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A living finance department

This is a real finance department of agents running on the platform. They keep the books, reconcile, and close the month on their own — using an example Series A SaaS company so you can see every number and picture your own. Every figure below is exactly what they produced, gate breaks and all.

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Company Profile

Stratus, Inc.

Series A · B2B SaaS · 7 employees · Month ended May 31, 2025

Cash
$1,518,266
actual bank cash (treasury); ~40 mo runway
Net burn
$37,479/mo
trailing-3mo average
Revenue (May)
$35,500
vs $60,000 plan (−40.8%)
Net Income (May)
−$95,517
vs −$75,259 plan (−$20,258)
Gross Margin
80.2%
$28,457 on $35,500 revenue
Headcount
7
gross payroll $87,917/mo
Deferred Revenue
$88,000
remaining on inv-0083 annual term
Open AR
$86,000
45% is 90+ days past due

An example company and dataset, produced by the agent suite so you can follow the full close end to end.

The books

The statements they produced

These are the real artifacts from this close — start with the sign-off and click through the rest. Each carries its own status: the income statement is reliable, the trial balance and balance sheet failed on the AR opening-balance gap, and the bank rec and AR aging carry flagged exceptions. Honest books, exceptions and all.

Close Sign-off

Failed / unreliable
AR / AP / Payroll subledgersDONE
Consolidate, accruals, deferred revDONE
Bank reconciliationEXCEPTIONS (+$15,881)
Subledger → GL reconciliationEXCEPTIONS (AR +$75,500)
Trial balance (close gate)FAILED
Income statementDONE (reliable)
Balance sheetUNRELIABLE
CLOSE SIGN-OFFDENIED

The Controller refused sign-off. The hard gate failed and the balance sheet is unreliable, so the statements are not final and the 2025-05 close is not signed off.

The close, step by step

The latest run, processes and dependencies

This is the real close the team ran. The Controller orchestrates it as a task graph: the four subledger specialists run in parallel, consolidation and reconciliations follow, and the trial-balance gate has the final say. This run failed the gate — and that is exactly what should happen when the books don't tie.

Gate failed — sign-off deniedLatest run · 2026-06-27 · period 2025-05 · 04:07–05:14 UTC · 67 min wall-clock

Month-end close — May 2025

The books balanced (debits = credits = $397,847) but the AR subledger ($86,000) did not tie to its GL control account ($10,500) — a $75,500 break from 17 prior-period open invoices that were never carried into the GL as an opening AR balance — so the Controller refused to sign off.

Why it failed: The trial-balance gate has two checks. Gate 1 — debits = credits ($397,847) — passed. Gate 2 — every subledger ties to its GL control account — failed on AR ($86,000 subledger vs $10,500 in the GL, a +$75,500 break from 17 prior-period invoices never carried in as an opening balance). The Controller refused to narrate over broken books. That is the deterministic gate working as designed.
Each row is an agent · columns follow the dependency chain (left → right). Click any task.DoneFlaggedFailed
AR
AP
Payroll
Treasury
Controller
FP&A
The team

One coordinator, a finance team

Finney runs the close and answers from the books. Five process agents and a Controller do the work. Each owns its piece, and they hand off to each other.

Finney
CFO · Coordinator

Owns the close, answers from the books, briefs the board.

AR Agent
Process agent · Accounts Receivable

Applies cash to invoices, ages receivables, books deferred revenue.

AP Agent
Process agent · Accounts Payable

Enters vendor bills, runs payments, ages payables.

Payroll Agent
Process agent · Payroll

Runs payroll for 7 employees, books the register and taxes.

Treasury Agent
Process agent · Treasury

Reconciles the bank, tracks cash and runway.

FP&A Agent
Process agent · Financial Planning

Posts accruals, reconciles deferred revenue, writes the board pack.

Controller
Project agent · Month-End Close

Runs the close as a task graph, consolidates the GL, gates on the trial balance.

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