to manage.

✗Days to close
✗Backwards-looking variance
✗Headcount plan

The default path costs about $33K per month: senior finance hire plus FP&A tool stack — Comp: startup salary benchmarks x 1.25-1.4 loaded multiplier (SBA/BLS); stack: published + transaction pricing

Finance - LIVE

One owned system that absorbs the FP&A stack, one accountable operator - in the budget line you already planned for that hire.

->Time to insight
->Forecast accuracy
->Revenue per employee

Same line item. A function that compounds - sharper every month it runs.

The system

Cai, live

The system runs on one structured Register: every financial transaction assembles into it. The operator sees one view, the board sees another - all from the same source.

Representative structure - illustrative data.

Date	Customer	Project	RevType	Amount	Status
2026-01	Acme Industries	Q1 Implementation	Subs	12,500	Active
2026-01	Beta Corp	Onboarding	Advisory	8,250	Active
2026-02	Cipher Co	Phase 2	Subs	15,000	Active
2026-02	Delta Holdings	Custom Build	Implementation	22,500	Pipeline
2026-03	Echo Systems	Q1 Support	Subs	9,800	Pipeline
2026-04	Foxtrot Labs	Phase 3	Subs	18,000	Provisional
2026-04	Gamma Holdings	Custom	Advisory	6,750	Pipeline

One structured event log of every financial transaction. Historical, in-pipeline, and forecasted segments live together. Kept current in code, with a human owning the review.

P&L Live - Cash Basis

	Apr	May	Jun
Revenue	28K	31K	35K
COGS	(9K)	(10K)	(11K)
Gross Profit	19K	21K	24K
OpEx	(14K)	(15K)	(16K)
EBITDA	5K	6K	8K

Cash-basis P&L that reshapes per scenario in one click.

Revenue Master

Customer	FY26
Acme Industries	156,000
Beta Corp	98,500
Cipher Co	124,000
Delta Holdings	89,300
Echo Systems	67,800

Customer rollup with FY totals and recognition status.

Expense Master

Vendor	FY26
Cloud Services	(24,000)
Marketing Co	(45,000)
Office Supplies	(8,400)
Payroll	(380,000)
Software	(18,500)

Vendor rollup by category. Payroll separate. Accruals reconciled.

RevRec

Invoice	Term	Recognized
INV-1024	12 mo	3,125
INV-1025	12 mo	1,375
INV-1026	6 mo	2,500
INV-1027	12 mo	7,500
INV-1028	6 mo	4,000

Deferred-to-recognized waterfall, computed from each invoice's term and start date.

One system, wherever the work already happens - spreadsheet, deck, doc, chat.

Numbers computed in code, traced to source; AI drafts, code decides.

The engagement

How it works

Connect

The system plugs into your books, billing, and bank - and maps how money actually moves through your company.

Deploy

Your finance OS goes live: clean close, live runway, forecast, board-ready numbers - on infrastructure you own.

Operated

One named operator runs the function and answers for the numbers. The system compounds - sharper every month it runs.

Ownership

Owned, not rented.

Owning your AI context has become standard advice. The scarce part is operating it as a live finance function: building the backbone, keeping every number deterministic, answering for the output. I run that. The system stays yours.

Your data, your AI - on your own keys, any model, swap anytime.
The system built inside your company is yours - with a perpetual license to the method that runs it.
Every number traces to its source.

Who runs it

The operator

Ty Boshyan

Founder, SliceCFO

LinkedIn ↗

A decade in institutional finance: investment banking at Houlihan Lokey and William Blair, and a relative-value hedge fund. Then two startups of my own, and the operator side: first finance hire at a VC-backed startup, where I built the finance function from scratch and ran it from Director of Finance to CFO. Now the same build, AI-native. One accountable operator on the hook for the numbers.

Questions

Questions founders ask

What do I actually own?

Your data, context, outputs, and the system that produces them are portable and yours from day one. The methodology is licensed to you, perpetual and free. If I step away, you keep everything - no bill. Nothing about your business trains a shared model.

When is the right time - shouldn't I just hire a senior CFO?

Right after a raise, founders over-hire a senior finance seat that spends months cleaning up books. Fund the deterministic backbone: tight books, real close, board numbers you can defend - a system you own, so revenue per employee climbs, not headcount. Add the hire once ready.

What happens in the first month?

Week one we connect the stack, week two we assemble your model, and within the first month your cash P&L, runway, and board read are live on your own books, so you have watched the function run before you commit further.

Will anyone know I'm working with you?

No. I don't disclose client names. With an AI operating this close to your books, keeping the engagement confidential is part of the security model - it keeps the attack surface small. Your data stays on your keys, and the relationship stays private.

What does this cost?

If you are budgeting for a senior finance hire, this sits in that decision frame - the system absorbs the FP&A stack under that hire. Depth varies, so the number is a conversation. Talk to Cai and let's see if we are a fit.

See if we're a fit.

Where this works best: founder-led·async by default·decisions written down

I commit to a small number of deep operating relationships: Cai runs the system, I answer for the numbers, and the function is configured around your company.

Talk to Cai Or email [email protected] directly.