What Cranston AI does
Cranston AI is a full-stack AI accounting firm for startups and mid-market companies. It pairs licensed CPAs with autonomous AI workflows that learn a company's books once and then handle bookkeeping, reconciliation, tax compliance, and financial analysis at scale.
Key capabilities
- Automated transaction categorization, invoice matching, and journal entry generation
- Bank reconciliation that pulls from connected accounts and matches transactions automatically, with CPAs reviewing exceptions before close
- Tax preparation, open-item cleanup, and client package assembly
- Integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, TaxDome, Drake, CCH Axcess, Lacerte, UltraTax, Google Drive, and Gmail
Who it's for
Cranston serves startups and SMBs that want accounting handled as a managed service, as well as accounting firms that can run it as a white-label back office. By combining AI automation with human CPA review, it aims to keep books accurate while reducing manual effort. The company is backed by Y Combinator.